How to Make a Ham and Cheese Quiche Recipe

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Spinach Quiche Recipe:

Would you like a variation on your favorite Quiche Lorraine Recipe? Try adding 5-6 fresh chopped spinach leaves or 1 frozen box of spinach cooked, and drained and added to the recipe below. You will love the addition!

Total Time:  1 hr. 25 min.

Ham and Cheese Quiche Ingredients:

2 (9-inch) Deep Dish Frozen Pie Crusts

12 ounces chopped cooked ham

1 small finely chopped onion

½ teaspoon of vinegar

1/8 teaspoon of dried tarragon

1 tablespoon of finely chopped green bell pepper

1 pinch of garlic powder

1 (4.5 oz) of drained, chopped canned mushroom

1 pinch of ground nutmeg

6 eggs

1 pinch of dried parsley

Salt and pepper to taste

2 cups of heavy cream

8 ounces shredded Monterey Jack cheese

8 ounces shredded Swiss cheese

Quiche Recipe Directions:

1)      Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and pre-bake the 2 pie crusts for 10 min.  When the pie crusts are done take them out and set them aside.

2)      Get out a large skillet, saute the green pepper, onion, and mushroom until the onions are soft and translucent. When that occurs to remove the skillet away from the heat and set aside on a cool burner.

3)      Take out a large bowl, mix the eggs and cream together, then stir in the shredded Jack and Swiss cheese, chopped ham and saute vegetables, vinegar and season with the tarragon, garlic powder, nutmeg, parsley, salt, and pepper. Begin to divide and evenly fill the 2 pre-baked pie crusts.

4)      Place the pie crusts into the preheated oven and let it bake for 55-60 min, or until the filing is set and the pie crusts are golden brown.

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Budget Easter Dinner: Ham and Potato Casserole Recipe

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For those who have a big family or circle of friends to entertain, Easter dinner can get quite pricey. That’s why we bring to you this ham and potato casserole recipe whose key ingredients are available on cheap during this season. But inexpensive does not mean that it’s not tasty.

So, here is our round up of quick and easy recipes for your best Easter yet. But don’t just take our word for. Give them a try!

Which other Easter dinner recipes will you add to the menu this year? Share with us in the comments!

Budget Easter Dinner: Ham and Potato Casserole

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Ingredients

¼ cup of butter

¼ cup of breadcrumbs

1 package of shredded cheddar cheese (8 ounces)

1 small onion

1½ cup of soy milk

2 cups of fully cooked ham (cubed)

3 tbsp. of all-purpose flour

3 tbsp. of butter

6 small tomatoes (peeled and cubed)

Salt and black pepper to taste

Preparation

1. Put the potatoes in a big pot and add water and salt. Cook until boiled. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes, until the potatoes become tender. Drain the water.
2. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
3. Grease a large, rectangular baking dish.
4. Heat a skillet over medium heat and add 3 tbsp. of butter. Add the ham and onion and cook until the onion becomes soft and has a translucent appearance (for about 5 minutes).
5. Add the potatoes to the ham mixture. Stir then transfer the entire mixture to the baking dish.
6. Heat a pan over medium heat and add the ¼ cup of butter. Add the flour and stir until smooth.
7. Add the milk to the flour mixture then add pepper and salt. Continue stirring until the mixture become thick (for about 2 minutes).
8. Reduce the heat to low and add the cheddar cheese to the white sauce. Cook until the cheese melts.
9. Pour the flour mixture over the ham and tomatoes and sprinkle the breadcrumbs on top.
10. Bake the casserole in the preheated oven until the white sauce becomes brown (for 20-25 minutes).

The foods that symbolize Easter – strawberries, eggs, lamb, ham, asparagus – can put a dent in your budget in these tough economic times. The secret is to look for specials, substitute ingredients, and stretch costly ingredients. Alternatively, you can look for tasty recipes like this one. Ham and potato casserole makes for a great Easter dinner and will be loved by everyone. It is easy on your food budget.

What is your favorite budget Easter dinner?

Happy DIY Saturday – Easter edition! Over the last few years Stagetecture has helped you get your Easter home ready for your guests, kids, and you! Today’s DIY Saturday is an Easter recap of all the great DIY Easter Saturday’s of the past. Get ideas for crafts, planning an Easter egg hunt, activities for kids and adults and so much more.

Happy Easter!

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Happy Easter! The holiday has finally come when we set out the Easter hard boiled eggs and the pastel colored Peeps , desserts and enjoy seeing young children at their Easter egg hunt find treasures. Look to the past Easter articles on Stagetecture to help you enjoy your day with your family and friends.

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Last minute quick checklist resources for the perfect Easter day!

• Natural Easter egg dye for hard boiled eggs
• Easter brunch recipes and ideas to start the day
• Easter Egg hunt ideas for the perfect activity for little ones.
• Easter dessert ideas to round out your holiday meal.
• Easter decorating tips for a beautiful home inside and out

From Stagetecture’s home to yours

Happy Easter!

For a complete list of the past Easter ideas from Stagetecture, click here.

The count down to Easter is here and find unique ways to decorate and dye your Easter eggs is on everyone’s mind. Today, I came across a great article from Green your Decor for dying eggs with food ingredients. You may remember Jennae Peterson from her Stagetecture Interview on green living in your home.

Today, she brings you easy steps for making all natural Easter egg dye that is simple, affordable and has no toxic dyes involved. Thanks Green your Decor for the ideas.

How to Dye your Easter Eggs Natural Ingredients

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I set out to create eggs in the three primary colors — red, yellow and blue — thinking I’d be able to mix those colors to get a bunch of other colors. I also wanted to try dyeing the eggs with onion skins for a tie-dyed sort of look.

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Ingredients:

• Beets (red dye)
• Turmeric (yellow dye)
• Red cabbage (blue dye, believe it or not)
• Onions (or at least their skins)
• Vinegar
• Salt
• Water
• Cheesecloth or similar fabric
• Thin twine or yarn

Looks like a lot of red stuff, right? Well, if you notice the photo above, red is about the only color I didn’t achieve. I’ll start with the methods that worked well.

Onion Skins

This is the only dye method for which you want to start with raw, unboiled eggs. The skin of one onion will cover about 1-2 eggs. Place the egg on top of a piece of cheesecloth or cotton. Begin covering a raw egg with onion skins.

Once covered, wrap the cloth around the egg and secure it with twine. Try to make this pretty snug, but remember that these eggs are uncooked, so they’ll break if handled too roughly.

Boil the cloth-covered eggs for about 30 minutes, then allow them to cool.

Unwrap the cloth and admire the beautiful patterns on your eggs. I expected the red onion skins to produce red staining, but I was just as happy with the moddled, yellowish look I actually wound up with.

BLUE

I was in a bit of disbelief the red cabbage could result in blue eggs, but I was pleasantly surprised to find out that this was true.  Cut up half a head of red cabbage, and put it in a pot with enough water to cover it. You can use a whole head of cabbage if you need a lot of blue eggs, but I only wanted a few. Add 1 tablespoon of vinegar and 1 tablespoon of salt. Bring it all to a boil, then cover the pot and it let it simmer for about 30 minutes.

Strain the cabbage and set the liquid aside for dyeing. Let it cool. Submerge your eggs in the dye, and get ready for a long wait.

The blue eggs were beautiful and my uncontested favorite, but I had to let them soak overnight to achieve that color. Still, it was totally worth the wait to pull blue eggs out of the purplish liquid that came from the cabbage.

Let me know if you try any of these natural Easter egg dye ideas!

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