What I Wore:
I thrifted this skirt quite a while back with Mama. For the longest time I couldn’t figure out how I wanted to wear it–mostly it was the shoes that stumped me. Most shoes looked too clunky with the flowing, femininity of the skirt.
Clearly, it was laying in wait, hiding out in my closet until I had the sense to get myself some coral heels!
Oopsie! I burnt the crust, so don't do that.
What I Ate:
When you are just starting out like me, you have to pinch pennies. Unless of course you are employed as one of the following:
- Doctor like Dougie Howswer and have been practicing medicine for 10+years
- Lawyer on a TV show who wears Christian Louboutins
- Celebrity of either Kardashian fame or movie start status
- Justin Bieber
- Trust fund child
There may be others to add to this list, but this is a pretty good snapshot of the general wealthy and young public, I think.
Anyway, if you are not a wealthy person and you like to eat good food, then I will let you in on a secret weapon of the less-than-bourgeois set; EGGS. Eggs are a secret weapon for a couple of reasons. And because I feel like listing things in bullets today…
- They are cheap
- They have good amounts of protein
- You can separate them to make them more or less healthy
- You can add them to tons of dishes
- You can boil, fry, poach, coddle, scramble, bake them and more!
- You don’t have to do much to make them into a meal
One egg dish that never disappoints is a quiche. You can’t mess it up. Here is a very loose recipe you can change to your tastes/fridge contents
Spinach and Parmesan Quiche
Ingredients
5 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp sea salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 cup shaved parmesan cheese
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1-1/4 cups fresh baby spinach leaves
1 pie crust, baked per package directions (or homemade if you’re feeling fancy!)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whip together eggs, milk, and seasonings. Sprinkle cheeses on the bottom of the crust, then pile on the spinach leaves. Pour the egg mixture over that until the spinach leaves are mostly submerged. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until set. Use pie crust savers so the crusts don’t burn before the pie center is set.
Serve with some fresh fruit and nice glass of iced tea.
Enjoy! And I think this entire meal comes to about $2 a serving, if that!
