Frosty

Last week's Everyday Matters drawing challenge was to draw something frosty. Here is my effort, a box of frozen spinach. It was the first frosty thing I spotted when I opened the freezer looking for a subject for this drawing challenge. What else do I do with frozen spinach besides try to get its likeness in watercolor? At our house we make spinach pie fairly often. It is actually kiddo's favorite meal. Want the recipe?

Defrost 1-10oz box frozen chopped spinach and squeeze out all the water, let drain. Beat 3 eggs with about 1/4 cup of milk and add your choice of seasoning. For convenience we use Italian seasoning, but fresh oregano and/or thyme are excellent if you have that available. Then we layer ingredients in a pie shell (you can use frozen pie shells or make from scratch). The ingredients we use for the layers vary, but usually it is crumbled cooked bacon, canned mushrooms, spinach, and about 1 to 1-1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese. Start with a thin layer of cheese, add the spinach, another layer of cheese, then bacon and mushrooms, topping with more cheese. Then carefully pour the egg mixture into the pie. Add a final sprinkle of paprika. Bake at 375F for 40 minutes. We always double this recipe to make one for the freezer - freezing the extra one after it has been baked. It is an easy meal to re-heat on those days when you are so busy making art that you just don't feel like cooking.