QUICK QUICHE

This recipe is one that I like to make when I have friends coming over for brunch.  I have made with store bought crust (Pillsbury makes great crust), or make your own my crust recipe is below, or omit crust of you are watching calories.  I found this whole wheat crust recipe that I can make fast.  I like it because it uses oil instead of butter; cheaper, lighter on calories, plus I always have oil in the house.  I try to add whole wheat flour instead of white as much as possible.  I add salt to my crust when making quiche, but if you want to use it for a sweet pie, you can use sugar instead or with salt.

Whole Wheat pie crust
2 cups flour - regular, whole wheat or half of each
1/2 cup oil -Olive or another kind
1/3 cup of milk
1tsp salt
Mix flour & salt (sift if you have time or if clumpy), then add oil & milk.  If too moist add more flour, if too dry add a little more milk.  If I use whole wheat flour its a little more dry.  I roll thin between wax paper and form in my pie dish.  Recipe usually yields two pie crusts.

Quiche Filling
6 eggs
3/4 cup of milk
3/4 cup of cheese of your choice or a mixture (cheddar, feta, parmesan, aseago, or mozzarella
1 cup of sausage, veggies or filling of your choice

Mix in blender eggs, 1/2 of cheese, milk, & a dash of salt/pepper or season salt.  Reserve a little of the cheese for the top (about 1/4 cup).  Sprinkle the sausage or pie filling evenly in base of pie crust.  Then pour egg mixture to top of pie dish, add the remainder of cheese on top.   Cook on 375 for about 30-45m, until browned and cooked through center.

I usually make a quiche with sausage & cheese for the meat lovers and one with all veggies.  Some ideas of some veggies to add are chopped artichoke heart, tomato, onion & mozzarella.  Sausage, ham or bacon with cheddar.  Sauted broccoli with feta or sautéed onion, garlic, spinach and tomato.

The pictures are just of the sausage.  The veggie quiche went too fast for me to get a picture.  If you are running short of time, you can buy frozen veggies, heat in the microwave with a little butter and garlic salt.  I like to use frozen peas with ham, or frozen spinach with tomato, frozen broccoli and cheese.  Anything will work, it's so simple to prepare and great to have around for a quick healthy breakfast on a rushed day or for company.  It can also be froze and reheated for a later day.