Surprise Quiche, Silent Auctions and Sad Refrigerator

As I opened my blog this morning, I realized that it has been over two weeks since my last posting, which makes perfect sense as to why my sad refrigerator looks the way that it does inside.  I cannot believe that November is half way over and it just hit me two days ago that Thanksgiving is next week!  How did that happen?  Turkeys, pumpkin pie and stuffing have been the very last thing on my mind lately...as well as grocery shopping (obviously).

Well, I can tell you how that happened..the past few months have been crazy busy with a fundraising event that I have been involved in for the past few years..."Dancing With The Silver Creek Stars". It's a silent auction, dinner and dance competition event we do to raise funds for our school's activities and teams.

It takes every bit of 4-6 months of planning for each season's event but it is so well worth the time, sacrifices and efforts.  Always an incredibly fun evening and full of energy!

This year we had 125 attendees for dinner and were able to bring in 44 silent auction baskets donated for our cause!  I had so many cellophane wrapped baskets and gifts in my living room and dining room, it looked like a bridal shower!

The Sunday after our event, I was a couch potato the entire afternoon...I turned on one of my favorite movies, "Julie and Julia".  It made me want to cook and eat all day long and it hit me that I had not really cooked in weeks.  Yes, our family ate and no one has been starving, but I mean really cook!  

So, after looking through my sad refrigerator I was able to scout out 4 mushrooms, 1 green onion stalk, 6 pieces of leftover deli ham, 1/4 bag of shredded cheese, 6 eggs, 1/2 a bottle of heavy whipping cream, and 4 pieces of cooked bacon (from I don't remember when).  I then looked through the freezer for any treasures...frozen pie crust.  This only meant one thing...Quiche!

Now, I don't know if I was just starving after watching the movie, suffering from exhaustion after our event or craving to get back in the kitchen, but I swear...this was one of the best quiches I have ever had!

Surprise Quiche

1 refrigerated pie crust, softened as directed on box

1 cup heavy whipping cream

5 large eggs, slightly beaten

1 cup chopped ham

1 cup chopped mushrooms

6 slices bacon, crisply cooked and crumbled

1 cup shredded Monterrey Jack cheese

1/4 cup Parmesan cheese

1 Tbl chopped onion

1/4 ts. salt

1/4 tsp. pepper

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Place pie crust in a 9-inch glass pie plate as directed on box for One-Crust Filled Pie.

In a medium bowl, mix heavy cream, eggs, salt and pepper; set aside.  Layer ham, mushrooms, bacon, cheeses and onion in crust-lined plate.  Pour egg mixture over top.

Bake 40-50 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.  Let stand 5 minutes before cutting into wedges.

In the words of Julia Childs..."Bon Appetit"!

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