Crustless Spinach Quiche

Fast and Easy Crustless Quiche
Fast and Easy Crustless Quiche

Crustless Spinach Quiche

I served this crustless quiche at a church lunch, and I had to laugh when one guy told me how much he disliked vegetables. Many people were surprised by how much they loved this veggie-filled quiche recipe—and he was one of them! —Melinda Calverley, Janesville, Wisconsin

Course Breakfast
Servings 8
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
  • 1 tablespoon canola oil
  • 1 package 10 ounces frozen chopped spinach, thawed and well drained
  • 2/3 cup finely chopped fully cooked ham
  • 5 large eggs
  • 3 cups shredded Muenster or Monterey Jack cheese
  • 1/8 teaspoon pepper

Instructions

  1. In a large skillet, saute onion and mushrooms in oil until tender. Add spinach and ham; cook and stir until the excess moisture is evaporated. Cool slightly. Beat eggs; add cheese and mix well. Stir in spinach mixture and pepper; blend well. Spread evenly into a greased 9-in. pie plate or quiche dish.

  2. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean.

Recipe Notes

THIS RECIPE TRAVELS WELL! 
I experimented with this recipe also to make it travel friendly. I combined all the ingredients except the eggs and cheese, put them into a Ziploc bag and froze them. At the airport, the Ziplocs got through TSA with a bottle of frozen water without any problem. Because they were frozen, I was able to travel with them for 4 hours without losing the cold temperature outside of a cooler. To be fair, it was a cool traveling day also. At the destination the continued to defrost in the refrigerator. I stirred the previously frozen ingredients with the cheese and eggs after the defrost and they cooked up beautifully. So glad I did this because the kitchen at the destination was small, making up several of these for a large group would have been out of control. 

Also, I prefer the Montery Jack Cheese in this recipe.
~ Kelly B