For a low-carb, keto version of this brunch favorite, omit the crust and substitute spinach quiche with cheese, mushrooms, and cherry tomatoes.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 40 mins |
| Total Time: | 55 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 1 9-inch quiche |
Ingredients
- cooking spray
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 onion, sliced
- ½ cup halved cherry tomatoes
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- 2 cups fresh spinach
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 3 eggs
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 cup shredded Gouda cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch pie plate with cooking spray.
- Melt butter in a medium cast iron skillet over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until softened and translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in cherry tomatoes until slightly softened, about 3 minutes. Add mushrooms and cook until tender, about 3 minutes. Mix in spinach; cook for 1 minute more.
- Whisk cream, eggs, salt, pepper, and nutmeg together in a bowl.
- Spread 1/2 of the Gouda cheese in the prepared pie plate and top with spinach mixture. Cover with egg mixture and sprinkle remaining Gouda cheese on top.
- Bake in the preheated oven until eggs are set and top is golden, about 25 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 208 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 4 g |
| Cholesterol | 131 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 8 g |
| Saturated Fat | 11 g |
| Sodium | 324 mg |
| Sugars | 1 g |
| Fat | 19 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Made this a number of times everyone loves it.
The first time I made this it was too soft so I cut the cream in half and added another egg which turned out better. I make this often now with different veggies and meat added. The gouda makes it so creamy, yum! It makes a great lunch and lasts for days.
AMAZING!!!! This was just so easy, and what flavor! I did swap shredded swiss for the gouda as we are not ‘gouda people’. Looking forward to the next one.
Great addition to my keto & vegetarian recipes. Had to sub with frozen spinach with no problem. Thanks for sharing!
Made this twice now. First time followed the directions exactly and it was amazing. 2nd time i had Gruyere cheese on hand so I used that and added a bit of chopped ham. Both times were fantastic! This is one of my favorite Keto recipes so far.
I’ve added only some bacon so waiting now it’s in the oven
No tomatoes, no gouda, so I pitched in the cheese I had.
Super easy, pretty, and delicious.
I absolutely loved this recipe, though find it on the salty side between the salt in the gouda cheese and the added salt. I’m going to try cutting the added salt in half, but otherwise this was easy, quick, and reheats very well.
DELICIOUS! Everyone gobbled it up!! Swapped Gouda for Le Gruyere cheese. I would just cut back on the salt next time
I made this using smoked gouda. Unfortunately I had to leave out the mushrooms because my son doesn’t like them, but otherwise followed the recipe exactly. It was easy and everyone loved it!
no changes made will definetlly make it again
I must admit that I haven’t tasted it yet, because there was so much oil, I have had to drain the oil 3 separate times. Then, I baked again and drained again, and then baked again and drained again. I followed the recipe to the letter: butter and cheese exactly. I recommend a how far cheese instead and no butter.
This is a really good basic crust-less quiche recipe. I started by looking for a quiche recipe that included cherry tomatoes because I had some I wanted to use up. I ended up adding more of everything because of the size pie plate I had, and it came out beautifully. I will be using it as my core quiche recipe from now on.
Delicious! I made them in muffin cups for easy transport to work. Will definitely make again!