Low Carb Quiche Recipes - Crustless

Low Carb Quiche Recipes

10 or 9 inch quiche or pie pan

Any medium melting cheese works well in these quiche recipes. I prefer milder cheeses like muenster or havarti, but cheddar, swiss, monterey jack and gouda are also good choices. The egg-cheese mixture doesn't stick, as long as you butter the pan.

Basic Cheese and Onion Quiche

Makes 2 quiches.

• 5-6 cups shredded muenster and/or colby jack cheese, divided in half
• 2 tablespoons butter plus more for greasing pans
• 1 large white onion, finely chopped
• 12 large eggs, preferably organic or free range eggs
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp ground black pepper
• 2 tsp dried thyme

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a separate skillet, add the butter and melt over medium-low heat. Add the vegetables and saute until onions are translucent and soft. Remove from heat and cool.
3. Butter two 10 inch quiche pans or deep pie pans. Put 2 cups of shredded cheese in bottom of each buttered pan. Add 1/2 of cooled vegetable mixture to each pan in an even layer over cheese.
4. Crack 12 eggs and pour into a large mixing bowl. Add the cream and spices, and whisk together until well mixed and frothy. Pour 1/2 mixture over each pan of cheese and veggies, then use a fork to gently and evenly distribute cheese and vegetables into egg and cream mixture.
5. Slide quiche pans into oven, leaving an inch of space between pans. Bake for about 20-25 minutes or until set and puffy and slightly golden in the center. You can also use a knife to insert into middle of one of the quiches, and if it comes out clean, they are done.
6. Cut each quiche into 6 equal sized servings for a total of 12 servings. Serve immediately, or cool and refrigerate or freeze. These will keep in the freezer for a two weeks, or the refrigerator for a week.

Nutrition: Serving size = 1/6 of a quiche. Each serving has 382 calories, 16 grams of protein, 33 grams of fat, 5 grams of carbohydrate and 1 gram of fiber.

Cheese, Onion and Bacon Quiche: Place 12 slices of raw bacon on a cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until slightly crispy. Cool, then process into fine bits in a food processor. Add to the egg and cream mixture in step 4 above. Nutrition: Serving size = 1/6 of quiche. Each serving has 390 calories, 19 grams of protein, 34 grams of fat, 6 grams of carbohydrate and 1 gram of fiber.

Cheese, Onion and Sausage Quiche: Cook 6 ounces pork breakfast sausage in separate skillet until done. Cool and crumble, and add 4 ounces cooked sausage to the egg and cream mixture in step 4 above.Nutrition: Serving size = 1/6 of quiche. Each serving has 380 calories, 17 grams of protein, 34 grams of fat, 6 grams of carbohydrate and .5 gram of fiber.

Veggie Quiche: Add your choice of finely chopped extra vegetables in step 2 and saute along with onions. Any low carb vegetable works; try shredded carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, peppers, celery, summer squash, etc. This will be higher in carbohydrate count depending on veggies used. Add 1 gram of carbohydrate to each serving for every cup of raw vegetables added.

Kitchen Sink Quiche: mix and match minced smoked ham, bacon, sausage and any vegetables using methods above. Quiche is almost like a pizza in a way, in that you can add just about anything you have on hand, if you think it will taste good in combination. Adjust nutrition counts as needed.

I hope you enjoy these low carb quiche recipes. I've been making them a long time and have finally hit on a recipe that tastes great every time, reheats well, and keeps in the fridge for a week or two.

Isabel's Bootlegger Beans

Served at the Spring WOFAC meeting with rave reviews!  Delish!

Ingredients

3 strips of bacon, cut into small pieces

1 small onion, chopped

1 can pork & beans in tomato sauce

1 TBSP brown sugar

2 TBSP vinegar

2 TBSP ketchup

Directions 

Cut 3 strips of bacon into small pieces and fry them until about ½ done.

Add small chopped onion and cook until only slightly brown.  (Better to cut with grain from root to top)
After onions are slightly brown, pour off grease and add 1 can of pork & beans in tomato sauce,

Add 1 tablespoon of brown sugar, 2 table spoons of vinegar and 2 tablespoons ketchup and stir well.      Cover and let simmer for 30 minutes.

