THE best Quiche

Recipe adapted from: www.plainchicken.com

1 cup diced ham, bacon or cooked breakfast sausage or a mixture of each.

2- oz cream cheese

½ cup cheddar cheese, shredded

½ cup mozzarella or colby jack cheese, shredded

1 green onion, chopped

¼ tsp hot sauce, optional

½ tsp Worcestershire sauce

3 Tbsp sour cream

1 cup heavy cream

5 eggs

1 (9-inch) deep dish pie crust

Preheat oven to 350ºF.

If using ham, heat in skillet for 3 to 5 minutes to remove moisture. Remove from heat.

If using bacon, cook 1 lb & crumble. 

If using sausage, cook ½ lb until browned. Drain off grease.

Combine meat, cream cheese, hot sauce and Worcestershire sauce in a bowl. Add cheeses, green onion, eggs, sour cream and heavy cream. Pour into pie crust.

Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until set.

Chicken & Dumplings

Ingredients:

3 cups cooked chicken

6-8 cups chicken broth

2 cups flour

2 Tbs. butter

1/2 tsp. baking powder

salt to ttast- I just shake some in

¾-1 cup of milk

Instructions:

In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Cut the butter into the dry ingredients with a fork or pastry blender. Stir in the milk, mixing with a fork until the dough forms a ball.

Heavily flour a work surface. Roll the dough out ⅛-¼" thin with a heavily floured rolling pin. Dip your pizza cutter in flour and cut the dumplings in squares about 2″x2″.

Use a floured spatula to put them on a heavily floured plate. Just keep flouring between the layers of dumplings. 

To cook them, bring the broth to a boil. Drop the dumplings in one at a time, stirring while you add them. The extra flour on them will help thicken the broth. Cook them for about 15-20 minutes or until they're not doughy tasting. Add the cooked chicken to the pot and you’re done!