Easy Spinach and Bacon Quiche Recipe (Better Homes Cookbook):
1 pie crust in a 9" pie plate (we make ours crust-less)
1/2 cup chopped onion (we skip this as well as I am the only one in my family who will eat onions)
6 slices of bacon, chopped (DH uses pre-cooked)
8 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup dairy sour cream (we often will use cottage cheese instead)
1/2 cup half and half, light cream, or milk (we always use 1% milk as we are all overweight already)
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp white pepper (we only have the black stuff)
Dash ground nutmeg
3 cups lightly packed chopped fresh spinach
2/3 cup shredded mozzarella cheese, 3 oz (we use whatever cheese we have around, usually a mix of sharp cheddar, mexican, or gruyere)
1/2 cup shredded swiss cheese, 2 oz (again, whatever we happen to have)
Cherry tomatoes, cup up (we skip this as well because I'm the only one who will eat these)
1) line pastry shell with double thickness of foil. Bake at 450 for 8 minutes, remove foil and bake 4-5 minutes more until pastry is set and dry. remove from oven and reduce temp to 325. (if not using crust, just pre-heat oven to 325)
2) Meanwhile, in a large skillet cook onion and bacon until onion is tender and bacon is crisp. Drain on paper towels. (We skip this entire step)
3) In a bowl, stir together eggs, sour cream, half and half, salt, pepper, nutmeg. Stir in onion/bacon mixture, spinach and cheeses.
4) Pour egg mixture into the hot baked pastry shell. Bake at 325 for 45 to 50 minutes or until a knife inserted near the edge comes out clean. If necessary, cover edge of crust with foil to prevent overbrowning. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving. Garnish with cherry tomatoes.
recipe as written in cookbook: 6 servings, 478 cal, 34g fat, 323 mg cholesterol, 550 mg sodium, 23 g carb. 1 g fiber, 21 g protien.
by omitting the crust, substituting the sour cream for NF cottage cheese, and the hal and half for milk, you will significantly reduce the amount of calories, fat, carbs, and cholesterol, and it still tastes really good. Wedivide it into 4 servings, and before putting it in th oven, on my quarter, I will add onion slices, sliced mushrooms, tomato, bell pepper, or whatever we happen to have on hand.
But for guests, I would probably keep the pie crust.
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