spinach cheese pie - hold the crust

We've doubled this recipe, and added even more cheese! You can never have enough cheese!

2 bags frozen spinach, thawed, moisture squeezed out
4 eggs
1 1/2 cup feta cheese, crumbled
1 cup low-fat cottage cheese
1/2 cup of white cheddar
salt & pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Place cast iron skillet in oven and heat for 10 minutes. In a bowl, combine spinach with eggs, feta, cottage cheese, cheddar, salt and pepper. Mix well. Remove skillet from oven, and reduce oven temperature to 400 degrees. Spread spinach filling evenly over crust, and bake for 20 minutes longer. Cool for 10 minutes before slicing.

blintzes (for breakfast or dinner)

This gluten-free recipe for blintzes works well as a manicotti-style wrapper for a delicious dinner as well.

3 large eggs, beaten
1/3 cup potato starch
2/3-1 cup water
butter
cottage cheese

Beat eggs, potato starch and water until mixed. Heat butter in a non-stick pan and use 1/3 measuring cup to ladle batter into the hot pan. When the top of the blintz is cooked through, flip and let heat for a few seconds before removing to plate. Makes approximately 4 blintzes.

For breakfast blintzes, add California style cottage cheese and jam to the center of each blintz and fold into a square.

For dinner blintzes, add chive cottage cheese and cover in spaghetti sauce and parmesan cheese.