Saw the latest post from “Plain Chicken” website in FB for Sausage and Ranch Quiche and I knew we had to try it. This site always has the best, simple, real recipes so I visit if often for ideas. Anything I have tried always turns out great. We loved it and since I had a second pie crust I went ahead and made a 2nd one and froze it. Looking forward to seeing how that turns out from frozen state.

I did change it up a little by using Jimmy Dean Turkey Sausage crumbles and low fat heavy cream. Neither change made any difference in my opinion and saved us a few calories ? If you use the Turkey crumbles frozen like I did you will need to add about 5-10 minutes to cooking time.Recipe:

• 1 (9-inch) frozen deep dish pie crust

• 8-oz sausage (Jimmy Dean or Tennessee Pride)

• 1/2 cup prepared Ranch dressing

• 1/2 cup shredded cheese

• 3 eggs

• 1 cup heavy cream or milk

• dash black pepper

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.

2. In a skillet, cook sausage until no longer pink. Drain fat. Combine cooked sausage and Ranch dressing. Drop crumbles of sausage mixture in bottom of pie crust. Top with shredded cheddar cheese.

3. Whisk together eggs, pepper and cream. Pour egg mixture over sausage and cheese mixture in pie crust.

4. Bake 1 hour. Allow quiche to rest for 5-10 minutes before serving.