Quiche, a classic dish. This crustless quiche can be served for breakfast with fruit and toast and is equally as perfect with a light salad and a baguette for dinner. Talk about a perfect go to meal! This quiche is low fat, full of protein and veggies, gluten free, and super easy to make! Making a crustless quiche saves time and calories which is just perfect for me!
I love quiche. Classic quiche is served over a buttery pie crust, that can take quite a while to make by hand. Even if you buy store bought dough, you have to find the perfect balance between the crust baking so it’s tender and flakey but not burning the edges when you are cooking the quiche through. Needless to say, I haven’t always been successful in this balance, so I started making crustless quiche and I just love it! An added bonus, you don’t have to worry about the crust getting soggy if you make this ahead of time.
I almost always suggest a quiche when I hear people are having company, since you can make it ahead of time and it’s absolutely perfect at room temperature. There are so many ways to enjoy quiche, some people like to add ham or bacon while others, like myself like to keep it full of veggies and some yummy cheese! I’m a big fan of using what you have on hand when making dishes like this!
We wanted to look at retro foods this weekend. Foods being defined as food from the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s and let me tell you I had so much fun researching retro food since I was not alive during this time period. I wanted to share a few of the advertisements I found.
I also discovered how much marketing went into introducing people to the “new and innovative” convenience foods that became popular during this time. I found this interesting since we are all so used to seeing most of these items on an everyday basis now. I personally can’t imagine living in a time where these items were not the norm, so this was quite interesting to see. It was also a bit shocking to see all the jello mold salads and the excessive use of spam! Oh my word!
They don’t call them the incredible edible egg for nothing! Eggs are a powerhouse of protein and healthy fat! I remember learning in college that the egg was the standard in which other proteins were measured. Each egg has 6 grams of protein, 77 calories, 5 grams of fat.
Eggs are also full of vitamins and minerals! Vitamin A, B5, B12, B2, B6, D, E, K, Folate, Phosphorus, Selenium, Calcium and Zinc. Eggs are also a great source of choline, which helps build cell membranes in the body. Whoa, told you they were incredible!
Even though eggs contain cholesterol, it’s been shown that eggs actually raise the HDL – High Density Lipoprotein which are the healthy kind of cholesterol. I always remember this as “H” for Healthy! So you don’t have to be as concerned about eating eggs as it was once thought!
Be sure to chop (affiliate link) your veggies up small for this, you don’t want a huge chunk of veggies in your quiche.
Precook and season all your veggies, so that they have the best flavor and add to the dish.
If you are making mini quiches in muffin tins, I highly recommend using parchment paper liners or silicone liners (affiliate link). I have had such a great experience with the eggs not sticking to either of these. I have never had any luck trying to get the mini quiches out of the muffin tin without a liner.
I also suggest using a measuring cup with a spout if you’re making the mini quiches so it’s easier to pour into each muffin liner and you don’t get it everywhere… not that I did that or anything.
Make more than you think you need! Quiche is great the next day as well! Take it to work for a quick breakfast or add a small salad and you have the perfect light lunch!
- 4 eggs
- 4 egg whites
- ½ cup fat free ricotta
- ¼ cup goat cheese
- 1 cup sauteed kale, chopped
- ½ container white mushrooms, chopped and sauteed
- ½ red pepper, chopped and sauteed
- ¼ large red onion, chopped and sauteed
- 1 garlic clove, mined and sauteed
- 1-2 roma tomatoes, chopped
- 1 tbs. fresh thyme leaves
- ½ tsp. dried rosemary
- ½ tsp. salt
- ¼ tsp. black pepper
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Spray a large saute pan with nonstick spray and add red onions and mushrooms and sautee 5-6 minutes over medium high heat until mushrooms start to get lightly brown.
- Add red bell pepper to mushroom and onion mixture and sautee another 5 minutes. Add kale and allow to wilt. Add ¼ tsp. salt and few cracks black pepper.
- While the veggies are cooking, make the egg mixture.
- In a large bowl, add 4 eggs and 4 egg whites. Add ¼ tsp. salt and black pepper. Add ricotta and whisk until thoroughly combined. Add goat cheese, fresh thyme and rosemary. Whisk to combine.
- Spray a glass pie plate with nonstick spray, distribute the veggie mixture evenly on the pie plate then cover with the egg mixture. Add chopped roma tomatoes to the top.
- Bake at 375 for 30 minutes. .
- Alternatively, place 12 muffin liners in a muffin pan. Distribute the veggie mixture evenly through the 12 muffin liners. Carefully pour in the egg mixture dividing it equally throughout the muffin liners. Bake at 375 for 20 minutes.
What About You?
- What do you like to recommend people to make?
- Any tips on how to get crusted quiche to not burn?
- Would you make this in the pie or the muffins?
We love quiche in this household. We call crustless quiches frittatas. Your recipe sounds delicious.
Wendy yes frittatas! Thanks so much, it’s tasty!
I made these for Alex to take during his long shifts for this week! I call them “egg cups,” but I think I make the ghetto version of them lol
Love it – bet the ghetto version rocks!
This looks delicious! I can eat something like this for any meal. Love the cute little egg cup shapes!
Oh thanks Lauren! They are easy to take and bake that way!
We are all about eggs, too. The pie looks fantastic!!
Yes gotta eat the yolk too!! Thanks for the kind words!
I have a crustless quiche recipe that is one of my most requested recipes. Our recipes are very similar. Great minds 🙂
Jill Agreed, great minds 🙂 Such a great recipes too!
I love quiche, great tip to use silicone liners. My mini quiche always stick to my pans and its such a pain to scrub them afterward.
Oh Jenn yes, they are so helpful! Better luck next time!
THANK GOODNESS for eggs, that’s all I have to say! ha!
I just pinned the recipe. I love the crust-less feature! And, the goat cheese ingredient makes me really want to try it, too.
These are so cute and delicious looking! I love quiche, pinning to try. Thanks for sharing at What’d You Do This Weekend?!
Oh I like the idea of doing a crustless quiche…. I am pinning this one for sure!
What a great idea! I love quiche, but my hubby thinks “soggy” crust. I’ve made lots of other things, pumpkin pie, lemon pie, without a crust but had not thought about crustless quiche. Thanks for sharing!
I love quiche so much! This would be the perfect addition to a family brunch!
I stopped by from Whimsy Wednesdays.
I love quiche! These look amazing! Thanks for sharing at A Little Bird Told Me Weekly Link Party!
Hello! Can this be prepared the night before? Thanks!
Yes, it can be made the night before, even a few days before if needed! I like to make a batch and eat them all week!
OH MY GEEZE … SO delicious. Thank you again for another recipe idea. I am always looking for low carb ones.
Oh yay!! This is an awesome low carb option 🙂 Let me know if you try it and what veggies you add!!