This was a "mom's surprise" recipe that worked! Gotta share it!
I've made the first recipe for years and years. I've "tweaked" it to be just the way that i like it. Then i saw the second recipe and "tweaked" it to be just the way that we like it. You'll have to try them both and see which you prefer. I can't decide. I've been eating a "sampler platter" with a smallish wedge of each on the same plate. :o)
VEGGIE QUICHE
1C cooked, cold, leftover rice
1+C cooked veggies*
1/3C shredded cheese**
2 egg whites
2 eggs
3/4C milk
dash hot sauce
*steamed broccoli, drained (well!) spinach, sauteed zucchini and green chiles, etc
** whatever seems to go well with veggies-- cheddar, feta, swiss, etc
pam a pie pan, spread out the veggies, then the cheese, then the rice
mix the rest well, dump over the "filling"
bake at 350 for 55 minutes, cool for about 5 minutes, serves 4-6 (?)
RAMEN QUICHE
cook 1pkg Ramen noodles (save flavor packet for later), drain well
1+C sauteed veggies (i used broccoli and green onions)
1/3C shredded cheese (mozzarella this time)
3 eggs
3/4 C milk (used whole milk)
1 flavor packet from Ramen (used Oriental flavor)
pam the pie pan, spead in veggies, then cheese, then Ramen noodles (cooked in am, used cold in the evening, don't know if it matters)
mix rest and pour over "filling"
bake 350 for 55 minutes, cool for about 5 minutes, serves 4-6?)
Without a crust, this could be more appropriately called a frittata but i feared that my kids (ok, Alessandra) wouldn't eat a frittata (which implies a mainly egg dish) while a French Quiche might have better acceptance. She made the second quiche/frittata.....and liked it. She didn't love it but she did eat it and i count that as a victory!
See what you think. Tell me what veggie combinations are your favorites. I'm partial to spinach and feta but the zucchini and green chiles with cheddar is pretty yummy...
Friday, April 23, 2010
ama
Ok, i've made recipes from Pop-pops (my late father-in-law), my late Dad and even one from Grandma Amy. I don't have any recipes from Ama but her "wisdom" keeps coming out of my mouth and guiding my actions.
Just the other day, i was taking care of a smelly, poor, icky patient at the hospital. One of those that you smell before you see them. Now, i'm no saying that there is a crime of being poor. I'm not saying that i'm that much of a snot. But (Ama wisdom here), there is a limit. Her saying "There's no crime in being poor. No crime. But there's no sense in being dirty. Soap and water are cheap." A little more cleanliness and this individual might not have come down with the horrid infection that put them in the OR in the first place. Just a thought...
Then, another Ama-ism, this one again on "societal ills". Ama wasn't a PhD. She may not even have finished high school (don't know, never asked). But she was very smart and efficient and productive. She had had a number of different jobs (worked in a bakery, in a deli, was a nanny) but most of the time that i knew her, she cleaned houses. She was the hardest working person that i knew. Under chairs, behind couches, inside the runners of windows-- dirt and grime had no place to hide! And she always told me-- "some people are book smart, some are a lot smarter than i am, and there's no shame in that. but there's no excuse for being lazy. everyone can do something." And i thus have little patience with some of my colleagues at the hospital who are all pretty "book smart" but lazy as all get-out. My little German grandma (Hoosier grandma?) could run circles around them. And she had really short legs...
Speaking of being lazy, i'd best get back to the tasks that i left downstairs. I came up with laundry and got sucked in by the computer, Back to the salt mines!
Just the other day, i was taking care of a smelly, poor, icky patient at the hospital. One of those that you smell before you see them. Now, i'm no saying that there is a crime of being poor. I'm not saying that i'm that much of a snot. But (Ama wisdom here), there is a limit. Her saying "There's no crime in being poor. No crime. But there's no sense in being dirty. Soap and water are cheap." A little more cleanliness and this individual might not have come down with the horrid infection that put them in the OR in the first place. Just a thought...
