Endless Variation Quiche

[harmonysky]

Posted by Gail1

Endless Variation Quiche
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I found this recipe on another website, and it credits "MilliB". Since I need to eat protein for breakfast, I'm definitely going to try it!


Endless Variation Quiche
I've made a few different variations (usually depending on what I have in the house). It is good and satisfying. I double the recipe to use throughout the week. One serving between two slices of lite toast or a lite bun, makes a quick on-the-run breakfast.

1 cup eggbeaters (2 pts.)
1 cup 1% or fat free cottage cheese (3 pts.)
cheese – any kind – various cheese have different amounts for different points – I use 4 pts. worth of whatever kind of cheese
Optional – meat substitute – I've used sausage, bacon, turkey, gardenburgers, etc. – 3 pts.worth
Cooked vegetables cut into bite size pieces – about 3 cups worth or a 12 oz. package of chopped spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, etc. Drain whatever you're using well – I press the water out of the spinach or broccoli
Seasonings – again, experiment, nutmeg is good with spinach, you can add chili powder, etc.

Mix it all in a bowl and pour it into a cooking spray sprayed 9 inch pie pan or an 8 inch square pan. Bake at 375 for about 45 minutes to 1 hour or until the center is pretty firm and puffy. (It will un-puff when it cools down) This whole thing is 12 points if you use the meat option, 9 if you don't, and makes 4 good size servings.

Here's some of the options I've tried:
Spinach with bacon, feta cheese
Mushrooms with cheddar
Sun dried tomatoes (soaked and chopped first), mushroom and zucchini with pepper jack
Shredded zucchini, Greek style garden burger, and more feta
Blue cheese with broccoli

[Tish437]

Sharon, did you ever try this? Or anyone else?

[harmonysky]

I haven't tried this recipe. I just moved it over from the old board. That's why my name is on the post.

I hope you find someone who has tried it!

[Tish437]

Thanks for replying Sharon. I'm going to try it this weekend. I've never made a quiche with cottage cheese before, but I have some at home that I've been waiting to use.

I'm going to use eggs instead of EggBeaters, I just can't wrap my head around "synthetic" foods (although I have some in the freezer for just in case). I think the equivalent to 1 cup of EBs is 4 eggs.

I have been in so much pain lately, and want to start eating salmon (and other fish) on a more regular basis, as I've heard this helps. This will give me a serving of it for breakfast for a week.

I'll let you know on Monday how it turns out.

[LongIslandJimmy]

Actually, a cup of egg beaters is (4) points, not (2) as listed in the recipe, and 1 cup of egg beaters is equivalent to (8) whole eggs.

I might suggest using 4 whole eggs and 4 egg whites if you want to use the "real" stuff and still keep the points down. Essentially, it would add about 5 points to the whole dish, as compared to a cup of egg beaters.

Also...my wife has figured out how to make an awesome crust for a quiche using fiber-one cereal and ICBINB-light...comes out excellent if you like crusts on your quiche (or rather, if you like your quiche on a crust ). I believe that the crust ends up (3) points total, compared to 9-12 for the store-bought frozen crusts.

Jim

[Tish437]

Jim, thank you so much for this information. It's very helpful.