Okay, first, just in case anyone wants to get technical on me and my healthy quiche recipe… technically, this is a frittata. The difference between frittata and quiche is that quiche is baked in a pie crust and frittata is cooked on the cooktop first, and then transferred to the oven for a few minutes. But since most don’t know what a frittata is, I’ll go ahead and call it a healthy quiche recipe and we can all be okay with it. Deal? Deal.
This thing is DIVINE. I need not say more. Other than that it’s easy to make and so comforting and filling for how healthy it is. Prep and cook time combined is only about 40 minutes to boot! I’d chop most everything before beginning to avoid a rush and stressing yourself out halfway through.
Serves 6
217 Calories
12g Fat
16g Carbs
14g Protein
2g Fiber
Ingredients
4 cups fresh spinach, coarsely chopped
1 1/2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 large red onion, diced
1/4 tsp. sea salt
1 1/2 cups mushrooms, coarsely chopped
2 red potatoes, cut into small cubes (leave skins on)
1 red bell pepper, cut into small cubes
7 large eggs
3/4 cup low fat feta cheese
2 tsp. fresh oregano leaves
1/4 tsp ground black pepper
Directions
Set an oven rack about 4 inches from the broiler and preheat your oven on low broil.
Heat a 10 inch cast iron skillet (or any skillet that can be transferred to the oven) over medium heat. Add the spinach and a couple tablespoonfuls of water to the skillet and cook until just barely wilted. Transfer spinach to a towel and wring dry. Set aside.
Add olive oil to skillet. Add rest of the ingredients in this order, and don’t add the next ingredient until the previous ingredient is cooked. Stir occasionally while cooking:
onion and salt, until it just starts to become translucent
mushrooms, until lightly browned
potato & red pepper
Cover and cook until the potato begins to tender (about 5 minutes). Stir every couple of minutes.
Meanwhile, whisk together the eggs, wilted spinach, feta, oregano and black pepper. Pour it over top of the cooked veggie mixture. Keep cooking until the eggs have set up around the edges (about 10 minutes). Then, transfer to the oven and broil until the eggs are set on top and until your healthy quiche recipe has turned a nice golden color.
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