Mushroom Stroganoff

Made this Saturday night with Mona. It was unbelievably creamy and good.

Ingredients:

• 1lb mushrooms sliced
• 4tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 cloves garlic finely chopped
• 1 onion finely chopped
• 1/2 cup wholewheat flour
• 2 cups vegetable stock
• 12 oz or 1 1/2 cups tofu (I used firm, but you could probably use silken too...)
• sea salt
• black pepper
• mustard powder
• pasta (I used linguine)

Directions:

1. begin heating water for pasta
2. saute mushrooms in oil until tender
3. add garlic and onions, saute for 5 min
4. meanwhile, put tofu in blender add tofu and about 1/2 cup water. Blend thoroughly.
5. add flour, stirring well
6. add vegetable stock slowly, stir to avoid lumps
7. cook for 2 min
8. Add tofu cream to mushroom mix, stir well
9. add spices to taste
10. cook until well heated
11. serve over pasta

Portobello Fajitas con homemade salsa

Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 red onion, sliced
• 1 red bell pepper, sliced
• 4 large portobello mushrooms, stems removed and caps cut into strips
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp chilli powder
• 1/4 tsp cayenne
• homemade or your favorite salsa to taste

STEPS:

First cook the onions and peppers in olive oil until soft (5min on medium heat)

add mushrooms (3min)
then add spices and cook 3-5 additional minutes.

roll vegetables into tortilla

add salsa

enjoy!

Tonight's Disaster: Quiche

Mama decided we [meaning me and sister] would make quiche for dinner using leftover ham.
Sister doesn't eat ham, so we made a mushroom and onion quiche for her.

What follows are the recipes I used for each quiche. I followed a half hand-written and half typed recipe. Following someone else's recipe is HARD. :-(


I forgot a few things in each recipe, so we'll see how they turn out. Quiches are in the oven as we speak.

Veggie Quiche (sister helped me make this one)

• two Portabella mushrooms sliced small
• 2/3 of a white onion chopped
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/4 teaspoon dried mustard
• salt and pepper to taste
• cheddar cheese shredded
• mozzarella cheese shredded
• pre-made pie crust in tin

1. saute onions till almost caramelized
2. sautee mushrooms
3. place in bottom of pie crust
4. add handful of each cheese
5. mix salt, pepper, milk, eggs and mustard in bowl
6. pour over solid ingredients.
7. cook for 40 min @ 375F

NOTE: we had way too much liquid for the quiche, and it spilled everywhere as we were trying to get it into the oven. Also, forgot flour in this quiche.

Ham & Cheese Quiche

• small pieces of leftover ham (enough to cover the bottom of a pie tin)
• 2 eggs
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1 tbs flour
• cheddar cheese (shredded)
• mozzarella cheese (shredded)
• pre-made pie crust in tin

I was in a hurry when I made this so I totally forgot a lot of ingredients (oops).

1. put ham and a handful of each cheese in pie tin
2. mix it around
3. put eggs, flour, milk in bowl
4. pour over dry ingredients
5. put in oven at 375F for 40 min

So if I had an ideal ingredient list it would look like this

• whatever you want to fill it with (veggies, ham, ect.)
• about 1.5 cups shredded cheese (any combo of cheddar, mozzarella, colby ect)
• 2 eggs
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1/4 tsp dried mustard
• 1 tbsp flour
• salt and pepper
• pie crust

I'll let you know how they turn out...


UPDATE:
So I guess tonight's dinner wasn't a disaster at all! Both quiches came out fine, although the veggie one was a tiny bit watery. Not bad enough to affect the deliciousness. Pictures coming soon.