Life without a KitchenAid

Last Sunday I again made a lovely dinner for me and Boyd. This leftover special was in the form of quiche! It turned out so sooo tasty - with a perfectly flakey crust, lots of mozzarella cheese, onions, celery and sweet (locally grown) tomatoes. This was one dinner that I couldn't wait to eat again as leftovers for lunch the next day! Here's the final product:

I used my mom's pie crust recipe and her quiche recipe in my family cookbook. However, it was quite a challenge to get to that picturesque state... especially in our new small, somewhat-unequipped kitchen!

Here I am at our "counter" space, using my fingers to smoosh the butter and the flour together. This is usually the step that I use the KitchenAid (courtesy of Boyd's Grandma Ruth) for this step. But the recipes always do call for using this hands-on approach for making crust and it did turn out really good.

The next step was also a challenge - no rolling pin! What do I use instead? How about a water bottle filled with cold water? Sure... It sounds like a messy meal, and it was!

Clearing the last hurdle, I put the crust in a cake pan rather than a pie tin and finally I piled in all the cheese, eggs and goodies in the crust. Yum! So it was a meal that required some flexibility and I'm happy to say that I rose to the challenge and made an excellent Sunday meal for me and my loved one! Once I get back from California (here for some weddings and a baby shower) I'll get back to some more cooking fun.