Vegetable Quiche Cups -SBD-

"These are a breakfast option in the South Beach Diet (phase 1). They can be eaten hot or cold and can also be frozen. These make a handy and healthy snack to take to work too."
 
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Ready In:
40mins
Ingredients:
7
Yields:
12 quiche cups
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ingredients

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directions

  • Heat oven to 350F.
  • Line a 12 cup muffin pan with foil baking cups, spray the cups with cooking spray.
  • Thaw and drain spinach, wring it out well by hand.
  • Mix the spinach, egg whites or substitute, cheese, peppers, onions, hot pepper sauce and salt in a bowl.
  • Fill the foil cups with the mixture.
  • Bake at 350F or 20 minutes, testing so that a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  • Remove from cups to serve.

Questions & Replies

  1. Has anyone made this with fresh eggs instead of egg beaters? How many eggs if using fresh eggs? I have lots of fresh eggs to use up. Thanks.
     
  2. Freezing? Watery when defrosted?
     
  3. Can this be made with whole eggs? If so, please indicate quantity for this recipe
     
  4. Has anyone frozen this dish?
     
  5. Wonder if you could use egg beaters instead of egg whites?
     
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Reviews

  1. My question is why not use the whole egg? I make breakfast casseroles like this all the time but I use whole eggs.
     
  2. I used whole real eggs, broccoli instead of spinach, and added cooked bacon and mushrooms. I also used far fewer veggies as my husband likes his eggs to look like eggs. I know there has been discussion about the recipe being good for vegetarians, but my way it is very good for people on Adkins or Keto diets.
     
  3. I can't believe I haven't rated this yet! I've made this probably a dozen times because my family loves them so much. They're really great and lend themselves quite easily to modifications. I always include the frozen spinach but have also used caramelized onions, chopped mushrooms, Parmesan cheese and goat cheese. Even when I feel like I am way overdoing the cheese and other less healthy (compared to veggies) items, the calorie count still only comes out to about 70 or so which is awesome. <br/><br/>We ate these stuffed inside of freshly baked popovers last weekend and they were a fantastic 150 calorie breakfast.
     
  4. As written, it's an OK recipe. Here are my "modifications." First, I use an entire 15 oz container of Egg Beaters, saute the onions and peppers until softened and put in an 8x8 baking pan sprayed with nonstick spray. Instead of shredded cheddar cheese I put swiss cheese slices to cover the top and top with cracked black pepper. Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 20-30 minutes or until "egg" mixture is set. Cut into 6 slices. The amount of extra egg substitute is minimal extra calories and makes them sooooo much yummier. In the morning I nuke them in the microwave and put them on a whole wheat english muffin with a slice of tomato.
     
  5. One thing I will say about this recipe is to be sure and fill the muffin cups completely full. These quiches don't rise like a muffin or cupcake would. I only filled the cups half full and ended up with little quiche silver dollar pancakes. Still tasty though!
     
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Tweaks

  1. I've made these in the past when I was following SBD.....want to start up again. My questions are: Can you use "real" eggs (all or whites only) and how many for one recipe....and, I have fresh Spinach, not frozen....can this also be used in this recipe? Thanks!
     
  2. I made these and added 1/3 cup of pork sausage crumbles, used roasted red pepper (diced) and saute my onion. I didn't have any muffin cup liners so I used a sprayed 1-1/2 quart casserole and baked it for 30-35 minutes then cut it into 12 small squares.
     
  3. Great recipe, I've been making these for about 6 months now, sometimes I change things up a biy by adding roasted peppers and grated parmesean or locatelli instead of the peppers and cheddar... also good with some cubed smoked turkey or low fat ham in it. Thank you dale! for posting this
     
  4. Absolutely delicious! I used fresh spinach, green peppers, and soy pepper jack cheese (cause that's all I had). Next time, I will probably use mushrooms instead of onions, just to switch things up a bit. The outside of the muffin cups stuck to the muffin tin, so I'll probably use nonstick spray in them next time. But, getting right down to it, I WILL make it again and thank you for offering up such a yummy, healthy lunch!
     
  5. I've made these quite a few times and love them. Two are perfect for breakfast. I started using egg substitute that has green and red pepper already in it for a shortcut. I have also added extra egg. I like them either way. You get a great breakfast that is made ahead. Only takes seconds to warm in the microwave!
     

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I have a passion for healthy and simple dishes with lots of vegetables, although I love a treat every now and again also, especially ice cream!
 
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