Vegetable Quiche Cups -SBD-

dale!'s Note:

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.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 12 quiche ...

• ¾ cup pasteurized liquid egg-whites or ¾ cup egg white substitute or ¾ cup egg substitute
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach
• ¾ cup shredded reduced-fat cheese
• ¼ cup dicedred peppers or ¼ cup green pepper (or mixture of both)
• ¼ cup diced onion
• Tabasco sauce or other hot pepper sauce , if desired,to taste
• salt

Directions:

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

Reviews

[HocoRuco]

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.

We ate these stuffed inside of freshly baked popovers last weekend and they were a fantastic 150 calorie breakfast.

[JMUPatrick]

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!

[Grandmakristin]

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.