My First Quiche!

Well my quiche turned out great and tasted delicious :) And it's low in calories, this cooking stuff is fun I am enjoying it.

Attempting To Make my first Quiche!

This is my first time attempting to make a quiche, wish me luck. I follow this recipe from Simply Recipes.

Caramelized Onion Quiche Recipe

Note that although this recipe calls for making a pie crust from scratch, you can easily use an already prepared frozen pie crust. Just pre-bake it using the directions that follow.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 recipe pie dough (see Pâte Brisée recipe)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2-3 large red onions (about one pound total), French-cut (see below)
• Salt and freshly ground pepper
• 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 3 large eggs
• Pinch nutmeg
• 6 ounces Gruyère cheese, grated (1 1/2 cups)

Pre-Baking the Crust

1 On a lightly floured surface, roll dough into a 12-inch circle. Fit into a 9-by-1 1/2-inch round tart pan, pressing dough into corners. Transfer to freezer to chill for 30 minutes.
 
 

2 Preheat oven to 350°. Line pastry with parchment paper, wax paper, or aluminum foil, pressing into the corners and edges. Fill at least two-thirds with baking weights - dried beans, rice, or aluminum pie weights. Bake first for 15 minutes, remove from oven and let cool a few minutes. Carefully remove parchment paper and weights. Poke the bottom of the pie pan with the tines of a fork and return to oven and bake an additional 10 minutes or until lightly golden. (Fork holes are for any air to escape.) Transfer to a wire rack to cool while making filling.

Caramelizing the Onions and Preparing the Quiche

The onions will take about an hour to cook on the stovetop before they are ready to go into the quiche. So timing-wise, if you are making the entire quiche from scratch, it makes sense to get started on the onions once you've put the crust into the freezer to chill before pre-baking.

1 Heat olive oil in a large, heavy-bottomed sauté pan on medium heat. Add the onions and sprinkle a little salt over them. Cook, stirring occasionally for 10 minutes, until the onions have softened and are translucent. Reduce the heat to medium low and cook for an additional 40 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the onions are well browned. Add balsamic vinegar and cook for 10 minutes more, until onions are completely caramelized. Remove from heat.

 
 

2 Place tart pan on a baking sheet to catch any run-off there might be. Sprinkle half the cheese evenly over the bottom of the crust. Spread onions over the cheese and then top with remaining cheese. In a medium bowl, whisk together milk, cream, and eggs. Season with nutmeg, salt, and pepper. Pour over cheese. Transfer to oven, and bake until just set in the center, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for about 10-15 minutes before slicing.

Serves 6-8.

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May 31, 2010

Little Rock Marathon

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01-28-2010 Inspiration Photo

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A Cold and Windy Day for a 12 miler

Boy it was cold this morning when Cindy and I went to Sloan lake for a 12 miler. Sloan lake is a 2.56 miles loop, and it got beatiful views of the Rocky Mountain and downtown Denver. It was so cold and windy that we were only able to run 5.5 miles before we decided to go home and finished up the remainder on the treadmill. I ran the 6.5 remaining miles on the treadmill while watching the Colts played the Jets. I feel great and my achilles did not bother me at all today. Good running day.

Listening to my body

I got up today planning to go for a long run around 12 to 13 miles, but I did not. Now I could have gone out and run this morning but decided not to because I felt that my achilles was stiffed and I dont want to aggrevate it, I dont want to get hurt and have to miss out more days of training. This is simple stuff right? well with me nothing is like that, I am the all or nothing kind of person, and I am hard on myself, i need to learn to listen to my body and trust that it knows best and not my mind, because most of the time my mind does not know best.
So the lesson of the day for me is to be ok with delaying my long run for another day and dont judge myself so harshly. trust my body's message.

Take Five - Dave Brubeck

Monday Blahh

Today is the 18th of January, 2010. I feel blah today, I gained 1.3 pound over the weekend, but I dont think that is the reason, because I also ran 10 miles and had a wonderful time with my family, or maybe it is the reason, granted I did eat carbs in the evening, and did graze quite a bit last night. I think I judge myself way to harsh with the scale and with my weight gain, and the more I judge myself the more I like to graze. It is a vicious cycle!
I do want to share my victories though, last week I ran a total of 20 miles and inline with my goals to complete 1000 miles this year, so far this year I ran 48 miles already, I should feel good right? But I am not because my weight loss has been slow only 6 pounds so far this year, but I need to be positive about that too, because that is six pounds closer to my goal.
This week goals will be to run another 20 miles, to eat sensibly and try to not eat when I am not hungry!

New Year New Goals - on Day #6

Today is day # 6 of my new running program, I want to run 1000 miles for 2010, to run 2 marathons in 2010. These are some big goals but I am the type that like big challenges. I am not built like a runner and have not ran very much, in 2008 I ran 64 miles total, but I have always love the endurance aspect of running so in 2009 I decided to challenge myself with the goals of finishing a half marathon and a full marathon and I did it! I finished the Rocky Mountain Half Marathon and I finished the Marine Corps Marathon. As a result I ran 658 miles for 2009.
For 2010 I want to get my weight in order (to lose 50lbs) as well, for me this challenge is and had been the hardest to conquer. I love food, consider myself to be a foodie, but I dont like carrying the extra weight around when I am running. I am hoping that with some modification in my meals and the 1000 miles challenge and two marathons, this year will be the year that I can get a handle on this issue.

I signed up the Little Rock Marathon in March, 2010. Signed up for the lottery for the NYC Marathon in November, 2010 (keep my fingers cross) if dont get in with NYC then my next choice will be to run the RnR Denver Marathon in October, 2010.

I use the dailyburn.com to track my daily foods intake and keeping me accountable for what I put into my body, so far so good.