Tears streamed down the sides of my face as my eyes adjusted to the light in the operating room. Just minutes before I was wheeled out of the delivery room where I had been labouring for the previous 22 hours and where it was dark and quiet. My body shook uncontrollably and my teeth chattered, though, I don’t remember feeling cold. All of a sudden, I was terrified - not because I was about to have a cesarean, but because in the matter of a single moment my life would change forever. I was about to become a Mother.

Quiche is a perfect make-ahead meal that doesn’t take a lot of time to prepare and can be served for any meal of the day. Sometimes, I’ll make a quiche for the next day’s breakfast, and end up having a piece for dinner, as well. Since our baby was born in December, I’ve made over a dozen quiches, and I’ve used this recipe with both store-bought and homemade pie shells. I started making our quiche with the store-bought pie shells, as I had some in my freezer that needed to be used up, and then I worked my way up to making my own crust.

Scones are my new favourite obsession. They’re so easy to make, take almost no time at all, and I have one recipe that works for both sweet scones or savoury scones. I start with the base ingredients below, and add additional ingredients to create different flavour combinations.