Homemade Quiche

To celebrate my friend's pregnancy I made a quiche. 

I couldn't decide between broccoli and mushroom, so I combined them into one. Great!

I used bacon, onion, mushroom and broccoli. Depending on your tastes you can use other ingredients like asparagus, spinach, sweet corn and potato....

Ingredients

1 Cup  Broccoli, chopped

1 Cup  Mushroom, sliced and stir-fried

1/4 lb   Bacon, cooked and crumbled

1/2  Onion, sliced and stir-fried

1/2 Cup  Heavy  Cream

1/2 Cup  Milk

1 1/2 Cups  Shredded Parmesan Cheese

3  Eggs, beaten

1  Frozen Pie Crust, thawed

Salt and Pepper

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

Combine eggs, milk, cream, salt and pepper.

Layer mushroom, onion, broccoli and bacon and spread cheese in the pie crust, then pour egg mixture on top.  Bake for 40 to 45 minutes until top of quiche begins to turn brown.

I wrapped it with parchment paper and twine and I made a printable baking label. It's my label!! How does it look?
And...
I finally left a message.
Hope my homemade quiche makes her happy.   :-)

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Soy Pickled Chili Pepper - Gochu Jangajji

One of my favorite summer pickled vegetables is also one of the easiest.

How easy is this pickle?
Chili peppers, soy sauce, vinegar, sugar and water in a jar, that's it!!

JangAjji is the Korean name for this  type of pickle.
Pickling liquid can be based on vinegar or soy sauce.
Today, the recipe I am sharing is based on soy sauce.

Ingredients
2 Cups        Korean Chili peppers  
1 Cup        Water                          
3/4 Cup      Vinegar  
1 Cup          Soy Sauce
1 Cup          Sugar
      
Directions
Cut chili peppers into big bite-sized pieces and put it into a glass jar.
Combine  and heat all the ingredient for the pickling liquid - water,  vinegar, soy sauce and sugar until the sugar dissolves.
When the pickling liquid starts boiling turn it off and pour it over the chili peppers.
Make sure the peppers are covered with HOT liquid.  It keeps the pickle crispy.
Leave it out at room temperature for a day and then relocate to fridge.
Refrigerate for 3 days then enjoy.

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Grilling Dinner

Now, just in time for barbecue, my husband's colleagues from work visited my house!!

I love to serve a refreshing drink and tea to everyone before dinner.

One is iced lemon water and  the other is Korean tea 

- Solomon´s seal tea.

Isn't it the sweetest thing? Hello little bear.

My husband grilled beef and vegetables while I was preparing side dishes like vegetable sticks, romaine lettuce, Korean style egg salad, pickled cucumber and Kimchi.

Especially, carrot and cucumber sticks made my table fresher.
These are tea coasters. It's my favorite thing!! Ha Ha Ha

I also served rice and spinach soup after my husband finished grilling.OMG-

I didn't take a picture of it because I ran out of time, that's why. Phew-
But,continuous grilling and chatting made for a bountiful dinner table.
YUMMY.

Italian Apple Cake - Torta Di Mele

Apple cake is one of my favorites, because the portion of batter is smaller than that of apple.
So I can cut down  my carbohydrate intake.
I came over to my friend's house yesterday. She likes healthy foods. So I brought it for her. Of course, she liked it.
Very nice and easy to make.
Although it is rather plain cake that is great with a cup of coffee or just as a snack.
If you want to serve it as a dessert I would serve it with ice cream while still warm.
It would be great dessert!


Recipe ---->  http://heavenlypalate.blogspot.com/2011/10/italian-apple-cake-easy-foolproof-apple.html

Apple Coffee Cake with Crumble Topping

Amazing! 
It was quite the best coffee cake I've ever baked and very moist & fluffy and so wonderful to eat.
Absolutely delicious.
I enjoyed it with a cup of coffee in the morning and shared some cupcakes with my friends.
I am ready to bake another.  :)

Also, I used  a cupcake liner for wrapping.
How does it look?