Vegetable Quiche with Smoked Gouda

409. Quiche love is a real thing.  After enjoying our most recent quiche, post #407, I wanted to experiment with a couple different ingredients.  Oh the possibilities with a block of Gouda Cheese, bacon, fresh chives, zucchini and mushrooms.

I made half a recipe of pie crust and filled a 9" spring form pan with the dough to create a high, deep filling that can stand alone once baked.

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Chop up each of the filling ingredients before mixing your eggs.

The Gouda was a smoked variety with apple and hardwood flavor and it added such amazing flavor.

This quiche was packed with so much flavor, texture and every bite was my favorite.

Once baked, the house smelled intoxicating.  Paired with a light spinach salad, what more could you need or want for dinner?

And what a lovely slice of deliciousness.  Happy Weekend!

"Cooking is like painting or writing a song.  Just as there are only so many notes or colors, there are only so many flavors - it's how you combine them that sets you apart."

~Wolfgang Puck, Master Chef

Vanilla Butter Sugar Cookies

408.  Valentine's Day seems to come along so quickly each year.  But it is so welcome bringing chocolates, cookies and many delicious treats in heart shapes.

This recipe for Vanilla Butter Sugar Cookies has been a staple in my recipe line-up for many years.  It makes a large batch of cookies but you are able to cut the recipe in half for the perfect batch.  They might last 3 days if you are lucky.

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"Baking cookies is comforting, and cookies are the sweetest little bit of comfort food.  They are very bite-sized and personal."

~Sandra Lee