Then, another Ama-ism, this one again on "societal ills". Ama wasn't a PhD. She may not even have finished high school (don't know, never asked). But she was very smart and efficient and productive. She had had a number of different jobs (worked in a bakery, in a deli, was a nanny) but most of the time that i knew her, she cleaned houses. She was the hardest working person that i knew. Under chairs, behind couches, inside the runners of windows-- dirt and grime had no place to hide! And she always told me-- "some people are book smart, some are a lot smarter than i am, and there's no shame in that. but there's no excuse for being lazy. everyone can do something." And i thus have little patience with some of my colleagues at the hospital who are all pretty "book smart" but lazy as all get-out. My little German grandma (Hoosier grandma?) could run circles around them. And she had really short legs...
Speaking of being lazy, i'd best get back to the tasks that i left downstairs. I came up with laundry and got sucked in by the computer, Back to the salt mines!
Thursday, April 22, 2010
hellooooo.....
It's been like forever since i've been back here. Sorry to those of you (all two or three?) that were reading and waiting. Life gets busy.....or i just get lazy. Anyway, i have free time now and thought that i'd check in.
This healthcare debate, combined with the general crappy economy and some poor practices at Presbyterian Hospital have left me with more "down time" than i might choose. As a PACU nurse, my need is determined by the OR schedule. Fewer cases in the OR need fewer RN's in the PACU. As i am PRN (see earlier post), i' the first person "census managed" (sent home early with no $$).
So....i was sent home at 1100 on Tuesday and 1200 today. I'll never get rich this way!!!
Then again, i did have the whole house to myself to clean, cut squares for quilting and have my after-school coffee time all to myself. The silver lining to the grey cloud!!
This healthcare debate, combined with the general crappy economy and some poor practices at Presbyterian Hospital have left me with more "down time" than i might choose. As a PACU nurse, my need is determined by the OR schedule. Fewer cases in the OR need fewer RN's in the PACU. As i am PRN (see earlier post), i' the first person "census managed" (sent home early with no $$).
So....i was sent home at 1100 on Tuesday and 1200 today. I'll never get rich this way!!!
Then again, i did have the whole house to myself to clean, cut squares for quilting and have my after-school coffee time all to myself. The silver lining to the grey cloud!!
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Second hand joy
So, i took the kids "thrifting" this afternoon after church. Joe was at work for the day and the kids wanted to go "shopping". I figured it was a win-win.
We split up, each to his/her own department. I'm looking at a cute sundress when Christian come walking up with something. Look, he says, i found something that is absolutely perfect for you, maman!! And he is holding up a backpack/purse. It's patchwork/quilted with patterns of mushrooms. It's the right color. The right size. Well made. Perfect in every way except one..... i donated it about three weeks ago!! I guess things don't move too quickly through the FamilyThriftStore (yes, that's really the name)!!
Christian found a pair of Desert Storm combat boots that are roughly his size (too big but, if you know Christian, you cannot tell him anything). Alessandra found two really cute-on-her t-shirts (although she keeps telling me that she wants to get "nice clothes-- you know, not just tees and jeans"). I found two pairs of jeans and a dress.
Jeans!! That actually fit. Not too long or too loose or too tight! Like Goldilocks, i found "just right". They just belonged to "baby bear" before i took them over. :o)
The sundress is turquoise and flowery and short. I didn't realize until i got it home and hung it in my closet but it makes three (3!) turquoise, flowery, short sundresses for me. Call me a traditionalist. Or just call me boring and predictable. But i have a cute summer wardrobe of turquoise sundresses and one pair of sandals will match all three of them. So there!
Now that i've found a style of jeans that fits for me, Joe said that i should surf the Levi's site and buy more. I've not had jeans that fit in years. And, living in NM, jeans are pretty much all we wear outside of work and pj's. And, come to think of it, i wear pj's at work too!
