Easy to make, rich and tasty appetizer -- something like a quiche. Good cold, but fabulous out of the oven. (I got this recipe from a friend and fellow cat lover, Olga Porobich)

Main recipe:
4 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup flour
1 pound grated Monterey Jack Cheese
1 pint cottage cheese (2 cups)
1 stick (1/4 pound) melted butter or margarine

Mix all ingredients into a batter. Bake in pan at 375 degrees F for 35 to 40 minutes. Serve warm.

Variation 1: add chili rellano peppers (Oretga brand? -- peeled and seeded) when preparing batter.

Variation 2 (I used this last week at a potluck, very enthusiastically received):
Add:
1 sausage, sauted
1/4 yellow onion, diced, sauted with sausage
1/4 pound cooked asparagus tips, chopped finely
1/4 pound sliced cooked mushrooms

Mix with batter and bake. The baking time took about 5 minutes longer to get the bubbling brown top I'm used to with this, which surprised me -- I'd thought the heated sausage would cause it to cook faster...