Mini Breakfast Quiches

My husband found a recipe for mini sausage quiches that appealed to him and asked if I would make it. It looked okay, but I preferred pork sausage to Italian sausage for breakfast. As well because I decided to change the type of sausage, I swapped out the Parmesan and Swiss cheeses.

The recipe below is what I came up with. We thought they turned out pretty tasty.

Mini Breakfast Quiches

Serves 4-6

Ingredients

1lb pork breakfast sausage

1/2 cup chopped onion

1 package refrigerated crescent rolls (8-10 count)

3 large eggs, lightly beaten 

1/2 cup shredded cheddar or cheddar jack mix

1/2 cup shredded smoked Gouda or cut into tiny cubes (1/4 in)

1-2 tablespoons of chive-flavored cream cheese; add to eggs as small dabs

1/2 cup small curd cottage cheese

Instructions:

1. Large skillet - brown sausage; loosely crumbled, Drain excess fat, add chopped onion and cook until onions are soft; set aside 

2. Spray a 12-serving muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray. Line with baking cups and lightly spray cups as well.

3. Beat eggs then add all cheeses

4. Roll out crescent dough as one large rectangle on a lightly floured surface. Pinch seams together. Cut into 12 pieces. 

5. Shape and stretch each piece gently to cover bottom and half of each baking cup.

6. Fill each baking cup with about 2 Tbsp of cooked sausage and onion.

7. Add about 2 Tbsp of egg mixture.

Each baking cup should be about full.

8. Bake at 375 for about 20-25 minutes until knife inserted in center comes out clean.

Cool 5-10 minutes on wire rack. Serve warm.

My First Virtual Conference

I just finished attending the Sloan-C Emerging Technologies for Online Learning, #et4online, virtually, from the convenience of my office. This was my first virtual conference. While I do enjoy the on-site experience, I don't feel like my experience was in any way diminished by attending virtually. A few of my colleagues attended virtually as well and we engaged in substantive debriefing conversations over lunch and before closing up shop for the day. The timeliness of discussing and considering how the topics applied to our institution, now or potentially in the future, enhanced the virtual experience.

I set a couple of personal & professional goals for myself with this experience:

• Expand my awareness of social media applications for learning
• Use social media apps that I had NOT used previously (this blog is one)

The nuggets I picked up from this conference were numerous! I plan to review my notes and hopefully organize them into a coherent "something" but for now, these are the ideas that exist in the foreground.

• I am excited to share the potential of digital storytelling with my teacher education students and point them in the direction of tools that were shared at this conference.
• How will I live, work and learn in wide open digital spaces?
• Learning is Messy... my husband would say, "Well, you will be right at home then!" I find this concept most refreshing and challenging at the same time.

Thank you conference organizers for a uniquely rich virtual conference experience. I look forward to "joining" again in the future.