Off to make Joe "walk in a circle" around our neighborhood before getting Christian from youth group. I was just so tickled with our "shopping trip" this afternoon that i had to share it with someone. If anyone is really reading this...
We split up, each to his/her own department. I'm looking at a cute sundress when Christian come walking up with something. Look, he says, i found something that is absolutely perfect for you, maman!! And he is holding up a backpack/purse. It's patchwork/quilted with patterns of mushrooms. It's the right color. The right size. Well made. Perfect in every way except one..... i donated it about three weeks ago!! I guess things don't move too quickly through the FamilyThriftStore (yes, that's really the name)!!
Christian found a pair of Desert Storm combat boots that are roughly his size (too big but, if you know Christian, you cannot tell him anything). Alessandra found two really cute-on-her t-shirts (although she keeps telling me that she wants to get "nice clothes-- you know, not just tees and jeans"). I found two pairs of jeans and a dress.
Jeans!! That actually fit. Not too long or too loose or too tight! Like Goldilocks, i found "just right". They just belonged to "baby bear" before i took them over. :o)
The sundress is turquoise and flowery and short. I didn't realize until i got it home and hung it in my closet but it makes three (3!) turquoise, flowery, short sundresses for me. Call me a traditionalist. Or just call me boring and predictable. But i have a cute summer wardrobe of turquoise sundresses and one pair of sandals will match all three of them. So there!
Now that i've found a style of jeans that fits for me, Joe said that i should surf the Levi's site and buy more. I've not had jeans that fit in years. And, living in NM, jeans are pretty much all we wear outside of work and pj's. And, come to think of it, i wear pj's at work too!
Off to make Joe "walk in a circle" around our neighborhood before getting Christian from youth group. I was just so tickled with our "shopping trip" this afternoon that i had to share it with someone. If anyone is really reading this...
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
high school never ends #3
Ok, so in high school i was a geek. I'll admit it. And i pined to look like, to be, to act like,to be accepted by-- the populars. One thing that they all had was the Kenya Bag. It's a purse/satchel, mid-sized, made of raffia/jute/hemp looking fiber, striped, with a pair of leather straps. I wanted it so bad....but never got one. Too expensive.
http://www.onyxopal.com/media/0826_sisilbag-003-small.jpg (check it out)
Then, lately, i saw that they are coming back. I saw them at the Sunflower Market (area market, like Trader Joe's or Wild Oats/Whole Foods). They haven't changed. They're still raffia-ish, striped, leather straps. They support the "fair trade" market in Kenya (not that we cared in high school). They're still $45...
So, i have $45 now. But i'm still too cheap to spend $45 on a whim. Even a whim that's lasted for 25+ years (*blush*). So, i didn't buy the bag when i saw it at the Sunflower (although i did point it out to the kids, both of whom told me to just buy it if i want it).
Today,i took Alessandra and her BFF "thrifting" as they were off school and wanted to do something fun.
And i saw "the bag".....at ThriftTown.
Clearly, i was meant to have it!!
So....tada!! For only $2, i have been able to (very belatedly) join the "in crowd" with the Kenya Bag. Woohoo!!!
It's shameful how easily amused i can be. :o)
Or how cheap my pleasures!
I guess there's a reason that my license plate (and motto for life!) is : 4EVER5!!
http://www.onyxopal.com/media/0826_sisilbag-003-small.jpg (check it out)
Then, lately, i saw that they are coming back. I saw them at the Sunflower Market (area market, like Trader Joe's or Wild Oats/Whole Foods). They haven't changed. They're still raffia-ish, striped, leather straps. They support the "fair trade" market in Kenya (not that we cared in high school). They're still $45...
So, i have $45 now. But i'm still too cheap to spend $45 on a whim. Even a whim that's lasted for 25+ years (*blush*). So, i didn't buy the bag when i saw it at the Sunflower (although i did point it out to the kids, both of whom told me to just buy it if i want it).
Today,i took Alessandra and her BFF "thrifting" as they were off school and wanted to do something fun.
