Wednesday, January 05, 2022

Nothing for Granted

 The stuff we take for granted when we are in good health never fails to astound me now. I am so conscious that it can all be taken away in a heartbeat.

I had around two years of debilitating health deterioration, to the point where I had to buy those eggy frozen pre-mades for breakfast as I couldn't stand long enough at the stove to make my favourite porridge and cook my egg. Also because of the chronic anemia, I could only eat tiny amounts or I would go briefly blind as my blood was so bad. Literally. Frightening. I really never thought any kind of health and mobility could be restored. I'm still not too steady on the old pins but I can stand and do stuff now, hang pictures, wash the dishes, haul in groceries. Cook.

But enough of all that, I've written much about it here in the fervent hope that others don't need to carry their health challenges alone as the mental and emotional toll of that can be enormous.

So tonight I baked a spinach quiche. All by my little old self. And it tasted so good. Very simple old recipe - bits of bacon or ham, (4 eggs, 1/4 cup of real cream or less - mix these thoroughly), carmelized onions, mushrooms, chopped if you have them, 1 cup of finely chopped spinach or kale. Pour into a smallish pastry pie shell Top with a good cheese, grated or small lumps. Serves 4. Salad or coleslaw on the side. Omit meat if vegetarian. 





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  1. One of my favourites. Your version sounds yummy.

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    1. So easy when one is mobile and Everest when not Chris!

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  2. Sounds like to perfect quiche. My goal, to reassert myself.

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    1. You will get there Joanne, you are doing so well so far!

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  3. it sounds good. I turn to frittata rather than quiche often because I cannot be arsed making or buying pastry.
    And don't those small achievements feel WONDERFUL after they have been on the impossibly hard list?

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    1. I do love frittata also EC but Haven't tried that in a while. Must do soon. Yes, it feels glorious doing the simplest of things for myself.

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  4. It looks yummy. I usually mix the grated cheese right in with the eggs and cream and whatever else is going in, but I bake it without pastry. If I have no cream, it works out just as good, but then I'll cook it in a pan on the stove with gentle stirring/turning as for scrambled eggs.

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    1. River, I love the feeling of the pastry underneath all of this :)
      Though I do make a baked egg dish without the pastry which has layers of goodies in it.

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  5. Well done. Self satisfying I'm sure.

    Vegans, omit the eggs and bacon from the filling, add the vegetables and if the crust looks a bit empty, you may as well chuck in the salad to bulk it up before baking. Yummy? No?

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    1. H'm not sure about this Andrew - are you yanking the chain here? Baked salad?

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    2. vegetable salad, carrots and capsicums maybe (bell peppers) ?

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  6. Interesting recipe. I will try with cottage cheese instead of ham or bacon.

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  7. Good to know your health has improved after an alarming couple of years. I think we all take our physical health for granted until it suddenly declines.

    The spinach quiche looks rather wonderful. Except, as you say, I would omit the bacon or ham.

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  8. I'm delighted for you! I hope you savor every bite and enjoy your days.

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  9. I am so glad that you are doing better physically as well as emotionally. That quiche looks delicious!

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