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Crustless Quiche with Caramelized Onions and Prosciutto

Maris Callahan — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:00:00 +0000

In my experience, good things are often highly underrated. Fresh sheets on your bed, the feeling of breaking in new running shoes and quiche. Yes, quiche. Crustless quiche. At first, quiche makes me think of something that my grandmother might have made at a dinner or brunch party years ago. It’s a baked dish based on a mixture of milk, eggs and cheese with meat or vegetables in a pastry crust. In our diet-obsessed society (I’m not omitting myself from that classification) quiche is often thought of as a calorie trap – pastry crust, milk, eggs, cheese – but it most definitely doesn’t have to be. It’s also easy. So easy. When you don’t build the crust from scratch, quiche is probably one of the quickest dishes that you can throw together. Omitting crust will save you a lot of time, a little bit of headache if you’re not a baker and a lot of calories/carbohydrates if you’re watching those. I made this quiche primarily with ingredients from my CSA, which my friend Angie and I recently joined. You could substitute two cups of your favorite vegetables, and swap out the prosciutto for bacon, ham or porchetta — or even […]

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Farmer’s Market Breakfast Casserole

Maris Callahan — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:00:00 +0000

Something big happened here recently. Some of you may already know but I’m going to come right out and say it on this here corner of the internets. Now, before you get all excited, I didn’t get engaged (or a second date), I’m not having children and yes, I am staying put in Chicago. Oh? You want the news? Yes, I’ve taken the plunge and joined a CSA. My friend Angie and I are dividing a half-share of produce every Friday, that we take turns picking up at a local gym. For those of you who don’t know what a CSA is, the initials stand for “Community Supported Agriculture” and it’s popular way for consumers to buy local, seasonal food directly from a farmer. Basically, a farmer will sell “shares” to the public. The share usually consists of a box of vegetables, or other farm products. Consumers can purchase a “membership” or a “subscription” and in return receive a box of seasonal produce each week throughout the farming season. Our first CSA bounty included lots of vegetables, super-fresh and delicious. I turned some of the leftovers into this casserole inspired by Kalyn’s Kitchen. The best part about this recipe […]

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