I have made canarybird's Salmon quiche in a walnut crust and can tell you that it is absolutely delicious. Here is another favorite of mine: Crab Quiche For pastry 1-1/4 cups AP flour 3/4 stick cold unsalted butter cut into small chunks 2 Tbs. cold vegetable shortening 1/4 tsp salt 3-4 Tbs. ice water For Filling 1 lb. crabmeat ( I buy a can at Trader Joe's) 4 large eggs 2 cups heavy cream 2 Tbs finely chopped fresh parsley 2 Tbs finely chopped fresh chives 2 Tbs finely chopped fresh cilantro 1/2 tsp seafood seasoning 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp black pepper 1/8 tsp freshly grated nutmeg (I don't use the nutmeg) 2 oz. coarsely grated Monterey Jack cheese (1/2 cup) 2 oz. coarsely grated Swiss cheese (1/2 cup) Make pastry: Blend together flour, butter, shortening, and salt in a bowl with your fingertips or a pastry blender (or pulse in a food processor) just until most of the mixture resembles coarse meal with some roughly pea-size butter lumps. Drizzle evenly with 2 Tbs. ice water and gently stir with a fork until incorporated, Squeeze a small handful. If it does not hold together, add more ice sater, 1/2 Tbs at a time. Do not ovework your dough, though or it will be tough. Turn out the mixture onto a work surface and divide into 4 portions. With the heal of your hand, smear each portion once or twice in a forward motion to help distribute fat. Gather dough together and press into a ball, then flatten into a 4" disk. Chill dough, wrapped in plastic wrap, until firm, at least one hour. Roll out dough into a 12" round on a lightly foured surface with a floured rolling pin and fit into a pie plate. Trim excess dough leaving a 1/2" overhang, then fold overhang under pastry and press against the rim of the pie plate to reinforce edge. Decoratively crimp edge and lightly prick bottom and side of shell with a fork. Chill until firm, about 30 minutes. Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375. Line shell with foil and fill with pie weight (I use black hard beans). Bake until pastry is golden along rim and set underneath the foil, about 20 minutes. Carefully remove foil and weights and bake shell until bottom and sides are pale golden, about 10 minutes more. Cool completely. Make filling: Whisk together cream, eggs, herbs, seafood seasoning, salt, pepper and nutmeg (if using) then stir in cheeses and crabmeat. Por into prebaked crust and bake until filling puffs and is no longer wobbly in center when quiche is gently shaken, 40-50 minutes. Cool in pie plate on rack 15 minutes. I also frequently add a little lemon juice and some red pepper or hot sauce to give it a little more bite. Serves 8. Gourmet September 2004

This was really good. From Dale at the KTT Spinach Quiche Recipe Spinach Quiche 1/2 cup butter 3 cloves garlic, chopped 1 small onion, chopped 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained 1 (4.5 ounce) can mushrooms, drained 1 (6 ounce) package herb and garlic feta, crumbled 1 (8 ounce) package shredded Cheddar cheese salt and pepper to taste 1 unbaked 9 inch pie crust 4 eggs, beaten 1 cup milk salt and pepper to taste Directions 1 Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). 2 In a medium skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Saute garlic and onion in butter until lightly browned, about 7 minutes. Stir in spinach, mushrooms, feta and 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon mixture into pie crust. 3 In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs and milk. Season with salt and pepper. Pour into the pastry shell, allowing egg mixture to thoroughly combine with spinach mixture. 4 Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Sprinkle top with remaining Cheddar cheese, and bake an additional 35 to 40 minutes, until set in center. Allow to stand 10 minutes before serving.

I feel your pain. Suggestion: try allrecipes.com,,they have some collections like Xmas extra with all of it together. That might help and you can do an advanced search where you put in name of recipe or main ingred you want or don't want in a recipe,,that could help you track down some lost stuff. Plus I like that they are rated and people tell how the dish turned out,,what improvements they made etc. I can bring up bread pudding without raisins or if I have extra bananas on hand I pulled it up using bananas in the bread pudding and got hits there too. About.com in their food section has some wonderful recipes that I've made for years and lots of collections too. Now you got your work cut out for you in deciding....that is the hardest part you know. I hope you have a great first hosting experience,,,just remember, it's just one meal,,this won't make or break a persons life. Why don't you ask some that are coming to "bring your favorite XYZ dish" to help you out? I've done those,,"I'll do the whole thing dinners" and by the time I'm thru, I'm too tired to enjoy it,,I'm broke and say I'm not doing this again. Or, how about ordering some stuff from Honey baked ham or whatever. Take advantage of Costco, they have great appetizers you can pop in the oven. I'm just thinking out loud here. Have a good one. Nicole

jkom, you're right, this ones a keeper! I have a horrible camera, horrible photography skills - but here's a of the end result. Thanks for sharing!