Mom’s holiday meringue cookies

Ingredients

• 3 egg whites
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla

Whip ingredients in top of double boiler; beat until stiff over heat, scraping sides constantly. Add chocolate chips until slightly melted. Lightly grease baking sheet and place cookies on sheet immediately. Bake 12-15 minutes at 300 degrees until lightly brown. Remove from baking sheet immediately.

Florentine Dinner Pie

Ingredients

• 1 pre-made 9 inch frozen pie shell
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 cup finely chopped onions
• 1 pkg (10 oz) frozen chopped spinach
• 1 cup grated swiss cheese
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/3 cup half and half
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions
Bake pie shell in preheated 375 oven until lightly browned, about 8-10 mninutes; allow to cool at room temperature 5 minutes. Heat butter in skillet over medium heat; add onions and saute until softened, about 5 minutes; spoon into bottom of baked pie shell.

Cook spinach according to package directions; drain well squeezing out excess moisture. Arrange spinach evenly over onions in pie shell; sprinkle cheese over spinach. In small bowl, whisk together eggs, half and half, salt, pepper and nutmeg; pour evenly over spinach mixture.

Bake pie in preheated 375 degree oven until firm to the touch and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, about 30-40 minutes. Allow pie to sit 15 minutes before cuttin into 6-8 slices.