Grilled Quiche

When it gets this hot (94 today) you'll do anything to not turn on any heat generating appliance, so for dinner tonight I baked a quiche in our gas grill on the back porch.

I just made the quiche recipe as I would for the oven. Instead of my usual glass pie pan, I poured the filling into a heavy square metal baking pan that fits my grill top.

I got out the oven thermometer, lit one side of the grill, and placed the pan on the unlit side, so it wouldn't be directly over the flame.

It took about the same amount of time as it would in the oven and it turned out great! I'm thinking brownies might be the next experiment. :)

Basic Quiche:

6 eggs
1/2 cup cream or whole milk (whatever I have around)
pepper and salt
1 cup chopped fillings (veggies, bacon, etc.)
1 cup grated cheeses

Beat the eggs, cream, and seasonings together, and pour the mixture into a buttered baking dish. Arrange the veggies and cheese over the egg mixture, and bake at 350F for about 45 min.

Zucchini Muffins

Tea For One

Since I inherited a few proper tea things from Grannie's estate, I've been enjoying a little fancy tea party in the afternoons. Give me a break, it's not like I have a buddy to go on coffee runs with, so I have to entertain myself. :)

Last Saturday, I bullied Dave into driving across town with me to a community outreach center in a sketchy neighborhood to pick up some locally produced meat and eggs I ordered through Laptop Butcher Shop, a conduit through which city folk like us can buy the freshest, cleanest, meat, dairy, and produce Western PA has to offer.

I made him some kabab last night from Rose Ridge Farm grass-fed beef, which made it a bit easier to swallow.


Lately I've been obsessed with eggs from pasture-raised organic chickens (see Breakfast of Champions), so I jumped at the chance to grab a couple dozen from Wolf Lake Farm for only $4/dozen!

On a completely unrelated topic, we finally captured an invader on camera. This cat stalks through our backyard nearly every afternoon to sneak up on the massive bird feeder our neighbors set up last fall.

Aha!

Breakfast of Champions

Joey, this one's for you!