Quiche

Preheat oven to 375F

Chop up any veggies/meat you have and sauté/cook them. We used the following:
- broccoli
- white onion
- yellow pepper
- spinach
- goat brie
- white cheddar
- garlic scapes
- leftover rotisserie chicken

After sautéing veggies, add in the chicken and the cheese, and a mixture of 4 beaten eggs with ~1 cup of milk. Add salt+pepper to taste.

Bake at 375F for ~30minutes (we used a cast iron skillet). Take out, let sit for 10 min

Garnished with banana peppers

Walnut Chocolate Fudge

Super easy recipe (makes 8"x8" pan):
1 (14 oz) can of sweetened condensed milk
3 cups of high quality chocolate (we used 50:50 milk:bittersweet)
1/4 cup butter

Pre-melt butter first in large glass bowl/microwave (supposedly gets rid of potential gritty texture)
Add chocolate and sweetened condensed milk to pre-melted butter
Microwave for a total of 3 minutes on medium power, taking breaks to stir the mixture. Make sure that mixture doesn't ever come to a boil.

Spray the 8"x8" pan with Pam (or line with wax paper for easy non-stick removal later). Transfer the mixture to it with a spatula, make sure to press down to remove any bubbles. Chill in the fridge for an hour or so. Take out, slice and enjoy!

Homemade Pizza (baked in cast iron pan)

Dough (1x12" pizza)
3 cups flour
1 cup warm milk
2 egg yolks
3 tbsp sugar
1 packet dry yeast
2 sticks of butter (1 stick=8 tbsp)

Step 1: Combine milk with yeast and 1 tbsp sugar
Step 2: Combine egg yolks with 2 tbsp sugar in the separate bowl
Step 3: Melt the butter and let it cool back down to room temperature

When bubbles appear in the yeast mix start adding ingredients from steps 2 and 3 to it. When 2/3 of the flour is added, you have the option of mixing in desired spices into the dough (we added oregano, garlic powder, chili flakes and coarse salt). Knead the dough with hands until homogenous and doesn't stick to fingers.

Wrap bowl of dough with Saran wrap (tightly) and set in a warm place to rise (about 1.5 hrs)

While dough is rising prepare the sauce and the pizza toppings. We went with a secret sauce recipe and selected broccoli, yellow pepper, cremini mushrooms, spicy sausage and topped everything with 1 block (1/2 lb) of mozzarella cheese. To help the broccoli and yellow peppers cook we steamed them for about 5-7 minutes prior to adding them to the dough.

Once the dough is ready, load it into the cast iron pan making sure that the edges are slightly raised. Add the toppings.

Place in the oven, preheated to 500F for 12-15 minutes. Watch intently until done :)

Steak and Kale/Spinach Quinoa

- Round steak - rub with a mix of salt, pepper and thyme then pan sear
- Cook quinoa in water, when done, rinse with cold water. Add meat/deglazing juice from meat frying pan to quinoa for extra flavor
- Steam kale and spinach, chop and add to cooled quinoa (*note: make sure to sufficiently drain the steamed veggies)
- Sautée chopped red onions until translucent, add chopped garlic, then add broccolette - add an ice cube and some lemon juice to pan and cover for about 5 minutes
- Flavor/season the quinoa with extra sautéed onions and garlic from the step above, pepper, salt, vinegar (cumin: optional)

Philly Cheese Steaks

Meat: Beef chuck short rib (sliced into small pieces with the grain)

 Fry beef on griddle in Worcestershire sauce until golden brown 

 Fry chopped onions, peppers and garlic until onions are translucent and peppers are softer

 Beef ready for assembly (don't forget the Cheez Whiz!!)

Served with fresh tomato/red onion salad dressed with olive oil/lemon juice/pepper

Bearnaise Sauce (over crepes)

Slightly modified THIS recipe (thyme instead of tarragon)
- Crepes made separately
- Filling made separately, consists of cubed brisket (see this recipe) fried with peppers, onions and garlic

Cranberry Coffee Cake

Makes 1 standard springform 

1.5 stick butter (room temp, unsalted)(1stick=8tbsp=4oz)

1 cup regular flour, 1/2cup corn flour or yellow fine corn meal

1tsp baking powder

1/8 tsp fine sea salt

1/4 cup orange zest (from 2 large oranges)

3/4 cup dried cranberries

1 cup sugar

1tsp vanilla extract 

4 egg yolks

2 whole eggs

Preheat oven to 350F, butter springform, sprinkle with flour (to prevent sticking)

mix flour, corn meal, powder, salt zest

in separate bowl, mix cranberries with 2tbsp from flour bowl

load into mixer - butter, sugar, mix

add to mixer - vanilla, egg yolks, then 2 whole eggs, then the remaining flour

fold in cranberries, gently with spatula (batter will be thick)

pour batter into springform, spread evenly

bake at 350F for ~40min (test readiness with wooden toothpick)

take out, let cool, sprinkle with powdered sugar