Chili Pepper Quiche - Lisa Nicolaysen's Recipe for her mom's funeral (SO GOOD)

12 eggs

1 pkg fresh shredded hash brown potatoes (not frozen), usually found with the eggs in the store

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

8 oz diced green chili peppers

1 pint small curd cottage cheese

1 lb grated cheddar cheese

Optional Ingredients

diced onions

diced ham or shredded chicken

steamed broccoli cooked half the time in the microwave, then added to the rest of ingredients and finishes cooking in the oven

Melt butter in 9x13 pyrex

Mix all other ingredients together (add juice from chili peppers, too)

Pour mixture into pan and stir into the melted butter (some will float on top)

Bake one hour at 350