Crustless Carrot Zucchini Cheese Mini Quiches Food

CRUSTLESS CARROT ZUCCHINI QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C) and grease a round 9-inch pie plate, or a square 9-inch baking pan, with vegetable oil or butter.
• Place the grated zucchini in a clean kitchen towel or a strainer, and squeeze it hard over the kitchen sink, to release as much liquid as possible. (This step helps with the quiche consistency).
• Beat the eggs lightly in a medium bowl. Add the grated vegetables, dill and salt, and stir to combine.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish and bake until golden brown. The edges will pull away from the dish. The quiche will be puffy when you take it out of the oven, and then deflate after a few minutes.
• Let cool slightly. Serve warm or at room temperature. Store covered, in the fridge, for up to 4 days.

CARROT & ZUCCHINI MINI QUICHES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F (180C) and grease a mini cupcake pan.
• In a medium skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add the zucchini, carrots, and shallots, and cook, stirring, for 5-7 minutes until the veggies begin to soften. Remove from heat and set aside to cool down to room temperature.
• In a large bowl, combine veggies, eggs, grated cheese, and salt. Spoon mixture into mini muffin pan.
• Bake for 15-18 minutes. Allow mini quiches to cool in the pan before carefully removing with a small knife or spatula.

ZUCCHINI-CARROT CRUSTLESS QUICHE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Lightly coat 8-inch square or round baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. In large nonstick skillet over medium heat, heat oil. Add onion. Sauté until slightly softened, 3 minutes. Add zucchini. Increase heat to medium-high and sauté until zucchini is soft and all liquid has evaporated, 7 to 10 minutes. Stir in 1/4 teaspoon of the salt. Remove from heat.
• In large bowl, beat eggs, milk, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt. Add carrots, zucchini, cheese, and dill. Spread in prepared pan.
• Bake until quiche is just set in center, 45 minutes. Transfer to wire rack. Let cool at least 10 minutes before cutting. Serve warm or at room temperature.

CRUSTLESS CARROT, ZUCCHINI & CHEESE MINI-QUICHES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F; grease and lightly flour twelve 2 1/2-inch muffin cups.
• In a medium bowl, whisk eggs, evaporated milk, flour, salt and black pepper.until well blended.
• Stir in cheese, carrots, zucchini and bell pepper.
• Spoon mixture into each prepared muffin cups, filling almost to rim. Stir the mixture to evenly distribute the ingredients.
• Bake for 23 - 25 minutes or until knife inserted near the center comes out clean and tops are slightly browned. Cool in pans for 15 minutes. Run a small knife around inside edges of muffin cups. Carefully remove quiches and serve. Enjoy!

ZUCCHINI AND GOAT CHEESE CRUSTLESS QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Shred the squash on the large holes of a box grater, into a colander. Sprinkle with a heaping tablespoon salt and toss well. Place in the sink and drain for 15 minutes. Rinse and the squeeze firmly, by the handful, to remove excess water. Set aside.
• Meanwhile, pulse bread into crumbs in a food processor. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; add bread crumbs and stir until evenly toasted, about 5 minutes. Evenly spread crumbs in a 9-inch glass or ceramic pie pan. Place pan on a baking sheet.
• Wipe out the skillet, add remaining 2 tablespoons oil, the onions and garlic and season with 1/2 teaspoon salt, cook over medium-high heat, until onions are start to brown, about 5 minutes. Add the zucchini, and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Stir in parsley, dill and marjoram or oregano. Remove from heat, cool slightly.
• Whisk half-and-half, eggs and yolks in large glass measuring cup. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Spread the zucchini mixture in the prepared pan. Crumble the goat cheese and evenly scatter on the vegetables. Sprinkle Gruyere on top and pour the custard over the fillings.
• Bake until the quiche is just set in the center, about 40 to 50 minutes. Cool completely on a rack before serving.

CRUSTLESS CARROT MINI-QUICHES

Steps:

• In a medium skillet, melt butter and cook green onions and garlic until tender but not browned.
• Add carrots; cook about 2 minutes more until tender crisp.
• Remove from heat.
• In a large bowl, stir together eggs, cheese, cornmeal, basil, nutmeg and pepper.
• Stir in carrot mixture.
• Spray 12 or 24 1 1/2 inch muffin cups with vegetable spray.
• Spoon about 1 tbsp of the carrot mixture into each muffin cup.
• Bake in a 325F oven for 15 minutes or until set.
• Let stand 2 minutes.
• Remove from pans. Serve hot.

CRUSTLESS MINI-QUICHES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In large skillet, melt butter and saute onion, pepper and mushroom (you may do this separately if you want to make different kinds of quiches).
• Mix eggs, milk, and spices.
• Slice the sausage links and cut bacon into bite-size pieces.
• Spray muffin tins (whichever you prefer).
• In each tin, add whatever fillings you would like (onion, pepper, mushroom, cheese, meat).
• Ladle in the egg until the fillings are just covered (not too close to the top).
• Bake about 10-15 minutes until fluffy and slightly brown.
• Remove from oven and serve warm!

CARROT AND CHEESE CRUSTLESS QUICHE

Steps:

• In a skillet, heat butter over medium heat. Add onion and saute for 5 minute
• Add carrots, salt and curry powder. Cook for 5 minutes or until golden brown.
• Remove from heat and cool.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs and milk. Stir into veggie mixture.
• Pour into greased 8x8 pan. Bake at 300 for 20 minutes.
• Top with cheese and paprika. Return to oven and bake for another 15 minutes or until custard is firm and cheese is melted.
• Cut into square and serve.

EASY CRUSTLESS MINI-QUICHES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Spray muffin cups lightly with Pam.
• Divide broccoli evenly among muffin cups. Crumble one strip of bacon into each. Divide shredded cheese evenly among muffin cups. With a fork or your fingers, mix the veggie, bacon and cheese a little, so they don't end up in layers when your quiche is done.
• In large mixing bowl, beat eggs well. Add heavy cream and mix well. Stir in seasonings. Pour mixture evenly into muffin cups. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Mini-quiches are done when knife inserted into middle comes out clean.
• (Note: these will puff up a lot in the oven, then shrink back down as they cool. Perfectly normal.).
• These can be refrigerated and microwaved, works well for a fast breakfast.