Crustless Cottage Cheese Quiche with Spinach
A delicious Crustless Cottage Cheese Quiche with Spinach that's healthy and easy to make.
Equipment
- nonstick skillet
- 9-inch pie pan
Ingredients
Vegetables
- 2 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 medium yellow onion finely chopped
- 10 oz frozen chopped spinach thawed and drained
Cheese & Eggs
- 12 oz grated Cabot 50% light cheddar cheese
- 8 large egg whites you can use 1 ½ cups liquid egg whites in the carton
- 1 whole egg
- ⅓ cup low-fat cottage cheese
Spices
- ¼ teaspoon ground cayenne red pepper
- ⅛ teaspoon sea salt
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Drizzle oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add onion and cook until translucent (about 5 minutes).
- Add spinach and stir for about 3 minutes, until spinach is dry. Set aside.
- Lightly coat a 9" nonstick pie pan with olive oil cooking spray.
- Sprinkle grated cheese in the bottom of the pan.
- Top with spinach mixture.
- In a medium bowl, whisk egg whites, whole egg, cottage cheese, red pepper, sea salt, nutmeg, and black pepper.
- Pour egg mixture over spinach.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes or until set.
- Let sit for 5 minutes and slice into wedges.
Notes
To defrost the spinach, place it in a bowl under lukewarm running water and squeeze out as much moisture as possible. Fresh spinach can be used instead of frozen. A pound of fresh spinach is equivalent to 10 oz of frozen spinach. Be sure to sauté it so it has wilted down before adding to the quiche. You can prep most of this crustless quiche in advance.
Nutrition
Serving: 1sliceCalories: 262kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 34gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 60mgSodium: 844mgPotassium: 495mgFiber: 3gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 9377IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 482mgIron: 2mg
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