And i saw "the bag".....at ThriftTown.
Clearly, i was meant to have it!!
So....tada!! For only $2, i have been able to (very belatedly) join the "in crowd" with the Kenya Bag. Woohoo!!!
It's shameful how easily amused i can be. :o)
Or how cheap my pleasures!
I guess there's a reason that my license plate (and motto for life!) is : 4EVER5!!
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
high school never ends #2
HIGH SCHOOL NEVER ENDS
Years you think for sure
That's all you've got to endure
All the (total dicks)
All the Stuck-up Chicks
So superficial, so immature
Then When you graduate,
Ya take a look around and you say "Hey Wait!"
This is the same as where I just came from,
I thought it was over, Aw that's just great.
Ch:
The Whole Damn World is just as obsessed
With who‘s the best dressed and (who's having sex)
Who‘s got the money. Who (gets the honeys)
Who‘s kinda cute and who‘s just a mess
And you still don't have the right look
And you don't have the right friends
Nothing changes but the faces, the names, and the trends
High School Never Ends
Oh Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh
HEY!
Oh Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh
HEY!
Check out the popular kids
You'll never guess what Jessica did!
And how did Mary Kate (lose all that weight?)
And (Katie had a baby so I guess Tom's straight!)
And the only thing that matters,
Is climbing up that social ladder
Still care about your hair and the car you drive
Doesn't matter if you're 16 or 35
Reese Witherspoon, she's the Prom Queen
Bill Gates, Captain of the chess team
Jack Black, the clown
Brad Pitt, the quarterback
Seen it all before
I want my money back!
Ch:
The Whole (damn) World is just as obsessed
With who's the best dressed and (who's having sex)
Who's (in the club and who's on the drugs)
(And who's throwin up before they digest)
And you still don't have the right look
And you don't have the right friends
(And you still listen to the same shit you did back then)
High School Never Ends
Oh Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh
High School Never Ends
Solo
Ch:
The Whole Damn World is just as obsessed
With who‘s the best dressed and (who's having sex)
Who‘s got the money. Who (gets the honeys)
Who‘s kinda cute and who‘s just a mess
And I still don't have the right look
And I still have the same 3 friends
And I'm pretty much - the same as - I was back then(hold en)
Years you think for sure
That's all you've got to endure
All the (total dicks)
All the Stuck-up Chicks
So superficial, so immature
Then When you graduate,
Ya take a look around and you say "Hey Wait!"
This is the same as where I just came from,
I thought it was over, Aw that's just great.
Ch:
The Whole Damn World is just as obsessed
With who‘s the best dressed and (who's having sex)
Who‘s got the money. Who (gets the honeys)
Who‘s kinda cute and who‘s just a mess
And you still don't have the right look
And you don't have the right friends
Nothing changes but the faces, the names, and the trends
High School Never Ends
Oh Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh
HEY!
Oh Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh
HEY!
Check out the popular kids
You'll never guess what Jessica did!
And how did Mary Kate (lose all that weight?)
And (Katie had a baby so I guess Tom's straight!)
And the only thing that matters,
Is climbing up that social ladder
Still care about your hair and the car you drive
Doesn't matter if you're 16 or 35
Reese Witherspoon, she's the Prom Queen
Bill Gates, Captain of the chess team
Jack Black, the clown
Brad Pitt, the quarterback
Seen it all before
I want my money back!
Ch:
The Whole (damn) World is just as obsessed
With who's the best dressed and (who's having sex)
Who's (in the club and who's on the drugs)
(And who's throwin up before they digest)
And you still don't have the right look
And you don't have the right friends
(And you still listen to the same shit you did back then)
High School Never Ends
Oh Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh
High School Never Ends
Solo
Ch:
The Whole Damn World is just as obsessed
With who‘s the best dressed and (who's having sex)
Who‘s got the money. Who (gets the honeys)
Who‘s kinda cute and who‘s just a mess
And I still don't have the right look
And I still have the same 3 friends
And I'm pretty much - the same as - I was back then(hold en)
high school never ends #1
The group "Bowling for Soup" has a song entitled "High School Never Ends". I heard it on the radio while the kids were in the car and thought that it was cute.But that wasn't the end of the story.
