Meal Time Sanity

When my kids were growing up we had a rule in our home: "taste whatever I serve. If you do not like it then you can have your alternate meal." For my son that alternate was pizza (homemade--a healthy treat) and for my daughter it was apple quiche.
I always had homemade individual sized pie crusts and pizza crusts in my freezer. I knew everyone ate well at every meal. And the advanced basic preparation saved time, energy and hassles at meal time.
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One Of My Unique Quiches

Here is the recipe for the pie crust I always use. It took a while to figure out how to make it light and tasty. It was worth the effort. My daughter created the apple quiche concept when she was 5.

Ali's Lightest Pie Crust Ever
1 c wholewheat flour
1/2 c oat flour
dash of salt
1/3 c oil
1/4 c orange juice (When I did not have fresh oranges I made this from concentrate and added more concentrate than the usual amount for a richer flavor)

1)Mix the flours and salt together.
2)Combine the oil and orange juice well.
3) Stir teh liquids into the dry ingredients with a fork. Stir until a ball forms.

There are a few ways to shape a pie crust. You can use a marble roller and board. You can use wax paper (get the brown kind that is not chemically created) or (this is the most fun way) use your hands to plop the dough into the pie plate and squish it around. I then formed pretty rims with my fingers.
Prick the crust all over before baking it so it will not rise.

Bake the crust at 400 degree F for about 5 minutes so it is no longer raw.

You now have a crust ready to go for a meal. You just the cut-up apple and shredded cheese (I recommend Mozzerella--it gets really gooey and fun when melted) combined with cheddar. When the partially baked pie crust is as full as you can make it then beat one large egg and pour it over the apples and cheese mixture.
Place the small pie on a baking pan. Sometimes the quiche overflows its pan when baking so you want to protect your oven from messes--that you would have to clean!