Breakfast for Dinner

This group prepared a breakfast feast complete with pancakes (including a vegan variety), crustless quiche (several flavors worth), bacon, and fruit salad.

Fruit Salad
For the fruit salad choose a medley of produce to suit the tastes of your mates.  For this blend Sarah sliced cantaloupe, bananas, and strawberries.

Crustless Quiche
(adapted from The Joy of Cooking)
Ingredients:
2 dozen eggs
9 cups milk
2 large green bell peppers, diced
2 large onions, diced
3 gloves garlic, minced
seasonings to taste
4 cups shredded cheese

Directions:
(This can be done in stages to make the measuring, mixing, and dividing easier--we made the quiches in three stages.  If you choose for this option, divide the ingredients by three before starting the quiche-making process).

1. Combine the eggs and milk in a large bowl and set aside.
2. In a large saute pan sear the pepper and onions.  Once these are softened, add the garlic and seasonings.  Heat through.
3. Add the vegetable mixture to the egg-milk mixture.  Add the cheese.  Mix well.*
4. Divide this among 3 large pans (or 2 large pans and 2 smaller pans.   See * below).
5. Bake in a 350 degree oven for about 30 minutes (the tops will be golden).

*If you want to leave a plain quiche, reserve part of the egg mixture and place in a smaller pan.

Pancakes
This group prepared 4 boxes of store bought pancake mix.  They added chocolate chips to half of the batter to make chocolate chip pancakes.  Jill made a batch of Vegan Pancakes that were enjoyed by some.  See recipe below.

Ingredients:
(taken from-and adpated-www.vegweb.com)
3Tablespoon flax seed
3 Tablespoon water
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup soy milk
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/2 rice flour (or wheat flour)
1/2 cup all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons sugar   
[Optional: 1/4 cup cocoa powder, to make chocolate pancakes]

Directions:
1. Combine the flax seed and water and mix until thickened (this serves as your egg replacement so the concoction should be about the consistency of a beaten egg).  Set aside.
2, Mix the dry ingredients together in a large bowl (reserve the cocoa powder for when you have used about half your batter.  If you choose to add the cocoa powder you can mix it into the remaining batter).
3. Add the flax seed, vanilla, and milk.  Mix until just incorporated.
4. Use a pan or griddle to cook until golden.

Bacon
Cook the bacon according to the package directions.

Pictures from top to bottom:

Sarah puts a fruit salad together.

Andy is intent about cracking that egg.

Jill dumps pancake mix into a bowl.

Patrick is serious about the bacon (and the apron).

Andy creatively sizzles bacon on a baking sheet.*

Andy presents the meal along with grace.

Katy poses for a quick picture before digging into her meal.

*It was a failed experiment in which Melissa promised to come when Andy beckoned, but ended up neglecting him when the pan started to pop and bend from the heat and the pan smoked.  No fire was started in the process.