#72 Try 100 new recipes, documenting each with photos and rating them: Quiche and Kale Salad

Last night I made the most amazing dinner.  Not even gonna be modest on this one, cuz it wasn't me, it was the recipe!  :)  And I finally found a use for Pinterest!  haha  (what's so confusing about Pinterest, you might ask?  I don't know.  But I struggle.)  I searched for "healthy salad" and got some great pinterest boards.  After perusing the pictures and finding one that looked delicious, I'd look it up on allrecipes.com, where the recipes are rated.  Somehow I trust a recipe more when it's rated.  Then I choose whether to use the pinned recipe or the rated recipe.  In both cases I used the pinned recipe.  And let me tell you, they're both worth 5 stars!!

Ham and Swiss Cheese Quiche: 

Followed the recipe to a T and it worked like a dream.  Mine needed a little more time in the oven, and that's all.

Kale salad: 

I chose this salad for two reasons: 1) kale! 2) pomegranates.  But then I arrived at the grocery story and apparently pomegranates went out of season 3 weeks ago.  Boo!  And the recipe calls for avocados, and theirs were super hard.  So I ditched avocados and pomegranates and used craisins instead.  I also substituted Feta for goat cheese.  Never had goat cheese.  It just sounds scary.

I was a little worried that the flavor might be strong, especially with that much kale, but it was delicious!  The lemon vinagrette really pulled it all together.  And my friends loved it!  One guy commented that "the health in that salad" made up for the rest of his unhealthy week.  haha!  Healthy + Delicious = Success!

All together:

I wasn't sure if quiche and salad would go together, but it worked well!  It was a very satisfying meal, rounded out with some passion-orange juice.  :)