BREAKFAST BLESSINGS {CRUSTLESS QUICHE} (S)

Breakfast is one of the most difficult meals to meet all the important criteria in our house.   We want our breakfasts to be quick, easy, affordable, nutritious, and sometimes portable, too! When you add in the Sunday Morning Scurry for church in addition to trying to conquer the weekly breakfast battle, I need a fool-proof, protein-packed plan.  If a recipe can meet all of the above, we consider that a Breakfast Blessing.  I present to you:  "Crustless Quiche Two Ways!" 

This is a basic quiche recipe that can be adapted by changing the meat, veggies, cheese, and even the serving style.  The Crustless Quiche Master Recipe is listed at the end of this post.  For all you Trim Healthy Mamas out there, this is an S meal!

Today, I chose 2 options with 2 different preparations to illustrate: 

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 SOUTHWESTERN CRUSTLESS QUICHE (S) ~ Family Style

Basic Ingredients:  Eggs, shredded cheese (fiesta blend), Ro*Tel diced tomatoes/green chiles, small can roasted green chiles (mild), sliced black olives, 1 lb. mild pork sausage;  also, milk/almond milk, salt and pepper

 I use gloves when I deal with the sausage, because I find it easier to pull apart for easier frying without getting my hands all gooey!  Highly recommended!

 Break apart sausage into skillet preheated on Med to Med-High heat...

 I cut the thumb off an old oven mitt and rubber banded it to the handle of my cast iron skillet...not fancy, but it works great!

 Have you seen these handy-dandy things for breaking up meat?  I use it all the time now...TA-DA!

 Spray a 9 x 13 baking dish with cooking spray--I used coconut oil spray

 Layer the cooked ground sausage in the bottom of the pan

 Sprinkle a handful of cheese on top--1/2-1 cup

 Crack 9 eggs, 1 at a time into a measuring cup (so you can retrieve any broken egg shells before adding them to your master quiche mix!)

 Add 1/2 cup milk or unsweetened almond milk (or your milk of choice)

 Salt & Pepper as desired

 Add 1 c. Fiesta blend shredded cheese

 Dump into a blender (or whisk by hand in a bowl); Add 1 can Ro*Tel diced tomatoes/green chiles + 1 small can (or 1/2 large can) mild roasted green chiles (or hotter if you prefer!)  Blend briefly, or  "pulse" a few times to incorporate well, but not puree` your tomatoes and green chiles!

 Pour over sausage and cheese in baking dish

 Only 1/2 of our family like olives, so I put them on 1/2 of the quiche

 Bake at 350 for 40 minutes, or until center comes out clean when tested with a butter knife.

This is delicious plain, topped with sour cream, or this tangy Greek yogurt dip form Costco!

I added a few chopped fresh tomatoes and a dollop of sour cream.  Ole`!

For you Trim Healthy Mamas, this is a wonderful Sastisfying Breakfast (or lunch, or dinner) for your whole family!


BACON-TOMATO MINI-QUICHE (S) ~ Individual Style

 Basic Ingredients:  Eggs, shredded cheese (colby-jack blend), 2 Roma tomatoes, diced, 12 oz to 1 lb. bacon or turkey bacon;  also, milk/almond milk, salt and pepper

 Line a baking sheet with heavy duty foil

 Lay bacon on the foil...clean up later is so much happier this way!  Bake the bacon at 375 for 12-15 minutes, until desired brownness...

IN THE BLENDER COMBINE:

9 Eggs

1/2 cup milk or almond milk

 Salt and Pepper

 Line muffin tin with silicon baking cups--my recipe filled up 18 muffin cups--and spray with cooking oil if yours are sticky like mine are!  I used coconut oil.

Bacon is delicious!

 Get ready to cut your tomatoes...my knife was a little dull, so I did a quick sharpening by using the bottom rough edge of a ceramic coffee mug, gliding the blade along at a slight angle from hilt to tip a few times, then flipping it over and doing the same on the other side...

 Slice tomatoes in half...then seed your tomatoes.  I used a baby spoon to scoop out the seeds and insides.

Mostly.  I see a few seeds left, but anyway... ☺

2 diced, seeded tomatoes

Here's the difference in the liquidity in seeded (L) & unseeded (R) tomatoes.  Big difference in outcome of the recipe...

 1 cup frozen pepper/onion blend

1 cup colby jack shredded cheese

 Dump it in the blender and blend briefly or "pulse" a few times, so you don't puree` your peppers too much.

Add about a tablespoon of diced tomatoes

Some chunky bacon crumbles

And a pinch of shredded cheese on top...

Fill muffin cups with egg mixture about 2/3-3/4 way full...

Pop in the oven at 350 for 20-25 minutes

 Until butter knife inserted in center comes out clean

 Pop it out of the silicon cup & enjoy as is...OR..........

 FALL IN LOVE WITH SOME Sriracha Ketchup on top!! *Swoon*

CRUSTLESS QUICHE MASTER RECIPE (THM -S)

Ingredients:
9 Eggs

1/2 c. milk of choice

2 c. shredded cheese of choice, divided

1 lb. meat of choice

Veggies of choice

Salt and Pepper to taste

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease 9 x 13 baking dish or 18 muffin cups.  Cook meat (or use Kirkland bacon bits, leftover meatloaf, chopped sausage links, etc.).   Layer meat on bottom of baking dish or muffin cups.  If using fresh veggies (diced tomatoes, pepper, onions, broccoli), add on top.  Add a little more (1/2-1 cup) shredded cheese on top of meat/veggies if desired.  In a blender, mix together 9 eggs, 1/2 c. milk of choice, 1 c. shredded cheese, any frozen veggies, and salt and pepper to taste.  Pour over meat/veg/cheese mix in prepared baking dish or muffin cups.  OR...omit meat and make a veggie-packed quiche! Bake at 350 degrees for: 40 minutes for 9 x 13 baking dish; or 20-25 minutes for muffin cups.  ENJOY!

Can easily be reheated and enjoyed if prepared as a make-ahead meal!  I like to make these on a Saturday evening, and enjoy them for a fast breakfast on Sunday before church and throughout the week! (Or Lunch...Or Snack...Or Dinner...)

~Blessings and Peace from our home to yours!