After teaching Trim and Tone yesterday, Anna and I came home to do some house work. We started with laundry and when that was done, we cleaned the kitchen floors. She is a great little helper. Pretty soon she won’t even need me to show her how to do clean!

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After they were sparkling, we started unpacking our most recent Green Bean Delivery of organic fruits and veggies.

We got a great box filled with beets, strawberries, pink lady apples, crimini mushrooms, green beans, oranges, spinach, fingerling potatoes, cauliflower and more! Unpacking is Anna’s specialty.

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Once the groceries were put away, we started to discuss dinner. With lots of fresh veggies, I thought we should make a vegetable quiche. Anna isn’t quite ready to chop up veggies or break eggs yet, but she is advancing in her mini-chef’s training program. I decided she deserved a break for lunch after all of her hard work.

She was very thankful.

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Her new thing is to share everything, especially food. 🙂

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When lunch ended and she laid down for a nap, I got to work on making dinner.

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Crustless Veggie Quiche

adapted from Cooking Light

Ingredients:
8 eggs
6 egg whites
1/2 cup skim milk
8 ounces 0% greek yogurt
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1 cup spinach
1 red bell pepper, diced
1 cup of artichokes, diced
1 teaspoon fresh herbs (basil, thyme, parsley, or your favorite)
1 cup shredded 2 % Cabot light cheese
  1. Spray your pie plate with cooking spray.
  2. Saute diced artichokes, red pepper, spinach, mushrooms and herbs with 1 T. Evoo until soft.
  3. Mix together eggs and milk, yogurt, and veggies.
  4. Sprinkle 1/2 c. cheese onto pie plate and mix in the rest.
  5. Pour mixture into into 9-inch pie plate.
  6. Bake in oven at 375 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes until eggs are cooked through.
  7. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.

Here is another variation of mini quiches that I love!

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