This morning, I made a very delicious breakfast! A quiche using thinly sliced potatoes as my crust. This one is vegetarian, and I added in some nutritional yeast and feta for some creaminess/cheesiness.
It turned out really good! I used a mandolin to thinly slice a medium potato, which I kept the skin on. I oiled my pan, and added about 2 tbsp of butter, melted, to the potatoes along with a little salt, lots of pepper, and a bit of herb & garlic spice from Epicure. I mixed it all, and then layered my potatoes at the bottom and along the sides to create a crust. I had my oven at 400, and baked it for 15 minutes. In the meantime I got my egg mixture ready. I started with thinly slicing 2 green onions, cut up about 4 cremini mushrooms, then I grabbed a handful of spinach and chopped that up so there's no huge leaves. I added all the veggies to a bowl. I went to my garden and got some chives, parsley and thyme and cut that up finely together and added it to my bowl. I put a touch of salt, lots of pepper, about a teaspoon of onion and garlic powder, and a hint of nutmeg. I then added in some nutritional yeast, about 1/4 cup, and then about 4 tbsp of feta. They were big chunks so I cut it up more finely. Everything went in the bowl along with 7 eggs. I started with 5 eggs and I knew it needed a bit more, and 7 was a good amount. I poured that over the potato crust, and I had turned my oven down to 350, so I put that in the over for 30 minutes. We both really enjoyed it!
We also recently adopted a cat, he's about 13 years old, and it took a few weeks but he's gotten more comfortable with us.
His name is Baloo, and he's an indoor cat, but we let him enjoy our backyard a bit during the day. He doesn't mind a leash at all.
I have also been enjoying the outdoors, I usually start my work day with a nice short walk, than I do some weight exercises in the basement. A few weekends ago, I went with two friends over to Gatineau park to do one of the trails there, and it was beautiful!
There was a lot of stairs to climb, so very hilly, but it was a great hike! My friend is coming over today and we will walk a trail near here, and she will finally get to meet Baloo.
I also made these cookies last weekend
They are flour-less, and delicious! You can find the recipe here. I used dark chocolate chips in mine. I also made this Paleo bread.
I have been seeing the recipe pop up pretty often on Facebook, through the Joyous Health group, and a lot of people really enjoy it, so I thought I would finally try it, and it is really good. You can find the recipe here. I have froze some of the bread, which I sliced up first and separated the slices with parchment so I can easily take some out of the freezer when I want some. I knew I wasn't going to eat the entire loaf in a week so to make it last longer, some went in the freezer. I just put a slice, or two if he's having some with me, in the toaster, and once we topped it with some peanut butter and banana slices, and another time he had it with peanut butter and jam, and I had mine with almond butter, a little drizzle of honey and some hemp seeds. And I enjoy my slice of bread along with a London Fog tea, which I make her recipe and it's so good! You can get the recipe here.
I also made a lentil and veggie salad, which turned out really good.
Now time to get ready for that walk! Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend so far.
