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Spinach and Sausage Quiche

This quiche has a wonderfully rich crust, but you can skip the crust if you want to make things easier on yourself. This recipe is found in the "Oven Dishes" section of our Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook on Page 150. This is a family-size recipe that will serve 6 to 8 people.

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Servings: 6
Description

This quiche has a wonderfully rich crust, but you can skip the crust if you want to make things easier on yourself. This recipe is found in the "Oven Dishes" section of our Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook on Page 150. This is a family-size recipe that will serve 6 to 8 people.

Ingredients
    For the Crust
  • 1 cup TH Baking Blend
  • 5 Tbs butter (cold)
  • 2 egg yolk (s) (save whites for filling)
  • 1 Tbs water
    • For the Filling
  • 10 egg (s)
  • 2 fresh egg white (s) (saved from using the yolks in the crust)
  • 5 chicken sausage (links, thinly sliced)
  • 10 oz frozen spinach (chopped, thawed, and squeezed of excess water)
  • 2 cups cheese of choice (grated)
  • 1/2 tsp TH Mineral Salt
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • basil (dried, optional)
  • mushrooms (sliced, optional)
  • tomato (s) (sliced, optional)
  • olives (pitted, optional)
Instructions
  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 350°F.
  2. 2
    Make the crust. Place the Baking Blend and butter in a food processor and process until well combined, like coarse meal. Add the egg yolks and pulse to mix well. Add the tablespoon cold water and pulse again. You should be able to press the mixture together and have it stick; if it doesn’t, add a little more cold water.
  3. 3
    Gather the mixture into a ball and flatten the ball. Put the flattened ball between 2 sheets of parchment and roll out to a large circle if you are using a pie plate or a large rectangle if using a 9 × 13-inch baking pan. Remove the top parchment and use the rolling pin to invert the crust into the baking dish. If the crust breaks apart, gently press it back together and press into the pan. Bake the crust for 10 minutes. Let cool briefly to set. Keep the oven at 350°F.
  4. 4
    Make the filling. In a bowl, whisk together the eggs, egg whites, sausage slices, spinach, grated cheese, seasonings, and optional ingredients like mushrooms, tomato, and olives. Pour into the crust and bake for about 45 minutes, or until the filling is set.
Note

From page 150, Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook...

"This quiche has a wonderfully rich crust, but you can skip the crust if you want to make things easier on yourself or use the quick Simple Simon Pie Crust (page 324, Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook), omitting the sweetener, as it requires no pre-baking. Another option for a simple crust is to combine 1 cup almond flour with 1 egg white and bake for 10 minutes, to crisp it before filling."

This recipe was featured in the Trim Healthy Living EZine ~Edition 20!

NSI (if going crustless or making almond flour crust)

Read it online: https://trimhealthymama.com/recipe/spinach-and-sausage-quiche/