Saturday, June 16, 2007

Crustless Quiches

These are great. Make em, throw em in the fridge and nibble them cold for the next few days. I found this recipe when the Atkins Diet was popular and realized that they're GF and a very cheap and easy breakfast for the little dude.

Quiche
Note *if you stuff these quiches with lots of goodies, the recipe will make more than you expect and you may want to add another egg to keep it together.
5 Lg. Eggs
1/2 c GF grated cheese
1 c Your favorite breakfast meats. (Bacon and pork sausage should be precooked to remove the grease and to be sure they are all the way done when the quiche is)
1 c Your favorite breakfast veggies.
1/4 c GF Oat Bran
2 Tbsp Milk (cow milk, soy milk, coconut milk, almond milk, rice milk. Whatever grooves you.)
Salt & Pepper to taste
Dash of Onion Powder - optional


Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Precook any meats that need it. Chunk or crumble meat. Slice, dice or chop veggies. Lightly grease cupcake/muffin tin. Keep a second one available (ungreased) in case you've got more than one tin of batter. Get your gear all ready and together.


Beat eggs, milk and spices together. Toss in your tasty additions. Stir. Add oat bran and stir some more. Use more oat bran if you are adding lots of extra meat, cheese or veggies, this will be soaking up the extra grease and veggie water.


Using a small cup measure or scoop, stir-scoop from the bottom of the bowl and pour into cupcake pan, filling each hole 2/3rds full. Bake. Once the tops look dry but glossy, it's usually done. Eggs keep cooking after removed from heat, but that will only take you so far. I hate gooey egg stuff, so I tend to overcook these. No big deal, I like it that way. Don't freak out, the quiches will rise above the sides of the cupcake holes. Let them rest and they will drop easily out of the tins. Eat them warm or once cooled, toss them in ziploc bags and throw them in the fridge.


Advanced Option
If you want to get tricky, use some of the grease from the meat, mixed with water, salt and pepper and GF cornstarch to make a white gravy, and spoon it over the top.

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