With the long weekend, it turned out to be a busy few days so I have had to neglect my blogging a little bit. Since I have been a little radio silent, I committed to getting up first thing this morning and making something fun for breakfast to share with you all.
I needed something that would be quick and easy to prepare, but since I was working from home I had time to let the cooking part take a little longer. What better than a light and fluffy quiche???
I have made this quiche many times with quite a few variations. I often search around for other people’s quiche’s so I can get ideas of new things to put in mine or good combinations, but for this morning I went with my basic model. Broccoli, Onion, Cheese…
Serves 6
9 inch frozen pie crust
4 Eggs, Beaten
1 1/2 cups 1% milk
1 onion, finely chopped (I grated mine in this morning)
2 oz extra sharp cheddar, shredded (I actually weighed the shredded version of the cheese to determine how much to use)
1 oz parmesan
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup flour
1 crown of broccoli, cut into small florets
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Combine all ingredients above, except the broccoli, and stir together until lumps of flour are mostly gone. Pour into pie crust. Sprinkle broccoli florets over the quiche and use a spoon to press into the egg batter lightly.
Bake for 60 minutes (cooking time may very a little, but you want to make sure the quiche doesn’t jiggle when you shake it). The quiche should be golden brown around the edges.
Notes: You can use more or less cheese, but I was trying to have a relatively clean and light breakfast. Additionally, you can use half and half or cream instead of milk (I use about 3/4 cup if replacing), but I like that the milk doesn’t change the texture but lighten’s it up. There can be so many variations of this recipe, you can make straight in a glass pie pan without the crust, which is of course tasty and a little healthier, but you will want to add a little butter to the recipe if you do that.
Nutrition info courtesy of Calorie Count: http://caloriecount.about.com/quiche-recipe-r510006#ixzz1BVMYhghs
Cooking for Serendipity 