Recipe: Popovers

I hope you all are bundling up and embracing the beautiful fall colours!

Here is a great recipe I found for popovers on foodwishes.com - one of my favourite food blogs!

Hot & Fresh out of the oven

This is a very easy recipe and is a great substitute for dinner rolls. Since popovers are hollow, you can stuff them with tuna salad for a quick and easy lunch!

Popovers:
Makes: 8 popovers
One serving: 1 popover

• 1 cup all-purpose flour 
• 1/2 tsp salt 
• 2 large eggs 
• 1 cup milk 
• pinch cayenne 
•  2 Tbsp shredded cheddar cheese (optional)

1. Mix and fill in greased muffin pans 3/4 full. Place in a COLD oven and then set oven to 450C. Bake for 30 minutes. 

To watch the video on how to make this, visit Food Wishes. You will notice his turned out much more adventurous than mine!

Recipe: Crustless Vegetarian Quiche

A few weekends ago, my sister in law and I got together and made our own version of a crustless quiche. We couldn’t be bothered to make a crust from scratch, so we decided to omit it all together! 

 

Nutrition Tip: This recipe includes 3 food groups from Canada’s Food Guide: vegetables, eggs (a meat alternative), and dairy (from the milk and cheese). 

The great thing about this recipe is that you can always experiment with different vegetables!

Crustless Vegetarian Quiche

Makes: 2 8inch quiches or 1 10inch quiche
One Serving: 1/4 of quiche

• 1 medium onion
• 1/4 cup thinly sliced onions
• ½ cup diced green peppers 
• ½ cup diced red peppers
• ¼ cup green onions 
• 2 tsp vegetable oil 
• 1 cup grated cheese (mozzarella) 
• 5 large eggs 
• 2 cups skim milk
• Salt to taste
• Black Pepper to taste
• Red Chilli Powder to taste (optional)

1. Heat up vegetable oil in a saucepan on medium heat. Add onions and lightly brown.
2. Add the remaining vegetables and add spices to taste. Cook 8-10 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Do not overcook! Once it is cooked, turn heat off and set aside.
3. In a large mixing bowl, add 5 eggs.
4. Whisk in milk and cheese.
5. Mix in cooked vegetables.
6. Pour batter into a greased pie pan. I did not have a deep pie pan, so I used two pie pans instead.
7. Bake at 350F for 40-45 minutes or until set. Remove and let cool slightly before slicing.

A New Look & A New Name!

Hello Everyone,

After another hiatus, I am back after some inspiration. It all started with this:

This is something I made with construction paper for a professional practice course about a year and a half ago. Students were asked to create a personal icon that represented themselves. I decided to make a cube with each side representing a certain aspect of my life. This is one of the sides of the cube that I found myself always drawn to, even a year and a half later. This image stands for what I believe in: Balance!

With this inspiration, I decided to revamp my blog, previously known as Nutritional Naz now known as B.A.L.AN.C.E! I hope to use this space to share ways to “be active” and “creatively eat”, both which can be incorporated into our daily “lives”!

I would also like to express my eternal gratitude to Kiswah Kreative for transforming my construction paper idea to an amazing logo! Click here to check out the Facebook page or here for your marketing needs.

I look forward to this journey and hope you will join me!