Great find! Brown Rice Quiche Crust

I love quiche but hate to make pie crust. Even buying the ''just add water'' kind is a chore to me. Frozen get's expensive and we end up throwing away the edges anyway.

So one day I found this online, not sure why or how I ended up there. I think I found it on Pinterest but I may have put it there myself. (pause)

Side note: I had a medium coffee today around 4:30 with 2 creams and 4 sugars and I'm still a little chatty, can you tell? LOL

The recipe for the Quiche with Brown Rice and Cheddar Crust is here. 

I followed the recipe. I used heavy cream for ''milk'' and that was the only change. It was so creamy my husband asked why I didn't make two!

This is the crust after I browned it in the oven without any oil on the bottom, which I thought was weird and I worried about sticking but it didn't:

On my plate...suhoor.

One of the meals on our menu this month…

French toast w/natural syrup

Cantaloupe and blueberries

Lots of water

My simple French Toast recipe:

6 slices of thick bread (I use Trader Joe's Challa bread)

2 eggs

1/2 cup milk

1 tsp. vanilla

1/4 tsp. cinnamon 

Sprinkle with powdered sugar

Serves 3

Directions: Beat eggs, milk, vanilla and cinnamon in shallow dish. I use a glass pie dish.

Soak bread in mixture for about 45 seconds on each side before placing in buttered skillet or griddle.

Turn once when brown.

Remove and place on serving plate. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Serve with syrup.

 *We listen to the Ramadan Prayer Line on Touch FM online while we eat. 

Great greek salad dressing

Like most women in America, I'm totally hooked on Pinterest.

I made some Greek Salad Dressing from a recipe that I pinned over there and loved it! I had to scale it waaaay back but it was delish. The recipe that is linked below makes about 3 quarts or something way too large. We like greek salad but don't eat it often enough to make more than 2 batches at a time. It did separate in the refrigerator but a quick shake mixed it right back up!

(This is a photo from the recipe. I didn't photograph mine.)

My Greek Salad Mix:
Chopped Romaine lettuce
Diced Roma tomatoes
Diced cucumber
Slivered green peppers
Slivered red onion
Green olives (instead of black)
Feta Cheese
And toss right before serving with this yummy dressing over at allrecipes.com

Farina bread/muffins

One of my favorite breads to make and eat is Farina Bread!If you didn't know, farina is wheat. Cream of Wheat is actually farina.

Eating dried corn (corn meal products) is discouraged in How To Eat To Live so we make this which is just like cornbread.

Here is the recipe I use most. It is not quite as sweet as Jiffy but it's sweeter than Grandma's, LOL! I sometimes make muffins.

I serve this with bean soup. Also my daughter likes farina muffins with milk and yogurt and fruit for breakfast. It is a fortified cereal so it has similar nutrients to oatmeal and some cold cereals.

Farina Bread
1c wheat flour
1c farina
1/2 c raw sugar
2T baking powder
1t salt
1c buttermilk
2 eggs
1/2 t vanilla (optional)
1/2 stick butter melted

Melt butter in a baking pan (glass; 8x8 or pie plate), set aside. In a large bowl combine all ingredients including melted butter. Mix well. Pour into greased (from melted butter) pan . Bake 30-35 minutes on 350-375 degrees until toothpick comes out clean.
Note: All cakes and bread should rest for 24 hours before serving.