Mini Breakfast Quiches With Potato Crust Food

MINI QUICHES (CRUSTLESS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray 36 mini muffin cups with cooking spray.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and crumble in sausage. Cook and stir until sausage is crumbly and evenly browned, about 10 minutes . Drain and discard any excess grease.
• Sprinkle sausage, Cheddar cheese, Swiss cheese, and green onion evenly into the prepared muffin cups.
• Beat eggs, potato flakes, and cream together in a bowl; season with salt and pepper. Pour egg mixture evenly over the sausage-cheese mixture in the muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until quiches are set in the middle and lightly browned, about 22 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before serving.

MINI BREAKFAST QUICHES WITH POTATO CRUST

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 12 regular-size muffin cups with cooking spray.
• Make potatoes as directed on box. Divide potato mixture evenly among muffin cups, pressing in bottom and up side of each cup to form crust. Sprinkle bacon and cheese evenly in cups. In medium bowl, beat eggs and cream. Pour filling evenly in cups, about 1/4 cup each.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

VEGAN BREAKFAST QUICHE WITH SIMPLY POTATOES HASH BROWN CRUST

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Brown half a bag of Simply Potatoes hash browns in a skillet as directed on package using a tablespoon of olive oil. When brown, mix in two pinches of salt (optional if on low-sodium diet) and a pinch of pepper. Mix together well and press the hash browns into a pie pan as a crust.
• Meanwhile, in a skillet, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat.
• Saute the onion until translucent and slightly golden.
• Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Mash up the tofu by hand with a fork or in a food processor and add to the onion/garlic along with the salt, pepper, cilantro, lemon juice, nutmeg, coconut milk, nutritional flakes and spinach.
• Simmer about 10 minutes over medium heat. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the potato starch.
• Press into pie (hash brown) crust.
• Garnish with sliced tomatoes, circlets of green onion and carrots cut into matchsticks.
• Bake @ 375 for 45 minutes.

QUICK AND EASY BREAKFAST POTATO QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease a 9 inch pie pan.
• In a large bowl, combine all ingredients except paprika and bacon.
• Mix well.
• Pour into greased pan, sprinkle with paprika.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 30-40 minutes or until set.
• Sprinkle with bacon, bake an additional 5 minutes.
• Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

SPINACH QUICHE WITH SHREDDED HASH BROWN CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 Farenheit. While the oven is heating,.
• Make the spinach filling.
• Trim and carefully wash the spinach to remove all dirt and spin dry in a salad spinner before chopping. In a skillet over medium high heat the olive oil and add the garlic, onion and ginger. When the oil is perfumed, about 30 seconds, add the chopped spinach, nutmeg, salt and pepper. Stir well to coat spinach with oil and prevent the aromatics from sticking to bottom of pan. Cover and steam until the spinach is cooked down, about 4 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove the lid and lower heat. Let the liquid evaporate, stirring to prevent burning. Turn out into a bowl and set aside.
• Make the Crust.
• Shred the carrot. In a saucepan on low heat just melt the butter or ghee. In a small bowl whisk the egg with the salt and mix in the butter/ghee. In a bowl combine the carrot and pototoes and mix thoroughly. Add the egg mixture. Toss and stir until the vegetables are evenly coated. Press the potato/carrot mixture into the bottom and sides of an 8 inch lightly oiled springform pan. Cover the edge of the crust with foil to prevent burning. Bake on a cookie sheet at 350°F For 15 minutes.
• Make the Custard.
• While the crust is cooking, in a mortar and pestle grind the mastic with the 1/4 tsp salt. Lightly whisk the eggs and combine with the half and half and salt/mastic mixture. Whisk until smooth.
• Assemble the Quiche.
• Line the bottom of the hot crust with the spinach. Pour the custard over all. Garnish top with 1 tbsp of finley chopped onion greens. Place in the oven on a cookie sheet. Bake at 350°F for 50 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Run a knife around the outside to loosen; remove sides of springform pan.
• Cut in wedges. Serve hot or cold.