(Even better if baked for 2 hours in slow oven 280 degrees in a greased casserole dish).

You can use other types of beans for a different flavor. Mexican chili beans for one.

Also for a little tang add a little chili powder with ketchup
 

Mushroom Mozzarella Bake

This recipe came from a great low carb website -http://low-carb-news.blogspot.com/

lb fresh mushrooms, sliced (0.454 kg)

3 tbsp butter (45 mL)

³/₄  tsp seasoning salt (3 mL)
2 tbsp whipping cream (30 mL)

1 tsp dried parsley (5 mL)

¹/₄  tsp black pepper (1 mL)

³/₄  cup grated Mozzarella cheese (175 mL)

Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C).

In large frying pan or electric frying pan with lid, fry mushrooms in butter over medium heat until softening.  Keep cooking until water evaporates. Remove lid of pan.  Add seasoning salt; stir-fry until mushrooms are nice and brown. Add whipping cream, parsley and black pepper.  Allow to simmer over low heat until whipping cream reduces a bit.  This can happen extremely fast.  Arrange mushrooms in shallow casserole dish.  Sprinkle with cheese.  Bake 10 minutes, or until cheese is melted.  

Yield:  6 servings

1 serving

127.3 calories

4.6 g protein

11.0 g fat

3.1 g carbs

Paula T's Meat Balls

1 pound ground beef
1/4 to 1 cup shredded parmesan cheese depending on preference
1 sleeve Club crackers or saltines crushed
1 cup milk

2 eggs or 1 Xtra large egg
1 TBSP chopped parsley
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1/4 tsp pepper


Mix up.
Make meatballs
Bake  at 350 for 30 minutes and turn then bake another 10 - 15 minutes or Fry until done.

TOMATO GRAVY (SAUCE)

1 LG onion, diced
2  29 oz cans of tomato sauce
1 29 oz can of crushed or diced tomatoes
1  12 oz can of tomato paste
1 bay leaf
3 tsp Italian Seasoning
1/4 cup grated Romano cheese
3 TBSP sugar

Roma Tomato Bruschetta

Ingredients

10 large fresh basil leaves, chopped  OR 1/2 tsp dried basil
2 cups roma (plum) tomatoes
    seeded and chopped ( about 1#)
2 TBSP balsamic vinegar
Salt and Pepper to taste
1/3  Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 loaf French Bread

Heat oven to 325.

Stack 5 basil leaves one on top of the other. Roll up.
Slice crosswise thinly.
Repeat with remaining

Combine tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, and sliced basil. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Combine olive oil, garlic in a small bowl. Microwave on HIGH for 30 seconds. Cut bread into slightly angled 1/4" pieces. Brush with olive oil mixture and put on a baking pan. Bake  6-8 minutes or until golden brown,

Just before serving... drain excess liquid from tomatoes, spoon tomato mixture evenly over bread slices.

Simple Grilled Italian Chicken

No cook cooking spray
3 TBSP Olive oil
1 TBSP lemon juice
1 TBSP Italian seasoning
1 tsp garlic salt
1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
1 boneless, skinless, chicken breasts

Coat grill pan with no stick cooking spray. Heat over medium heat.

Combine olive oil, lemon juice, Italian Seasonings, garlic salt and pepper in a medium microwavable bowl.

Microwave on HIGH for 1 minute. Stir

Dip chicken in hot mixture to coat evenly, then place on hot grill pan. Cook  6 -8 minutes, per side, until juices run clear and thermometer reads 165 degrees.

Allow to rest for 5 minutes before serving.

Roasted Potatoes with Rosemary

4 pounds small potatoes - whole or cut in half
    (Yukon gold, red, purple, fingerlings)
1/3  cup Crisco Light Olive Oil
3 -4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 cup chopped onion
2 TBSP chopped fresh rosemary
Salt and Pepper to taste

Directions - Heat oven to 425. Place potatoes, oil, garlic, rosemary and salt and pepper in a large baking pan. Toss well to mix.

Bake 40 minutes or until the potatoes are cooked and lightly browned - Stir occasionally during the baking process.