Broccoli Pie - (Broccoli Cheddar Quiche)

I guess maybe I've been selling my love of dessert a little too much around here, but it turns out that Mom took that as a telegraph to make a pie out of eggs and broccoli. Have you ever heard something so ridiculous? The things I put up with in this family! If someone could let my Mimi know, I'd be super grateful.

I got confused because when it came out of the oven it really did look like a pie.

But I was suspicious of the green stuff. Not even because I helped use the  chopper to make the broccoli very very small. I even stirred the eggs for this thing and then poured cheese on top without even sneaking any of the cheese to eat myself. (Shhh don't tell Mom but I did actually snag some of the cheese and eat it, but I'm pretty sure she didn't see).

Last time Mom made this she did not use the chopper on the broccoli, which everyone knows is the only real reason to do anything remotely related to broccoli. So that was very silly. But this time the broccoli was super tiny that it made it easier for the girl to eat. Since she doesn't have all her teeth yet.

I tried to slyly move over and eat some of hers when I was finished with mine, but, she's good with blocking. This girl.

Anyway, want to make it yourself? Click here for the recipe.

Pete approved.

We need to talk about pancakes

The best part about making pancakes in our house is that I get to help. I take all the ingredients out of the pantry and line them up on the counter for Daddy. Then Daddy lets me pour some ingredients into the bowl so he can mix them up.

A couple of weeks ago my entire routine was messed up because Mommy made the pancakes and she followed a different recipe. This was all very confusing but once I tasted the pancakes, I was inclined to forgive her. It all started after a night of delicious calzones. There was some left over ricotta cheese and mom was a little obsessed about what we should do with it? Throw it away? Feed it to the girl? Apparently it became pancakes.

Now, Daddy has resumed pancake making duties but we are still eating the new pancakes. It's hard to remember that I can only eat two or three of these pancakes compared to five of the old kind.

Sometimes I still ask for five and it makes me pretty upset when someone says I should "start with two and see what happens." You know what's going to happen? I'm gonna scream. Just saying.

Anyway, here's the recipe: http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-fluffy-ricotta-pancakes-48085 

Go ahead and try them. They won't kill you. And, they're Pete approved.