Painted Easter Eggs

I don't like doing anything normally and I take every advantage to show my nerd side! Easter is no different in this situation. I start saving up egg shells long long in advance in anticipation for this exciting time!
I haven't done a big lot of eggs since in a few years so I knew I had to ad on the the lovely ones I'd managed to protect all this time!

Throwback to the originals ! Pokemon was a key subject that year along with Angry Birds! Then of course I had a couple of easy randoms like the Jack Skellington, Pumpkin, the Walnut from Plants Vs. Zombies and Toad from Super Mario!

This year I continued with lovely trends of our time (plus a couple continual obsessions)

 In honor of my favorite droids!

My Yoda wasn't exactly what I wanted... He more so looks like a green Stewie Griffin but he's still pretty cute!

 To continue my true love here are some new pokemon eggs! Jolteon!

And of course Eevee! Hopefully more evolutions to come.

Olaf was definitely one of my randoms this year, no other eggs to associate with Frozen but he was just so easy I couldn't resist!

Now last but certainly not least! My Doctor eggs! <3 to look like the 10th and 11th doctor <3 these make me happy.

Hopefully more to come before the holiday arrives! And perhaps I'll continue after still I have yet to decide! I definitely enjoy it but I only seem to get excited for them before Easter! 

I'm also open to suggestions for anything else in egg form!

Cheers!

Nicole

Egg Salad Sandwiches Using a Food Processor

I don't know how I lived before my food processor!! It just makes my life so much easier!

This recipe makes me 3 sandwiches.

4 eggs
1/4 mayonnaise 
1 stock green onion
1 2" slice of green pepper
Salt and pepper to taste

Bring a pot of cold water and a little bit of salt with eggs inside to a boil. Immediately move from heat, cover and let stand for 10-12 minutes.

Remove from hot water, cool by immersing eggs in cold water for a minute. Let eggs fully cool.

Peel eggs and put in food chopper along with the green onion and green pepper. Pulse 2-3 times until desired texture is obtained.

Transfer mixture to a new bowl and stir in mayonnaise and salt and pepper.

Spread onto your favorite bread or crackers. Enjoy!

My coworker told me that I would love my food processor! She said I may not use it everyday but when I do I am going to love it! Well... I could easily use this thing everyday! It's just wonderful!

Meatless Monday- Vegetarian Quiche

So this recipe ended up making an insane amount of vegetables but they were delicious and I ended up using the leftovers for stir fry the next day!

Recipe for Vegetarian Quiche

1 tsp salt
1/2 cup chopped zucchini

Sprinkle salt over top of zucchini and let sit for 10 minutes

1 9" pie shell

Preheat oven to 450 degrees and cook pie shell for 5 minutes.

After the pie crust is cooked reduce heat to 350 degrees.

2 tbsp margarine
1 1/2 cup chopped onion
1 chopped green pepper
1 cup chopped tomato
1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
1 clove of garlic

Melt butter in a large saucepan, add onions, peppers, tomato, mushrooms, garlic and zucchini and cook for 5 minutes or until they're nice and tender.

Add some salt and pepper to taste then gently put the veggies into the baked off pie crust.

5 Eggs
1/4 cup of milk
1/4 cup grated cheddar cheese
1/4 grated mozzarella

Mix eggs, milk, and cheeses in a bowl. 

This is enough egg mixture for one quiche however there's enough veggies for like.. 4! You can make the call on how many you want to make :)

Pour egg mixture over top of the veggies and bake at 350 for 40-45 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

 Let sit for a few minutes before digging in. Then enjoy! 

The finished product!