Tomato & Basil Quiche (slightly adapted from AllRecipes,
Total time: 45 minutes, 4 servings)
I found a quiche recipe a few years ago that I got stuck on because
it tasted so good. I finally decided to pull myself out of my rut this
past weekend when my mom and stepfather came to visit. This recipe looked
tasty and fairly healthy (if you cut out the pastry crust and cut back on the
cheese). I thought the end product worked out quite well, and I received
compliments from my mother on a dish well done.
Ingredients
· 1 Tbsp. olive oil
· ½ onion, diced
· 2 plum tomatoes,
sliced
· 2 Tbsp. all-purpose
flour
· 2 tsp. dried basil
· 3 eggs
· ½ cup milk
· salt and pepper to
taste
· 1 cup shredded
Italian cheese, divided
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350
degrees F.
2. Heat olive oil in a
large skillet over medium heat. Sauté onion until soft; remove from skillet.
3. Sprinkle tomato slices
with flour and basil on each side. Sauté 1 minute on each side.
4. In a small bowl, whisk
together eggs and milk. Season with salt and pepper.
5. Spread ½ cup shredded
cheese on the bottom of a pie pan. Layer onions over cheese. Sprinkle ¼
cup cheese on top of onions, then top with tomatoes. Cover with egg mixture and
top with remaining ¼ cup shredded cheese.
6. Bake in preheated oven
for 30 minutes or until top is golden brown. Serve warm.
This egg dish has a delicious, but not overpowering, taste.
The spices do not overwhelm the other ingredients and the Italian cheese adds
just a bit more flavor than a regular mozzarella. The only drawback is
that the quiche is about half the thickness of what I am used to. Next
time, I will double the ingredients to make it a more filling meal. Well,
not the onions. Although I love the onions and do not think that they
detract from the dish in anyway, my husband is not a fan and could not finish
his slice. Luckily, this is an easy dish to make your own!
Since I didn’t use the pie crust, I served the quiche with
biscuits. I found the following recipe on AllRecipes and chose it because
of good ratings and a minimal amount of ingredients and instructions.
Unfortunately, they did not turn out as well as I had hoped. They were
flat and pretty dry. The only way to make them tasty is douse them in
either butter or gravy.
E-Z Drop Biscuits (slightly adapted from AllRecipes,
Total Time: 30 min., 16 biscuits)
Ingredients
· 2 cups all-purpose
flour
· 1 Tbsp. baking powder
· 2 tsp. white sugar
· ¼ tsp. cream of
tartar
· ¼ tsp. salt
· ½ cup melted butter
· 1 cup milk
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 450
degrees F and lightly grease one large cookie sheet.
2. In a large bowl,
combine flour, baking powder, sugar, cream of tartar and salt.
3. Stir in butter and
milk just until moistened.
4. Drop batter onto
cookie sheet by the tablespoon.
5. Bake in preheated oven
until golden on the edges, about 8 to 12 minutes. Serve warm.
