Prepping for our trip and Mini Quiche for Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner

 

We spent most of the July 4th weekend prepping four our summer adventure, packing up camping gear, an oil change for my bike, cutting our acre of yard with the hope that we don't return to a jungle. I was supposed to do tire changes as well, but the tires haven't shown up yet. UPS promises they will be here Tuesday (they were supposed to be here Friday). I hope so!

We also cleaned out the fridge, identifying the food that would be unrecognizable on our return and trying to find ways to use it up. The Egg Beaters in the fridge and a lonely red pepper sitting on the counter reminded me of a recipe Mother Rimmy had recently posted for Roasted Red Pepper and Basil Quiche Bites. I love her site and highly recommend it to anyone looking for healthy, delicious food. 

I have adapted her recipe a little to our tastes and for what we had on hand. I also used large muffin tins to make these more a breakfast item than an appetizer.

I love that this recipe gives you all that wonderful quiche flavor, highlighted by the roasted pepper and onion I used, without all the fat and calories that you usually find in quiche, particularly in the crust. My version makes 10 quiches at 66 calories, 2 grams of fat and 0 grams fiber each.

We had some leftover and used them the next day in breakfast sandwiches with a turkey sausage patty on a whole-wheat English muffin.

Let's eat!

Mini Quiche

Makes 5 servings

Ingredients:

1-1/2 cups egg substitute (equivalent of 6 eggs)

1 red pepper, roasted, peeled and finely diced

1/2 onion, roasted and finely diced

2 tablespoons fresh basil, cut chiffonade

1/4 cup nonfat ricotta

1/4 Pecorino Romano

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Directions:

Halve the pepper and lay it cut-side down on a baking sheet. Separate onion and spread on the same backing. Place under broiler and and cook until skin of the pepper blackens and separates from the meat of the pepper and edges of the onion have browned. Remove, let cool, peel the pepper and dice pepper and onion.

Preheat oven to 350F.

Combine pepper and onion with remaining ingredients and blend together, making sure the ricotta is well incorporated.  Pour 1/4 cup of the mixture into each muffin tin and bake 15-20 minutes.

Serve with fruit.

Deal of the Day: Our garden is coming in and I'm already thinking about putting things up for winter. We're going to try drying peppers and herbs this year, but we need a food dehydrator first. I'm looking at this one.