Organic Vegetable Cheddar Quiche

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease an 8” x 8” glass casserole dish.

5 oz. Organic Fresh Spinach, Chopped
4 T. Organic Butter
2 Small Organic Potatoes, Diced
4-5 Mushrooms Cut up
1-1/2 C. Raw Cheddar Cheese
1 Large Organic Green Onion, Chopped
8 Range Free Eggs, Beaten

Heat 3 T. butter in a large frying pan. Add the potatoes first and let cook on medium high heat approx. five minutes. Add the mushrooms and onions and cook a few more minutes until mushrooms reduce. Remove to a small dish.

Add the last T. butter and spinach all at once and stir just until the spinach is wilted. Transfer spinach to the glass dish, spreading it around so the entire bottom of the dish is covered. Layer the grated cheese (I like Sonnet Farms brand) and potato mixture on top of the spinach.

Beat the eggs and pour in the glass dish. Use a fork to gently stir so everything is just combined.

Bake about 35 minutes or until the mixture is completely set and starting to lightly brown. Let cool a few minutes before cutting. The quiche will settle down some as it cools. Serve hot.

This is good with plain greek yogurt and fresh salsa! (I suggest Fage Total yogurt.)

Makes 6 servings

The Best Tasting Smoothie Ever

I always just throw ingredients into my blender and see how it turns out. This one was so yummy I made myself actually write down what I used. Try it for yourself and let me know what you think!

The Best Tasting Smoothie Ever!!!

8 oz. Apple Juice – (I steam juiced my own from my apple tree, yum! Can’t get any more organic than that.)

2 Organic Valencia Oranges Peeled (I have a high powered blender so I leave the seeds.

You may want to deseed if you do not have a high powered blender.)

½ C. Plain Greek Yogurt*

1 Squirt Vanilla Crème Sweet Leaf® Liquid Stevia

Small Handful Organic Frozen Cranberries

Large Handful Organic Frozen Raspberries

Large Handful Organic Frozen Blueberries

½ Frozen Organic Banana

A Chunk of Frozen Thai Coconut Meat** (about 1/3 C.?)

4 Frozen Cubes Coconut Water**

Blend for approximately 1-1/2 minutes or to desired consistency. Makes approximately 24 oz.

*Greek yogurt contains twice the protein vs. carbs. Other yogurts are the opposite. The Costco where I live carries two brands: Fage® (pronounced Fa-yeh!) for $4.99, or the Kirkland® brand for $6.99. The Kirkland® brand is a two pack where the Fage® is only one. I guess it depends on how quickly you will use it as to whether or not you’d want one or two at a time.

**I buy Thai coconuts, drain water into ice cube trays and freeze. (You could also purchase coconut water and freeze but you wouldn’t know for sure how much it has been processed to put in that cute little package.) Then I break open the coconut, scoop out the meat and put it in a freezer baggie and freeze. I buy a box of nine coconuts at once, usually from an Asian market. The last time I got a screaming deal. The store only had seven coconuts in the box so they gave them to me for $2.00 each! Done! I was way excited. The water from one coconut fills an ice cube tray, more or less. When those two trays are frozen I put the cubes in a freezer bag and move on to the next two coconuts. That reminds me, I still have one sitting in the fridge, hmm. Anyway, my dog even loves the leftover coconut meat. Maybe because she doesn’t want the chickens to have it. Go figure. I used to just throw it away, but not anymore. Good thing too because it made the flavor amazing. Or it could have been the apple juice. I’ve never used it in a smoothie before either…Of course most people probably don’t have their own juiced apples, so try an organic frozen concentrate. Do not dilute. Half a can should work.