Wonderful Crustless Quiche: Frittata

Crustless Quiche: OR Frittata!!

Let's face it, these days carbs are out and protein is in! Frittata is just like quiche but without the crust. This is nice for many reasons including you don't have to make a crust or buy a hydrogenated oil filled one from the store. Most likely you have all these ingredients right in your refrigerator. 

Frittata Recipe:
6 eggs
3/4 cup liquid, such as milk, almond milk, broth
3/4 veggie filling (such as onions, peppers, mushrooms or what ever you have on hand)
1 tablespoon parmesan cheese
Salt and pepper 
2  teaspoons butter or olive oil or grape seed oil



Preparation:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Grease 10 1/2 inch round pan or 9 x 9 inch baking dish and set aside. 

In a skillet over a medium heat saute vegetables until tender and onions are translucent. 

Beat eggs, milk, cooked veggies, butter, salt, and pepper until well blended. Pour mixture into baking dish and sprinkle cheese. 

Bake 20 minutes or until set. There should be no visible liquid egg when it is done. 

Breakfast Tacos

Sometimes it’s about changing it up and being silly to keep everyone excited about their morning fare.

Tacos for breakfast?

Absolutely!

Taco Shells

Cheesy Scrambled Eggs *

Green Onions, Sliced

Black Beans

Salsa

Greek Yogurt

Guacamole or Avocado slices

Bacon or Sausage (optional)

Set it up as a taco bar or assemble them to your family’s tastes.

*Why must I call things by such weird but official sounding titles??

Besides the nerdy pleasure I derive from it, it makes things sound more exciting to the kids.

In the case of Cheesy Scrambled Eggs you scramble eggs and add cheese. Any kind, to taste.

Quichitas

These are kind of amazing.

They, also, are just a spring board for your creativity.

Sure you can go with the traditional breakfast items to fill them; bacon, sausage, spinach, onions, cheese but I’ve had just as much success with random leftovers. Think taco left overs; meat, beans, cheese, tomatoes. Or chicken, artichoke hearts and kale. Salmon, cream cheese, and capers. Really, if it has gone together as a meal it will most likely work in this.

I use the raw tortillas from Costco for half and leave half with no shell. Both are delicious. Here is a basic recipe but the idea is fill muffin tins with yummy food (precooked meats, which is why leftovers are so perfect) pour scramble egg mixture to fill cups about 2/3 of the way full, bake.

Here is a basic recipe to get you started:

6 raw tortilla shells

5 eggs

couple handfuls of spinach chopped

bacon (cooked)

1/2 cup of milk

shredded cheddar cheese

Toppings; Salsa, yogurt, avocado

Grease the muffin pan.

Cut tortillas in half. Bring ends to meet to make a funnel sort of shape and stuff into muffin cup. (It should look like a little pie crust, and it is ok if you stuff some down, you’re just lining the cup and making the crust.

If you don’t want to use tortillas skip the above step.

Divide the filling ingredients into each cup: spinach, bacon and cheese.

Beat eggs and milk and fill* each cup 2/3 full.

*I use a turkey baster to fill the cups with the eggs mixture.

Bake for 20-25 minutes until the centers don’t jiggle when you shake the pan.

Top with salsa, yogurt and avocado if desired.

These are great for breakfast on the go if you so need.