Simple Quiche Recipe
Do you find yourself with too much of one ingredient sometimes? If you grow your own veggies, its often that you have a lot of one thing all at once. Are you googling what to do with a lot of onions...herbs or spinach?
Well if it's vegetables that are taking up room in your crisper, and you need to clear them out for next week's shop, here's a Simple quiche recipe that might come in handy. It can be pastry-less or with a thin crust, without having to defrost sheets of pastry or fiddle with filo.
High in protein, this simple quiche recipe can be made vegetarian or for meat-eaters. Sorry not for vegans this time!!
I've used the following combinations with this simple quiche recipe:
- Ham and cheese
- Spinach, feta and corn
- Cherry tomato, Kale and Feta
- Kale and Pumpkin
Other ingredients that would work for this simple quiche recipe include:
- Onions, leeks and garlic
- Silverbeet, Tuscan Kale, Baby Spinach
- Basil, Oregano, Parsley, Chives, Shallots
- Potato, Sweet Potato, Pumpkin
- Green Beans, Asparagus, Peas
- Bacon, Ham, BBQ Chicken breast
Some combinations that might work well for you could be:
- Potato, Leeks and Gruyere cheese
- Cherry Tomatoes, Oregano, Basil and Spinach
- Asparagus, Peas, Sweet potato, Chives and Feta
- Cherry Tomatoes, Feta, Tuscan Kale and Onion
- Goats Cheese, Pumpkin and Baby Spinach
Simple Quiche Base Recipe
Ingredients
6 Eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup cream
Handful of tasty grated cheese (optional)
2 Tblsp plain flour + 1pkt spring dried veg soup mix for the base (optional)
Method:
- Beat together eggs, milk and cream.
- Add your choice of other vegetables and cheese.
- Add flour and soup mix if you want a thin base.
- Put in a greased quiche dish or pyrex dish. Bake on Moderate oven (180C) for 45min or until cooked in the centre. No longer than 1hr.
This quiche serves 4, but I have also done a big batch cook of this recipe to feed 30 people. Made hot for dinner or lunch or stored in the fridge for a few days for leftover lunches and snacking, these quiches are a staple in my household for kids and adults.
Happy cooking!
Here are some other examples from the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet you could use for inspiration:
