Breakfast Quiche - Mushroom - Bacon - Cheese - Wheat Belly Friendly

Let me say right up front that this "Wheat Belly" friendly breakfast quiche is AWESOME, but time consuming!  So, you may want to prepare the whole thing the night before, or at least get all the mixtures ready.  Or, you could work hungry as I did on this, but the effort, either way is well worth it!

It really helps if you have a helper on this one, there is a lot of mixing and finding ingredients.  However, once you've done it once, you'll be able to do it quicker on those hungry mornings!

This recipe came from Wheat-Free Market Foods, and this is my attempt at preparing.

Divide your activity into preparing the crust and the filling.  The are bought time consuming and are made up of several ingredients.  The ingredients should be on hand, IF, you have been following Dr. Davis' "Wheat Belly" program.  The crust is basically made up of the "Wheat-Free All-Purpose Baking Mix" that I usually keep made up in a canister.  You need his cookbook to get the ingredients of that mixture.  HINT: Breads are made from Almond, coconut, and flaxseed flours/meals. NO WHEAT!

The CRUST is made up of: (turn on oven to 350)

1 -1/2 Cups Wheat-Free Baking Mix

1/4 teaspoon sea-salt

1 teaspoon Virtue or Truvia sweetener (only Stevia extract, no other ingredients are "wheat belly" legal)

1 large egg

2 tablespoons of "real" butter

The FILLING is made up of:

4 slices of thick bacon (chopped)

1/2 small onion (finely chopped)

4 ounces of mushrooms (chopped)

1/2 teaspoon sea-salt

5 large eggs

3/4 cups heavy whipping cream

4 ounces shredded cheese (provolone or Swiss)

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Prepare Crust:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a medium bowl combine baking mix, sweetener, salt, butter and egg. Blend until dough forms. Place dough on a large piece of parchment paper. Place another sheet of parchment paper (or plastic wrap) on top of the dough and roll out until dough is approximately 12 inches in diameter (for a 9 inch pie). Remove top paper and carefully invert crust into pie plate. Remove any excess dough and crimp edges if desired.

Bake crust for 10 minutes then remove from oven.

While crust is baking, prepare filling.

Render fat from bacon in a medium pan. As soon as bacon is crispy, chop bacon and set aside. Leave at least 3 tablespoons of bacon drippings in pan and add onion, mushrooms and ¼ teaspoon salt. Cook over medium heat until vegetables are tender. Turn off heat.

In a large bowl add eggs, whipping cream, cheese, remaining ¼ teaspoon salt, pepper, bacon and mushroom mixture. Pour mixture into the pre-baked crust and bake for 35 minutes or until center is set. Check crust around 30 minutes to make sure it is not getting too brown. Allow to cool for at least 10 minutes before slicing.

Get ready to "slap yo mamma"!  It's awesome with coffee, and maybe a side of fresh fruit!

MAKE FRENCH TOAST FAST!

I was walking through the store last week, looking for something different for breakfast, when I spotted the Pepperidge Farm - Swirl Breads.  Then I remembered the  French-toast my mom used to make me.

The wheels turned some more and I thought, "Why go to all that mixing trouble, just dunk some of this "Brown Sugar and Cinnamon" swirl-bread!"

So I got a package and the next morning I just broke an egg into a bowl, added about 3 tablespoons of milk, whipped it a few times and plopped a couple of "swirl-bread slices, and cooked it in a med-hot frying pan coated with melted butter!

Man!  With a side of ham and a cup of hot coffee, it was the quickest and best breakfast I'd had in months!

A QUICK CHORIZO BREAKFAST WRAP

Open and squeeze one tube (approx. 2.7 oz.) of Ole’ Mexican Chorizo sausage into a medium skillet and heat it on low heat.

Cut into small pieces, enough onion to mix with the appropriate number of eggs you plan to cook. I cooked for two, so I used 3 eggs. The chorizo will make its own grease, but you will need to blot that out with a paper towel before adding the eggs.

Once the sausage is cooked through and the onion pieces are translucent, reduce heat and remove the skillet until you have seasoned the eggs with salt and pepper. Do not use as much as normal for scrambled eggs since the sausage contains a large amount of both!

Break the egg yokes and mix the chorizo, onions, and eggs into a batter. Put the skillet back on the heat and cook until eggs are done.

Hopefully, you have already prepared your coffee, and have placed one Ole’ Mexican Xtreme Wellness Tortilla wrap on a plate. I prepared 2 plates for the 3 egg scramble I made. I like to put a little Kraft Mayo with Olive Oil on my wraps!

Spread the chorizo and egg mixture evenly over the tortillas you have prepared and serve with hot black coffee!

CORNBREAD AND GRAVY

Yeah baby! I know you are looking for a way to slap on another 2 or 3 pounds before Labor Day, so this breakfast post and tomorrow’s “supper” post will help you out!

Before “getting serious” again Monday, there were things I wanted to eat. The first was a good old country breakfast of cornbread, white-milk gravy, eggs, and bacon! My gosh, it even had the dog dancing around the kitchen wanting some of the action!

While Judy was busy wiping up the gravy, using the grease from thick sliced bacon, I watched the cornbread in the oven, and whipped up some scrambled eggs. I know what you are thinking, but I got my blood test results back from the doctor today and everything was “PERFECT,” to quote the doc’s comment!

So, it was so delicious there was little left to share with Baylee!

Now, the other things I wanted I will get at my mom’s Sunday afternoon – EVERYTHING FRIED! Fried squash, fried okra, fried green tomatoes, and creamed yellow corn! Is life grand, or what?