Week Eight – Cheesy Potato and Broccoli Bake

I’d received a free recipe calendar with one of the diet magazines I bought at the start of the year, with every month having a new recipe. The calendar has been hanging in my kitchen, but I’d ignored January’s recipe as it was a beef stew – something I already knew how to make.

February’s recipe was entitled Cheesy Potato and Broccoli Bake and the picture looked delicious! After admiring it since the beginning of the month, I decided to make it for dinner on Tuesday night. Whilst the picture on the calendar looked great, I wasn’t convinced I was going to love the recipe, as I’m not a huge fan of vegetarian food, but I was completely wrong.

The recipe consisted of some cubed and boiled potatoes, par-boiled broccoli florets, cherry tomatoes, onion and peas stir-fried together. These were put in a casserole dish. I then made the ‘bake’ mixture by mixing together some eggs, quark, crushed garlic and dried chilli flakes, then poured this over the stir-fried veggies. Finally this was topped with a little grated cheddar cheese, and baked in the oven.

The end result was something like a quiche, without the pastry, and I was really amazed at how well all the flavours came together, and how tasty the whole thing was. There was also plenty of leftovers for another night’s dinner.

This has actually been one of my favourite recipes that I’ve tried so far this year, and has really showed me that I do need to try completely new things, even when I’m not convinced I’m going to enjoy them.