Country Vegetable Quiche and Orange Juice Muffins
This meal came from the Complete Meals section again, courtesy of Wanda Osolkowski.
What can I say about Wanda's country vegetable quiche? Not much. It was healthy, until I added almost an entire block of swiss cheese. And it was bland as could be. And those muffins? Seriously should be used for skeet shooting targets, ugh.
I was a little excited about using Bisquick. I have never bought or used the stuff - and the idea of having all my dry ingredients pre-measured was kind of fun. Maybe I'll stumble on a baking shortcut for years to come! Think again...
They were dry and crumbly and hard as rocks, with almost no flavor. I squeezed my own orange juice, so many they would be tasted better with ready-made oj.
As for the quiche - I thought I would buy a refrigerated pie crust to save time. The pandemic gods told me this was my opportunity to practice pie crusts, as the store was sold out. For someone who loves to bake as much as I do, I hate making pie crusts and I'm really terrible at it. I just need to do it more often and perfect the process. So I hunkered down and made this whole wheat crust.
It actually turned out well! The recipe doesn't call for the dough to be chilled before rolling, so it was a little difficult to roll. I rolled it out to where I could lift it into the plate & continue shaping with my fingers. It was fine.
When I read that the main vegetables in this recipe were zucchini and carrots, I had a feeling the flavor was going to be mild and unexciting. It was. As my husband said, it felt like we were eating fuel for our bodies and nothing else. No pleasure in this meal at all. In fact I boxed up the leftovers and brought them to my college student and her roommates, who will eat anything that's free.
Below are the two recipes as printed. Yes, Wanda said that the muffin recipe makes 12 dozen, but I can assure you it only made one dozen, or 12 total.
Modifications made: I used butter instead of shortening in the pie crust. I doubled the thyme (still tasted bland). I sprinkled a little less sugar mix on top of the muffins, but more sugar would not have made these taste any better. I didn't serve with orange juice that is WHIPPED IN A BLENDER???
Rating: 👎 Would not make again
Country Vegetable Quiche
Wheat Crust:
1/2 c. whole wheat flour 2-3 tsp water
1/2 c. shortening
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