Broccoli Bacon Quiches

A breakfast quiche normally includes tons of cheese, eggs, milk and a flakey crust. This slimmed down version still has the cheese, eggs and milk but you’ll never miss the crust. The rest of the ingredients meld together nicely for a wonderful, filling and delicious meal that is sure to please your spouse or a crowd.

Source: Taste of Home Comfort Food diet cookbook
Serves: 2

Ingredients:
½ cup fresh or frozen broccoli florets, thawed and drained
½ cup reduced fat Swiss cheese
1 bacon strip, cooked and crumbled
½ cup egg substitute
½ cup half-and-half cream
1/8 tsp salt
Dash garlic powder (just a few sprinkles)
Dash lemon-pepper seasoning

Divide the broccoli, cheese and bacon between two 5-in. pie plates coated with cooking spray. In a small bowl, whisk the egg substitute, cream, salt, garlic powder and lemon-pepper. Pour over bacon mixture.

Bake, uncovered, at 350 for 15-20 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.

*I didn’t have two 5 inch pie plates so I just used a regular 9 inch and cooked it for 30 minutes.
*Substituted the Swiss cheese for some shredded some Parmesan. I also didn’t have any lemon pepper so I sprinkled a little Mrs. Dashs’ seasoning in there.
*Next time I’ll double the broccoli and maybe add some other stuff like chopped onions, bell peppers, mushrooms. The sky is endless with this one!! Canadian bacon would also be a good addition. And I’ll probably slim down on the ½ and ½ and see what happens.
*You could easily serve this to more than two people but I would suggest bulking up on the ingredients to make it go a little further. Feel free to serve with a side of toast, grapes or some oranges.