Beef and Pepper Quiche; tech problem solved

I made this a few weeks ago, when I still had a few tomatoes left from my garden.

I will admit that I do, very occasionally, buy tomatoes in the winter. Even the relatively hard ones will add a bit of flavor when cooked in a dish like this.

As usual, this has a potato crust.

Someday I might actually make a proper pie crust….

More likely I’d just buy one at the supermarket.

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Beef and Pepper Quiche

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A shredded potato crust makes this an easy last-minute dinner – with 30 minutes to relax while it bakes.

• Author: Katie Zeller
• Prep Time: 25 minutes
• Cook Time: 35 minutes
• Total Time: 1 hour
• Yield: 2 servings 1x
• Category: Quiche

Ingredients

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• Crust:
• 2 medium potatoes, 12oz (360gr) total, shredded (not peeled)
• 1 egg 
• 1/4 tsp celery salt
• 1 tsp olive oil
• Filling:
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 red pepper, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 8oz (240gr) ground beef
• 2 tomatoes, very thinly sliced
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 1 tsp oregano
• 3oz (90gr) Gruyere cheese, sliced
• 2 tsp olive oil
• 3 eggs
• 1 tbs Dijon-style mustard
• 1/2 cup (4oz, 120ml) cup milk
• 1/2 cup (4oz, 120gr) Greek yogurt

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Instructions

• Mix shredded potato, salt and egg.
• Pat into a lightly oiled quiche or 10″ (25cm) pie plate, working it up the sides a bit for the edges.
• Bake in 400F (200C) oven for 15 minutes.
• Sauté onions, pepper and garlic in oil over medium high heat until tender
• Add beef and sauté, breaking it up as is browns
• .Add chili powder, oregano,and set aside until needed
• Whisk eggs, mustard, yogurt and milk together.
• To assemble:  Remove crust from oven.
• Arrange the tomatoes in a single layer on crust.
• Spread the beef mixture evenly on top.
• Top with cheese.
• Pour egg mixture over all and bake, 30 minutes.
• Remove from oven and let rest 5 minutes before cutting.

Notes

I usually put the quiche dish on a baking sheet to make it easier to handle – it gets kind of full.

Keywords: quiche, potato crust, beef, peppers

My technical problem has been solved.

I think.

It was entirely my fault.

I think.

The issue was that I was getting perilously close to using up my allotted 800,000 CPU seconds for the month.

In my defense I didn’t know my CPU seconds were monitored let alone limited.

Now I do so I shall be more diligent.

My site host was kind enough to inform me when I hit the 90% mark.

They were also kind enough to offer some potential causes.

In a nutshell, the the cause was my very bad habit of leaving browser tabs open even when I’m not using them and have no plans to use them in the near future.

I was leaving my admin page open which, of course, was constantly updating itself even though I was doing nothing.

Silly thing….

I mean, really…. these computers should be smarter than that.

Actually, it was a plugin causing the issue but only because I let it.

In other words it was my fault.

I have learned my lesson, and all is forgiven.

Until the next time.

Aren’t you glad I told you all that?