Cream Cheese Quiche

This is a delicious basic recipe for quiche. You can add any combination of fillings to suit your taste.

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• 1  frozen 9-inch deep dish pie shell
• 1⁄4 cup  chopped onion
• 4  ounces cream cheese
• 1⁄4 lb  grated swiss cheese
• 4  large eggs
• 1  cup milk or 1  cup half-and-half
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
• 1  cup  browned sausage or 1  cup bacon or 1  cup ham or 1  cup  seafood, your choice (enough to cover the bottom in a single layer. Also very good with sauteed fresh mushrooms and spinac)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Saute onion in butter until transparent.
3. Cover the bottom of the pie crust with the cream cheese, cut into small pieces.
4. Add the meat and onion and top with the grated Swiss cheese.
5. Mix together the milk and eggs and nutmeg if using and pour over the top.
6. Bake for 15 minutes, reduce the temperature to 350 degrees, and bake for another 30 minutes.