As i've thought about it since, i find that it's been true for me. What about you? Let me explain.
In high school(back me up on this one, Beth), i was faaaar from popular. I was mocked for everything from the clothes that i wore and the way that i walked to the books that i read and the way that i spoke. Nothing i did was good enough for the popular chicks (and guys) so after a while, i stopped even hoping to fit in and gave up. I stayed with my friend Beth (not that she was "uncool", she was just two grades behind me and thus out of the vicious feeding circles of my popular age-peers).
Now, i'm a "big person" and seemingly beyond those petty concerns. But, no,not really. See, i'm the mom of a "popular". She has all the right clothes, communicates the right way and is ultra-cool. And i'm still the dork.
I talk on the mobile phone when it's cool to only text.
I wear all the wrong clothes for myself and pick out clearly dweebish clothes for her that she refuses to wear.
I don't listen to the right music (don't even have an iPod!) and don'tknow the cool groups.
In short, i'm back in high school......and still uncool.
It's ok. I'm a mom. Embarrassing my offspring is my job. My mom sometimes seemed uncool when i was young (she frosted her own hair in the kitchen with this goofy hat and smelly bleach!). Then again,she did double-dutch jumprope with the girls in the neighborhood and taught us all how to crewel. She was cooler than i have ever been.
Am i beyond hope? Probably not. I'll be "cool" again when she is 25 and needs answers on how to do "big people things" (ie roast a Thanksgiving turkey, wean a baby or negotiate sibling ribalry). I can't wait. I'll wear my uncool embroidered bell-bottom jeans!!
As i've thought about it since, i find that it's been true for me. What about you? Let me explain.
In high school(back me up on this one, Beth), i was faaaar from popular. I was mocked for everything from the clothes that i wore and the way that i walked to the books that i read and the way that i spoke. Nothing i did was good enough for the popular chicks (and guys) so after a while, i stopped even hoping to fit in and gave up. I stayed with my friend Beth (not that she was "uncool", she was just two grades behind me and thus out of the vicious feeding circles of my popular age-peers).
Now, i'm a "big person" and seemingly beyond those petty concerns. But, no,not really. See, i'm the mom of a "popular". She has all the right clothes, communicates the right way and is ultra-cool. And i'm still the dork.
I talk on the mobile phone when it's cool to only text.
I wear all the wrong clothes for myself and pick out clearly dweebish clothes for her that she refuses to wear.
I don't listen to the right music (don't even have an iPod!) and don'tknow the cool groups.
In short, i'm back in high school......and still uncool.
It's ok. I'm a mom. Embarrassing my offspring is my job. My mom sometimes seemed uncool when i was young (she frosted her own hair in the kitchen with this goofy hat and smelly bleach!). Then again,she did double-dutch jumprope with the girls in the neighborhood and taught us all how to crewel. She was cooler than i have ever been.
Am i beyond hope? Probably not. I'll be "cool" again when she is 25 and needs answers on how to do "big people things" (ie roast a Thanksgiving turkey, wean a baby or negotiate sibling ribalry). I can't wait. I'll wear my uncool embroidered bell-bottom jeans!!
Monday, April 5, 2010
p.s.
She didn't wear the dress. I did wear my dress. And no one at church noticed (or said anything) about the dress. Or the scratch. So, she was right, i guess. No one noticed one way or the other.
difference between my kids
I took Christian garage-saling this past Saturday. He'd received $$ from his grandma and wanted to get something. His sister was at a fair with her piano teacher, working, but still doing something fun. As he was stuck home, i thought that hitting garage sales would be fun for him. The two of them are always pointing them out and asking to go.
