Spinach Quiche Crustless Sophisticated Grown Up Food

CRUSTLESS SPINACH QUICHE

Steps:

• Position a rack in the upper third of the oven, place a baking sheet on the rack and preheat to 450 degrees F. Lightly grease a 9-inch round or 8-inch square baking dish with olive oil.
• Pulse the gouda in a food processor until finely chopped. Add the spinach, whole eggs and egg whites, ricotta, flour and nutmeg and process until well combined, about 30 seconds. Add the scallions and pulse to mix.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared dish and sprinkle with the parmesan and paprika. Place the quiche on the preheated baking sheet and bake until the center is just set, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Drizzle the endive and walnuts lightly with olive oil and toss. Serve the quiche hot or at room temperature with the endive.
• Per serving: Calories 389; Fat 24 g (Saturated 12 g); Cholesterol 175 mg; Sodium 523 mg; Carbohydrate 16 g; Fiber 3 g; Protein 28g

SPINACH QUICHE, CRUSTLESS, SOPHISTICATED & GROWN UP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 F (190 C).
• Pour the white wine into a very large saucepan, or soup pot. Add the peeled and sliced shallots, salt and pepper, and gently saute until they begin to soften.
• Add handfuls of the fresh spinach and keep turning it over as it cooks, you want to gently wilt it and have it reduce to about half it's volume, but NOT to be cooked down to mush. This should only take about 2-3 minutes for all of the spinach.
• Pour all of the spinach/shallot mixture into a large mixing bowl, and let cool a little. (You will have some wine left in the bottom of the pan, and yes, it goes into the mixing bowl too).
• While the spinach is cooling, beat the five eggs in a seperate bowl.
• The add the flour to the spinach mixture and mix it in well, then add the Gouda cheese, milk, the finely diced sundried tomatos, and finially the beaten eggs. Mix well.
• Pour the mixture into a shallow quiche dish approx: 11 inches x 1 1/2 inches deep (27 cm x 4 cm deep) that has been sprayed with a small amount of baking spray.
• Sprinkle the un-toasted pine nuts on the top of the quiche and bake at 375 F (190 C) for between 45-55 minutes. To test that it is cooked, a wooden skewer should come out clean and the top will be a little puffed up and golden brown.
• Serve warm and enjoy the sublety of the wine flavours as they compliment the rest of the spinach quiche.

CRUSTLESS SPINACH QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9 inch pie pan.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are soft. Stir in spinach and continue cooking until excess moisture has evaporated.
• In a large bowl, combine eggs, cheese, salt and pepper. Add spinach mixture and stir to blend. Scoop into prepared pie pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until eggs have set, about 30 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes before serving.

CRUSTLESS SPINACH QUICHE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute onion and mushrooms in oil until tender. Add spinach and ham; cook and stir until the excess moisture is evaporated. Cool slightly. Beat eggs; add cheese and mix well. Stir in spinach mixture and pepper; blend well. Spread evenly into a greased 9-in. pie plate or quiche dish. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean.

CRUSTLESS SPINACH AND CHEESE QUICHE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325ºF.
• Reserve 2 Tbsp. each onions and tomatoes. Cook bacon in large skillet until crisp. Remove bacon from skillet; drain on paper towels. Add oil and mushrooms to same skillet; cook and stir 2 min. on medium heat or until mushrooms are tender. Remove from heat. Cut bacon into bite-size pieces. Add to skillet with remaining onions and tomatoes; mix well.
• Whisk eggs, sour cream, spinach and pepper sauce until blended; pour into 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray. Top with vegetable mixture and cheese.
• Bake 30 min. or until center is set; top with reserved onions and tomatoes. Let stand 5 min. before cutting to serve.

LOW-FAT CRUSTLESS SPINACH QUICHE

Steps:

• In a small mixing bowl, beat cream cheese.
• Add milk, egg substitute and pepper; beat until smooth.
• Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Transfer to a 10 inch quiche pan coated with nonstick cooking spray.
• Bake at 350° for 45 to 50 minutes or until a knife inserted comes out clean.

SKINNY CRUSTLESS SPINACH QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat. Saute mushrooms, onion, and garlic in the hot pan until onion is tender, about 7 minutes. Add spinach to the onion mixture and cook over low heat until spinach is limp and most of the water has evaporated, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Place egg whites into a bowl and add milk; whisk together. Add 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese and feta cheese. Stir in spinach mixture until thoroughly mixed. Season with salt and pepper. Pour mixture into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and sprinkle remaining Cheddar cheese over quiche. Return to the oven and continue to bake until center is set, about 40 minutes.

CRUSTLESS SPINACH QUICHE

Steps:

• In a small mixing bowl, beat cream cheese.
• Add milk, eggs and pepper.
• Beat until smooth.
• Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Transfer to a quiche pan coated with cooking spray.
• Bake at 350 for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

CRUSTLESS SPINACH QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350-degrees F.
• Spray 9-inch pie plate with Pam. (I use a corning ware quiche dish).
• Heat oil in skillet over med. high heat. Add onion and saute until browned (5 min).
• Add spinach; cook until excess moisture evaporates. Let cool.
• Beat eggs in bowl. Add cheese.
• Stir egg-cheese mixture into onion-spinach mixture. Season to taste with salt and pepper, if desired.
• Turn into pie pan, spreading top evenly.
• Bake until top is browned and tester (I use a toothpick) comes out clean, 40-45 minutes.