Savory Vegetable Quiche Food

SAVORY 3-CHEESE QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degree F.
• Sprinkle the cheese over the bottom of the pie shell, then evenly distribute the onion, broccoli, and mushroom over the cheese layer. Mix the eggs and the spices together in a bowl. Add the milk and half-and-half and mix well. Pour over contents in the pie shell.
• Cut the cherry tomatoes in halves and place, cut side up, in a ring on top of the mixture. Sprinkle the 1 tablespoon of Romano over top. Bake for 15 minutes. Turn oven down to 300 degrees F and bake an additional 45 to 55 minutes or until cake tester inserted in middle comes out clean.
• Blend together with pastry blender until crumbly (like coarse cornmeal). Add cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, mixing with a fork until mixture will hold together. Handle as little possible. Wrap in plastic wrap in a "patty" and chill for at least an hour. Roll out between Saran Wrap with very little flour. Place carefully in a pie plate, being careful not to stretch dough. Trim the edges.

VEGETABLE QUICHE

Steps:

• Start preheating oven to 375. While that is happening --
• Saute onions, peppers, and mushrooms in one tbsp butter or margarine over medium heat for 10 minutes.
• While vegetables are cooking, toss cheese and flour together.
• Combine eggs, milk and seasoning and mix together.
• Add cheese and vegetables to egg mixture and mix well.
• Pour into greased pie dish and bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes.
• Let stand 30-45 minutes before serving.
• Serve with orange slices and toast.

GARDEN VEGETABLE QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Lightly prick side of pie crust with fork. Bake 5 minutes or until lightly browned; set aside. Reduce oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spray medium skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium heat. Add onion, zucchini and bell pepper; cook and stir 5 to 8 minutes, or until crisp-tender. Drain; pat dry with paper towel. Add potato to vegetables; spoon vegetable mixture into crust.
• Combine Egg Beaters, milk, oregano and basil. Season with black pepper, if desired. Pour over vegetable mixture. Cover edge of crust with aluminum foil to prevent overbrowning.
• Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting into 6 slices.

SAVORY VEGETABLE QUICHE

Steps:

• 1. FOR THE CRUST: Preheat the oven to 350'F
• 2. In a large bowl, combine the almond flour, salt, baking soda and scallions.
• 3. In a medium bowl whisk the grapeseed oil and water together until combined.
• 4. Stir the went ingredients into the almond flour mixture and thoroughly combine.
• 5. Press the dough into a 91/2 inch deep pie pan.
• 6. Bake for 12-15 minutes until golden brown. Remove from the oven and cool completely before filling!! If you like, leave the oven on to cook the pie.
• 7. FOR THE FILLING:
• 8. Heat the grapeseed oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute the onion for 8-10 minutes or until translucent and soft.
• 9. While the onion is sauteing steam the broccoli until it's bright green. Add the steamed broccoli, garlic, mushrooms and tomato to the onions in the saute pan and continue cooking for another 15-20 minutes or until the broccoli is soft. Cool for a few minutes.
• 10. Whisk the eggs and add the goat cheese and salt and mix well. Add the vegetables to the eggs and give a good stir to combine.
• 11. Put into the prepared crust and bake for an additional 30-35 minutes until the filling is firm and cooked through. Cool for 30 minutes before serving.
• 12. Enjoy!

SAVORY VEGETABLE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees farenheit.
• Butter a 10" springform pan and sprinkle with breadcrumbs, set aside.
• Put the grated zucchini into a colander.
• Salt lightly, and let is sit about 15 minutes, then squeeze out any excess moisture.
• Saute the onions in butter with 1/2 t salt.
• When they start to turn translucent, add the carrots, garlic, zucchini, flour, basil and oregano.
• Keep stirring and cook over medium heat for about 8 minutes.
• Remove from heat and stir in the parsley and lemon.
• Beat the cheeses and eggs together until well blended.
• (Hello, Kitchenaid mixer!) When the cheese and egg mixture is nice and fluffy, fold in the veggies.
• Season to taste with black pepper.
• Pour the mixture into the springform pan.
• Bake uncovered for 30 minutes-- then pull it out for a minute.
• Remember those tomatoes?
• Dredge them in the breadcrumbs and decorate the top of the cheesecake with them in a pretty spiral pattern.
• Reduce the oven heat to 350 degrees, and bake another 30 minutes.
• Turn off the oven and just let the cheesecake sit in there for another 15 minutes.
• Then, take it out of the oven and let it cool about 10 more minutes before cutting and serving.

SAVORY VEGETABLE MINI QUICHES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Let pie crusts stand at room temperature 15 minutes.
• Lightly spray mini-muffin pan with vegetable oil.
• Whisk milk and eggs in bowl.
• To bowl, add the bacon, zucchini, mushrooms, green onion, cheese, garlic and black pepper to bowl.
• Set aside.
• On lightly floured surface, roll one crust to a 12-inch circle.
• Cut out 12 pastry pieces, using a round cutter (scalloped cutters look pretty).
• Press one pastry piece into each muffin cup.
• Repeat with remaining crust to fill remaining muffin cups.
• Fill each muffin cup with a rounded scoop of vegetable mixture.
• Bake 17-20 minutes or until crusts are light golden brown.
• Cool in pan 2 minutes; carefully remove mini quiches from pan.
• Serve warm.