Easy as Pie

Last night I was riffling through my cookbooks looking for something easy and satisfying to make for dinner.  I have a few cookbooks but somehow I always end up overlooking them in favor of online recipe sites (they're just so convenient!). I figured since I have these books, I really should use them every once in a while.

I finally decided to make something from the dusty pages of a cookbook that was made in my grandmother's honor for her contributions to Project Linus in North Carolina. The recipes in the cookbook are all family recipes donated by members of the community my grandparents lived in for over 20 years, so they're all incredibly comforting, delicious, and {most importantly} relatively simple. The winning dish was Crab Quiche.

Now, I'm embarrassed to say that I've sometimes scoured restaurant websites in search of a place where I could get a slice of Quiche for breakfast or brunch. How silly of me, quiche is insanely easy to prepare. Granted, if you make your own pie crust it gets minimally complicated, but I avoided that by purchasing a frozen crust. Here's the recipe:

1 9" pie crust

1/2 c. mayo

2 T. flour

2 eggs, beaten

1/2 c. milk

2 (6oz.) cans of crab meat

8 oz. shredded swiss cheese

1/3 c. chopped onion

1/3 c. chopped mushroom

Blend the mayo, flour, eggs, and milk until smooth. Stir in the Swiss Cheese, crab meat, onion, and mushrooms. Pour into the pie crust and bake at 325 degrees for 40-45 minutes.

This goes into the oven and 45 minutes later- TADA! Cheesy, yummy goodness comes out. 

I made a side of roasted asparagus to accompany my quiche and it was the perfect mid week meal! 

Now that I know how friggen easy quiche is to make, I'll probably end up making this my lazy day meal. Plus, any combination of meat/cheese/veggies is going to be equally as delicious, which means the possibilities are endless!