Make It Monday: Green and Clean Crustless Quiche

I desperately was craving quiche, but I was not craving the amount of regular cheese and cream that is in a quiche or the buttery crust (as good as it sounds). A quiche by definition is a pie-like dish with a crust that is filled with an custard made of egg, cream, cheese and some other savory ingredient. I started looking up other quiche recipes that are clean eating type ones and could not find one that allowed for much in the way of cheese or cream. In a regular version of a quiche, traditionally heavy cream, cheddar and Parmesan cheese is used. I opted to use low fat cottage cheese and a much smaller portion of cheddar in place of the up to 2 cups of cheese in a regular quiche and a combination of skim milk and fat free sour cream in place of a full cup of heavy cream. And I also increased the amount vegetables in the recipe.

Green and Clean Crustless Quiche
8 oz. low fat cottage cheese
2 oz. shredded cheddar
1/2 C fat free sour cream or Greek yogurt
1/2 C skim milk
2 whole eggs
2 eggs whites
1 C cooked spinach
1 C broccoli, steamed
3 green onions, chopped
1 lg. Roma tomato, chopped
1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
sea salt, to taste

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• In a blender, blend cottage cheese, cheddar, sour cream and milk until smooth
• Next add in eggs and seasonings and blend again
• Spray a 9" pie plate with cooking spray 
• Place all veggies in the bottom of the pie plate
• Top with cheese mixture
• Bake at 350 degrees for one hour