Quiche Recipes:
Easy Crustless Zucchini Quiche Recipe

Unlike many egg recipes, this crustless quiche even tastes good cold!

I can have this in the oven in less than 15 minutes!

• in the cupboard
  • vegetable oil
  • whole wheat flour
  • garlic
  • dried basil
  • salt
  • pepper

• in the fridge or freezer
  • cottage cheese
  • eggs
  • Cheddar cheese
  • butter

Buy these fresh ingredients

• zucchini

Get out your equipment

• Essential
  • a large bowl
  • measuring cups and spoons
  • a cutting board and sharp knife
  • a pie plate (I like glass.)
  • a mixing spoon

• Nice to have but not necessary
  • a silicone brush for oiling the pie plate
  • a whisk for beating the eggs
  • a silicone spatula for scraping the last bits from the bowl
  
  
  

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  The recipe

  Preheat oven to 375F/190C.

  1 medium zucchini, in one inch/2 cm cubes

  2 cups/500 mL cottage cheese

  3 eggs, beaten

  1 cup/250 mL Cheddar cheese, cubed

  3 Tbsp/45 mL melted butter

  3 Tbsp/45 mL whole wheat flour

  1 clove garlic

  1 tsp/5 mL dried basil

  1/2 tsp/2 mL salt

  1/4 tsp/1 mL pepper

  Oil a pie plate.

  In a bowl, combine all of the ingredients.

  Mix well.

  Pour into the pie plate.

  Bake for at least 1 hour, until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  
  

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  Substitutions
  • Use Swiss cheese instead of Cheddar.

  • Use any flour in place of the whole wheat.

  Ideas for making this recipe your own

  • Experiment with different spices. How about dill, or tarragon?

  • Use other vegetables instead of - or as well as - the zucchini. How about green beans, or broccoli?

  Tips

  • Melt the butter in a saucepan on the stove, in an oven-proof dish in the oven, or in the microwave.
  
  
  

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  Menu suggestion

  Serve this dish with

  • a green salad with Yogurt Dressing
  
  
  

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  I don't have any more quiche recipes, because this one is so perfect that I've never tested another! If you enjoy this recipe, you might also like these other egg recipes:
  • Ham and Cheese Strata
  • Make-ahead Eggs Benedict
    
    

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