Swiss Cheese & Bacon Quiche

I've been eating a lot of eggs lately. And there's something to be said about a great quiche. So on Sunday, instead of our typical waffles, I insisted on a quiche. It turned out fabulous! And it was pretty easy too.

Swiss Cheese & Bacon Quiche

6 eggs
1 1/2 c milk
1 1/2 c swiss cheese
1 lb bacon (cooked)
salt & pepper
1 batch Pie Crust

Preheat the oven to 350. Prepare the pie crust according to directions and place it in a pie pan and pre-bake it for 10 minutes. Mix the eggs, milk, salt and pepper together. Place the cheese and bacon in the bottom of the pie crust. Pour the egg mixture over top and bake for 45 - 55 minutes, or until the top center of the quiche is fully cooked. Serves 6 - 8.

Home Made Ravioli

I've just been craving ravioli lately! I just love the cheese mixed with the marinara sauce. So I came up with this recipe to satisfy my craving. It was so good, I couldn't help but share. I just eat these as a meal, but my husband loves them with spaghetti on the side.

Homemade Ravioli

1 batch Home Made Pasta Recipe
1/2 lb ricotta cheese
1 c mozzarella
1/4 c parmasean cheese
1/2 egg (beaten)
1/2 T parsley
1/8 t oregano
1/4 t salt
1/8 t pepper
red sauce

Prepare one batch of Home Made Pasta. Mix all the remaining ingredients to make your cheesy filling. Dust your surface with brown rice flour. Roll it out thin (about 1/16 of an inch). Cut out your pasta the same shape/size as your Ravioli Press. Fill with your cheesy mix.

Press your raviolis together to seal.

Boil ravioli for 4 minutes (until fully cooked). If you don't want to use all the ravioli that day, place on a baking sheet in the freezer. Once frozen, transfer to a freezer bag and use within a few months.

If you don't have a Ravioli Press, you can cut out squares and seal the edges with a fork. I just love how uniform and pretty the press makes these! Makes 21 large ravioli.

Enjoy with red sauce!

Raspberry Bars

These bars are so delicious! They're sweet and fruity. They really go great with a barbeque. I converted this recipe and sent them to work with my husband to pass the man test of goodness. They were gone in a half hour! One co-worker admitted to eating 6. So make these bad boys and get out of the way of the crowd!

Raspberry Bars

1 1/2 c brown rice flour mixture
2 t baking powder
1/4 t salt
3/8 t xanthan gum
1 1/2 c oats
3/4 c packed brown sugar
3/4 c butter (softened)
1 c raspberry jam

Mix dry ingredients in a bowl. Stir in oats. Cut in the butter with a pastry blender (it will look a little lumpy). Pat 2 1/2 c of the mixture into an un-greased 11x7 inch glass pan. Spread the jam over top of the bottom layer. Press the remaining dry mixture on top of the jam. Bake at 350 for 30 - 35 minutes. Cool and cut into bars.

Honey & Balsamic Salmon

This is my favorite recipe for Salmon, and it goes fabulously with the Wild Rice Oil & Garlic Seasonings. Sometimes I'll make a little extra sauce just to drizzle on top of the rice. It's easy and delicious! You can grill it in the summer, or bake it in the oven in the winter.

Honey & Balsamic Salmon

4 T honey
2 T Balsamic Vinegar
4 servings of salmon

Place ingredients in a small microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 15 seconds then stir together. Place 4 pieces of aluminum foil on the counter. Lightly spray the foil with cooking spray. Place the salmon on the foil, and drizzle with the sauce. Now either grill on the grill or bake in the oven at 350 until salmon flakes away when pressure is placed on it with a fork.

Wild Rice Oil & Garlic Seasoning

I've really missed Rice A Roni since going gluten free. We eat it with chicken, salmon, it was our go to side! So I had to come up with a substitute for us to eat now. I found a wild rice mix at Costco that is gluten free, and I added some quinoa in for extra protein (1 c rice to 1/3 c quinoa). You can use just wild rice mix if you're not fond of quinoa.

Wild Rice Oil & Garlic Seasoning 

1/2 c parsley
2 1/2 T garlic powder
1 T salt
1 T sugar
1 t dried onion flakes

Mix all ingredients together and store in a small tupperware or ziplock bag. It will look like this:

To make the rice, add 2/3 c wild rice mix to a rice cooker. Add 2 T Wild Rice Oil & Garlic Seasoning. Add 1 2/3 c water, and 1 T oil. Cook in rice cooker until done, stirring occasionally. Enjoy!

Yields: 2 servings