Quiche (/ˈkiːʃ/ KEESH) is a savoury, open-faced pastry crust with a filling of savoury custard with cheese, meat, seafood, and/or vegetables. Party food.

Sooo...I have found out that sometimes those great ideas become not so great when it
involves putting in extra work....Last school year or maybe two school years ago I thought we should make it a point to thank our teachers monthly, rather than just during Teacher Appreciation Week, as they do take our babies all day 5 days a week for months molding their minds and giving us a little break =)  So I thought the PTO should do Monthly Teacher Breakfasts to show our appreciation.  This idea has taken off and has been a great success and then there's the HOWEVER....I your dedicated SuperMomma decided when it was my turn I would display my culinary skill and make all kinds of home made stuffs rather than picking up a carton of juice and box of bagels....Well it was very well received...there was Quiche, Apple Bread, Fruit, Juice, Muffins....I had completely lost my mind...Well 3 years later I find that teachers look forward to my month and what culinary delights that I will fill their morning with...the PRESSURE...because these days my cup runs over and all I want to do is pick up a carton of juice and a box o' bagles...But of course I couldn't let them down so I pressed my way to the market and $93.00 later I had all the necessities for Home Made Cinnamon Rolls adapted from Pioneer Woman and a few Quick and Easy Quiche along with a few unrelated teacher breakfast items!  I actually enjoy baking so it's just always the hump of getting the ball rolling but once I'm in I'm in and everything came out wonderfully!  The teachers enjoyed and one made sure to blame me for her over eating of Quiche!  I thought I would share the Quiche recipe in case any of you are feeling the need to impress some teachers! 

Makes 6 servings

INGREDIENTS:

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1 (3 ounce) can bacon bits (I use the Oscar Meyer Real Turkey Bacon Bits)

1/2 cup chopped onion

5 ounces shredded Three Cheese Blend (I used one that included Swiss)

3 ounces grated Parmesan cheese

1 (9 inch)deep dish frozen pie crust

4 eggs, lightly beaten

1 cup half-and-half cream

 

 

DIRECTIONS:

  

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F .

 

In a medium bowl, mix the bacon, onions, and both cheeses. Place this mixture in the unthawed pie crust.

Mix the eggs and half and half in a bowl. Pour the egg mixture over the cheese mixture.

Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F and bake for an additional 35 minutes, until top of quiche begins to turn brown.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

So yeah it's surely been a month of Sunday's and then some since my last blog post...every month I say that I am going to get on the ball with posting recipes, etc. and it never seems to come to fruition.  I am sure it has to do with working a full time job, shuttling my kids to all of their various activities and trying to live up to the Twitter name @IamSuperMomma...LOL! 
 
However I did make time to celebrate my birthday a few weeks ago with good friends and family with a themed Mexican and Margarita's dinner.  But what's a celebration without cake...Since no one offered to bake me cake (yes I'm calling out all of friends that were there) I decided to make my own  =)  and it was quite tasty! 

What goes better with Mexican and Margarita's than a Dulce De Leche inspired cake!

Dulce De Leche Brown Sugar Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups butter softened
• 2 cups light brown sugar, packed
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 5 large eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1 8oz bag Toffee Pieces/Heath (in the baking aisle)

 

Dulce De Leche

• 1 – 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

 

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325 spray a tube pan with Pam (or any generic brand) with flour
2. Beat butter until creamy. Add sugars beating until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. In medium bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add flour mix to batter alternately with milk, beat until just combined. Stir in toffee bits. Spoon batter into pan and bake 80 minutes or until wooden pick comes out clean.
3. Let cake cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan, and  cool completely on a wire rack. Spoon Dulce De Leche over cooled cake.

 

Dulce De Leche

1. In a medium saucepan, combine condensed milk and brown sugar; bring to a boil over medium-high heat, whisking frequently. Reduce heat, and simmer for 8 minutes, whisking frequently. Remove from heat; whisk in butter and vanilla. Let cool for 5 minutes.  Spoon Dulce De Leche over cake while it is still hot so that it will drip and drizzle!

 

 

 As always, Pray, Laugh, Love and Eat Dessert First!