Bad Movie Brunch: The Room

You are tearing me apart!!

Watching bad movies (low budget flick, b-movies) has become a new trend for us. We invite a few people over, serve them good food and make them watch a really, really bad movie. It's like watching a comedy together, except that these movies are so bad it has the same effect. The latest winner is The Room, which seems to have been meant as a serious flick, but went horribly wrong. I won't say much more, except to mention that while watching this, one of our friends had curled into a little ball, rocking back and forth in agony over the atrociousness of this film. It's that bad and therefore that awesome!

Before the awfulness started, we had the yuminess! With the help of my sister and my husband we made complete brunch which included:

• Platter of assorted cheeses, with meat paté and cretons
• Sausages from William J. Walter (I highly recommend the William Suisse and Oktoberfest)
• Baked beans with chipotle and bacon
• Bacon (of course, and thick meaty slices from our local butcher)
• Baked potatoes
• Green salad
• Spinach Artichoke quiches

The quiches were made from a recipe I found on food.com. If you're like me and have a hard time making crusts just use frozen pie crusts. It's a great short cut, since quiches take so long to cook anyhow. This is really tasty and I know pine nuts are expensive, but try not to skip them because they really add so much to the dish. Here is the recipe for 1 quiche (for 6-8 people):

Ingredients

 2 garlic cloves, chopped 2 shallots, chopped  6 ounces fresh spinach  1tablespoon butter   7 ounces canned artichoke hearts, chopped   1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted   1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg   1/4 teaspoon salt   1/4 teaspoon pepper   1/4 teaspoon cayenne     3  eggs    1  1/2 cups milk    3/4 cups asiago cheese, grated    1/4 cups parmigiano-reggiano cheese, grated    1 pie shells

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. Sauté garlic and shallots in butter until softened, 1-2 minutes.
3. Add spinach and sauté until wilted.
4. Add chopped artichokes, pine nuts, seasonings and remove from heat.
5. Pour into a large bowl to cool.
6. Add eggs, milk and cheeses, stirring to mix everything well.
7. Add to pie shell.
8. Bake 45 minutes to 1 hour or until set.

Thanks to my wonderful and talented cousin Rosemary, we had amazing cupcakes for dessert. Decorated with pine trees, flowers and sprinkles, they were absolutely adorable. The only downside was that these were so cute that it seemed like such a shame to eat them. How can you eat Santa Clause when he's smiling back at you!! Just look at that face!!