So we went. And they were crappy.
We found four lavender placemats at one and, as we always need more, i bought them. At another, we found a book (How Things Work) for Christian. The other five garage sales were wastes.
As we were driving home, i lamented to Christian that we weren't very lucky. He only got a book and i found nothing fun. He pointed out the placemats and i told him that "those are for the house, a home purchase, not a fun-for-me purchase". He said....
"You are the home, maman. Without you, it's just a building."
Aaaaaawwww!
So, the next morning, Alessandra and i are getting ready for church. She is contemplating wearing the dress that she'd worn to school on Thursday (dress-up before the Easter holiday) but didn't want anyone to see her redness on her arms (sun exposure from teh Children's Fair the day before). I told her that i was wearing a dress and i had a scratch down the front of my leg. That i could sympathize with feeling self-conscious but that i wasn't going to let it control what i was going to do. She said......
"But mom.... it's not like anyone is going to be looking at you. No one will notice."
And thus, the difference between my kids.
So we went. And they were crappy.
We found four lavender placemats at one and, as we always need more, i bought them. At another, we found a book (How Things Work) for Christian. The other five garage sales were wastes.
As we were driving home, i lamented to Christian that we weren't very lucky. He only got a book and i found nothing fun. He pointed out the placemats and i told him that "those are for the house, a home purchase, not a fun-for-me purchase". He said....
"You are the home, maman. Without you, it's just a building."
Aaaaaawwww!
So, the next morning, Alessandra and i are getting ready for church. She is contemplating wearing the dress that she'd worn to school on Thursday (dress-up before the Easter holiday) but didn't want anyone to see her redness on her arms (sun exposure from teh Children's Fair the day before). I told her that i was wearing a dress and i had a scratch down the front of my leg. That i could sympathize with feeling self-conscious but that i wasn't going to let it control what i was going to do. She said......
"But mom.... it's not like anyone is going to be looking at you. No one will notice."
And thus, the difference between my kids.
recipe from the dearly departed
Marinated Carrots
These were so very popular at the Easter Eggstravaganza (subject for another posting...) that i have to include the recipe here. Hope that you love it as much as we do!!!
4# carrots (peeled and sliced "papa carrots" or just use baby carrots)
1-2 bell peppers, thinly sliced
1 red onion, thinly sliced
2 can tomato soup
1 1/2C sugar (i know, it's a lot, work with me here)
1 1/2C vinegar (cider or white)
1T A-1 sauce (or Worcestershire Sauce)
1 1/2T cheap yellow mustard
2t salt (or more)
2t pepper
1T dried basil
2T oil (called for 2/3C, do what you feel is right)
cook carrots in boiling water to softer than al dente but still firmish (between firm and mush)
drain into colander into which you've placed the onions and bell peppers
meanwhile, mix sauce ingredients
dump drained veggies in sauce, mix well and let sit in refrigerator overnight
better after 12 hours, even better after 36!
Can easily by halved if you're not feeding a small Prussian army....
These were so very popular at the Easter Eggstravaganza (subject for another posting...) that i have to include the recipe here. Hope that you love it as much as we do!!!
4# carrots (peeled and sliced "papa carrots" or just use baby carrots)
1-2 bell peppers, thinly sliced
1 red onion, thinly sliced
2 can tomato soup
1 1/2C sugar (i know, it's a lot, work with me here)
1 1/2C vinegar (cider or white)
1T A-1 sauce (or Worcestershire Sauce)
1 1/2T cheap yellow mustard
2t salt (or more)
2t pepper
1T dried basil
2T oil (called for 2/3C, do what you feel is right)
cook carrots in boiling water to softer than al dente but still firmish (between firm and mush)
drain into colander into which you've placed the onions and bell peppers
meanwhile, mix sauce ingredients
dump drained veggies in sauce, mix well and let sit in refrigerator overnight
better after 12 hours, even better after 36!
Can easily by halved if you're not feeding a small Prussian army....
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