Vegan Quiche

Hello! We just finished the spring performances at the ballet school and it's been a very busy few weeks. I'm not really sure if I was coherent the entire time. All I remember is the driving, some crying, and lots of food. So. Much. Food.

Athena the ballerina as a swan with Smart Water accessory.

First, obligatory photo of adult size child in costume. I haven't ordered my photos yet and this was taken quick while she was running backstage. This was her second weekend of performances. The week in between had some rough moments. One of these moments resulted in me making quiche for the first time, late at night after being gone all day and making two trips to the store... Oh, well it all worked out.

The recipe for one somehow made enough for two.

The quiche I was replacing had broccoli filling.

One evening last week the Lady came home to find that her quiche had been eaten while she was out. This was more than she could take at the time. I went to the grocery and purchased the ingredients to make a new quiche (after looking up a recipe). I think I follow directions, but I overflowed the first pie shell. I decided since there were two shells and excess whipped eggs, I should make a second one. What was I really going to do with a frozen pie crust anyway? I sauteed some chard and kale for the second quiche. Normally I wouldn't buy a pie crust, but it was 11pm and corners were cut. It seemed to turn out okay. The quiche smelled great, but I don't eat eggs so I'm not sure about the flavor. It looked right (if that helps at all) and my family ate it willingly.

The photos are from my phone and taken at night. This is what happens when you don't think you're going to be doing things, but then you do them and decide to put it out in the world. Everything in the kitchen photographs just a little extra yellow at night. (Conjuring up horrifying images from Martha Stewart's food Tweets.)

Vegan Quiche

 Mr. Husband and Miss Lady eating quiche all week made me hungry, but I don't eat eggs. I decided to make a vegan version. It could definitely be prettier and I'm sure next time it will be, but it tastes okay. I think I could have added more water or something in order to get a smoother filling for the crust. I used a recipe from PBS.org. It was very simple and involved most of the same ingredients used in tofu scramble.

I was hungry. I didn't wait for it to cool and firm.

A view of the cut away section.

I just read through the quiche directions and I can tell you what I did wrong. Do you see how it looks layered in the photo above? That was a mistake not a preference. I forgot to stir the blended tofu with the cooked vegetables. Oops. I'm sure the flavor is still basically the same, but I would have preferred everything to have been blended together. Not skipping that step might have helped it to fill the pan better. This time I made my crust using the same recipe as before with the pot pies. It's a really great non-vegan recipe and I just sub out some of the ingredients.

Last thing, I follow a blog called Annie's Eats. I've been following awhile and sometimes I will veganize a recipe. I was at the farmer's market on Saturday and I saw a woman that I thought had to be Annie from Annie's Eats. It was her, but I did not speak to her or tell her that I follow her blog. It seemed too weird. Is it strange to be a blog groupie? I'm torn.

xoxo,

b

Oh, Em, Gee

Today's date smacked me in the face.  In six weeks, Future Husband will be husband or Mark, but he's already Mark.  Eeeeek!  Crazy.  Um, I keep mentioning this and counting down.  I'm not sure why; excitement, anxiety, fear, etc.  I also feel my wedding anxiety slowly creeping back in.  I don't have as much anxiety about getting married (that's what counseling is for) as I do about having a wedding and actually hosting an event.  There are so many things that I wonder if I'll forget and so many things that have to come together that I wonder how it ever happens, but I suppose it does; over and over day after day for many, many people.  With that said, I'd like to recommend 2 books.  The first one because it taught me that no matter what happens it all works and recalls in your memory as being perfect.  The second book I'm not finished with, but it inspired the author of the first book and is a history of the wedding industry and that seems like good knowledge to have.

 When I finally get organized again, I will have several tutorials from this experience.

 Here's one future tutorial as a project on Cut Out & Keep.

Now, this was Wednesday:

She told us that it's water ballet.

xoxo & omg,

B-Merry

Help a Bean out.

The Ballerina Girl

 Miss Bean loves her ballet and in order to attend the ballet school, she receives a need based scholarship.  The dance school is a non-profit organization and most of the scholarship funds come from donations.  They have started doing a Raise The Barre Campaign and it seems to work really well for them.  Anyway, help a Bean out!

Thanks,

X's & O's,

B