When I was in high school there was a special occasion dress shop that my mom and I would go to whenever I was shopping for a homecoming or prom dress. It was this really unique shop because it was in an old house. The whole house was lined with gorgeous, fancy dresses. There were no men allowed in the shop (except by special appointment) because of all the young ladies just trying on dresses in each room. It was a magical place.
Anyway, the reason I bring this up, is that this was a special time for my mom and I each year and after we had found ‘the dress’ we would head over to Le Madeleine restaurant for some soup and quiche. Every time I have quiche it makes me think of those special mother daughter times we shared growing up.
This past sunday I was kind of missing my mom (you know she lives in Texas and we are in Chicago), so I decided quiche would make a nice sunday breakfast for our family. I came up with this recipe from what we had on hand and I think it turned out really great.
- 2 onions, sliced
- 4 pieces of deli ham, chopped
- 8 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1½ cups shredded cheddar cheese
- ½ cup shredded sharp white cheddar (i.e. cracker barrel)
- Prepared pie crust (or make your own)
- 1-2 tablespoons butter
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- In a large saute pan, melt better and saute sliced onions over medium heat until tender. Meanwhile, whisk the eggs, milk and salt and pepper together in a large mixing bowl. Add the cheese and ham. Once the onions are soft and tender, add them to the egg, milk and cheese mixture. Stir to combine.
- Place your pie crust into a pie baking dish. Pour in the egg mixture. Place pie dish on top of a baking sheet and place in the oven. Cook for 45 minutes with the outer crust covered in foil. Remove foil and bake for an additional 15 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center of the quiche comes out clean.
Slice, serve and enjoy!
Lindsay Wilkes is the owner and designer behind The Cottage Mama. She creates timeless, vintage inspired sewing patterns for children’s clothes. She is also a fabric designer for Riley Black Designers / Penny Rose Fabrics, author of the book ‘Sew Classic Clothes for Girls’ and can be seen teaching nationwide and online in her video series ‘Lessons with Lindsay’ sponsored by Baby Lock Sewing and Embroidery machines.
I love quiche and eat it for dinner with a good loaf of crusty bread. Then eat the left overs for breakfast. Yum!
We don’t eat meat on Friday’s in our house and I am thinking that this is the perfect recipe, minus the ham, plus broccoli. Making it right now! Thanks!
Yum! Quiche is an ultimate favorite of mine! That and eggs Benedict!
thanks for share.
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Yummy! I tried making this dish and I’m really loving it. You’re right when you said that it tastes good, and we really loved it when we first tried it. I was really kinda nervous of how it’ll turn out since I’m not that good at baking, but I guess with this quiche, I can say that I’m really learning to cook already. 😀
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