Spinach & Artichoke Quiche = To Die For

Superdad hates frittata.  HATES.  He would rather starve than eat frittata.  I made that zucchini one a few weeks ago and he forced it down, but it wasn't his favorite [although he did say that it "wasn't terrible"]. I was a little hesitant to offer a quiche, but he LOVED it and so did Jameson.  I will definitely be making this more often!  

Superboy helped me make the whole wheat crust: 

Mmmmmmmmm....

Here is the recipe: 

Spinach & Artichoke Quiche with Whole Wheat Crust

Whole Wheat Crust:

1.5 cups whole-wheat flour

1/2 cup melted butter

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons milk

Dump all of this in the pie pan and mix well.  Once it's all mixed together, roll it into a ball in the center of the pie plate and press it out evenly in the pie plate. Pinch along the top edges or use a fork to make pretty indentations.  Superboy did everything except measure the ingredients for this.  I measured everything and put it in the pie plate for him and he loved it.  Get your kids in the kitchen.  That's where the best memories are made.

Quiche:

1 cup milk

4 eggs

1 cup Italian blend shredded cheese

1 steamed artichoke, or one organic can artichoke hearts that ONLY contains artichokes.  None of that other additive mess. 

1 10 oz package of frozen chopped spinach

10-12 cherry tomatoes

salt and pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Thaw spinach in microwave and squeeze until very dry.  Steam artichokes or drain water from canned artichoke hearts. Chop artichokes well.  Slice tops off of cherry tomatoes and then cut them in half.  Mix everything together in a bowl, making sure to beat eggs.  Pour everything into the pie crust and bake at 375 for 35-45 minutes or until center is set.  

Finished product.  I served it with a side salad with balsalmic vinaigrette & fresh sliced fruit with Greek yogurt on the side.  Amazing!  So great for a quick, easy summer dish. 
Hope your family enjoys it as much as mine did!

Love, 

Supermom 

And, just to leave you with a whole lot of adorableness, here are my little calves at Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-Fil-A today [no, that's definitely NOT real food but we live by the 80/20 rule... we're allowed 20% of non-real food]. :]