Izzy 4.0 and a Birthday Quiche

It was pretty exciting.  Surrounded by family and friends, making, then eating really yummy food, opening thoughtful and exciting gifts.  It was a busy day.  But so much fun.

Flourless chocolate cupcakes.  Yes, let me repeat that FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES. Yum.  Oh, and the candles.  Totally cute, she blew and blew and blew, then finally aimed at the candles.

It was a special day.  Amazing for me too.  I can’t believe Izzy is 4 years old!  I mean, how did that happen?  Wasn’t it just a few days ago we were in the birthing center?  It’s been amazing to watch Izzy grow up to 4.  She’s an incredible human being, my very best friend, and totally inspires me.  I am continually amazed at her thoughts, stories and even jokes.

We have a lot of fun together.  Izzy and I made the above quiche.  You see we LOVE quiche.  (In case you weren’t sure.).

• Izzy’s Birthday Quiche:
• Pie shell  – room temperature(I sometimes make them from scratch, but this one was ready made from the store, it’s ok, you can do that.)
• 6 eggs (1 separated, keep the whites in a separate bowl)
• Tomatoes  – we used 2/3 pint of grape tomatoes – halved or sliced
• Fresh Basil – 2-3 springs, de-stemmed and finely chopped
• 1-2 cups grated cheese, we used cheddar, but mozarella would be yummy too!
• 8oz or 1 cup heavy whipping cream – you could use any milk product here, non fat, low fat, half & half.  I like whipping cream, it makes the quiche fluffy!
• Salt & Pepper

These are great served hot, warm, room temp or cold.  ENJOY!

Preheat oven to 350ºF.

I use a 10″ tart pan for a 9″ pie crust.  It fits, and there is no pastry shell waste.  Smooth pie shell into tart/pie pan.

Pour egg white in, paint (we use a brush, but I’ve used my fingers in a pinch) the entire pastry shell with the egg white. (this is so it doesn’t turn to mush once you pour the egg mixture in)

Place tomatoes in first.  I like pretty layers, and so does Iz  – see above.

Then sprinkle the chopped basil evenly over the tomatoes.

Sprinkle the grated cheese even over entire quiche.

In a separate bowl, mix all the eggs together, pour in the cream, mix well, add pepper and salt.

Pour well mixed mixture over quiche.

Place in the center of your oven.  Bake for 35-40 minutes or until the center doesn’t wiggle like jelly.