Best Claudias Low Fat Spinach Bacon Quiche Muffins Recipes

CRUSTLESS INDIVIDUAL SPINACH & BACON QUICHE - LOW CARB

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Spray muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Cook bacon in large skillet on medium-high heat until crisp. Drain, cool and crumble.
• In same skillet, cook and stir onion in remaining bacon fat 5 minutes or until tender. Ad spinach, pepper, nutmeg and salt. Cook and stir over medium heat about 3 minutes or until liquid evaporates. Return bacon to skillet and remove from heat.
• Combine ricotta, mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses in large bowl; mix in eggs. Add cooked spinach mixture and combine well.
• Divide mixture evenly to fill 10 muffin cps. Bake 40 minutes or until filling is set. Let stand 10 minutes. Run thin knife around edges to release. Serve hot or refrigerate and serve cold.

CLAUDIA'S LOW FAT SPINACH & BACON QUICHE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Saute onions & garlic in olive oil, 1 minute.
• Add turkey bacon, cook until bacon is browned, but not crisp, approximately 3 to 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Drain. (I like to blot with a paper towel to get out all the excess grease.).
• Combine cream cheese, Eggbeaters and milk; smashing cream cheese with back of the spoon until it is broken up.
• Add salt & pepper to taste to egg mixture.
• Add bacon mixture, green onions, cheese and spinach to egg mixture.
• Unroll crescent rolls.
• Working with ¼ of the crescent rolls at a time (2 triangles), pinch seams together and roll with rolling pin out on floured board to an 8x8 square. Cut into fourths.
• Place ¼ into each muffin cavity to form 1 muffin. Press up in muffin tin to fully line the muffin cavity.
• Repeat with remaining crescent rolls.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes @ 375 degrees or until knife inserted in middle comes out clean.
• When slightly cooled, run knife around muffin to release. Serve or store for later use.
• Cool completely before storing in Ziplock bag.
• When ready to serve, place muffin on plate and reheat in microwave.
• Yield: 16 muffins.

CRUSTLESS QUICHE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Spray muffin tins w/ cooking spray.
• Fry up the bacon (cooked crispy & crumbled). You can use the bacon grease to sautee the vegetables.
• Sautee onion and peppers, then add asparagus, then mushrooms and last of all the spinach. All must be soft, but not overdone.
• Beat eggs until fluffy and add the cream, garlic salt, pepper and Italian seasonings.
• Add cheese and bacon; mix well with the eggs.
• Add the sauteed vegges and mix well.
• Pour into muffin tins (3/4 full or so).
• Bake for 25-30 minutes, but do not over cook.

SPINACH AND BACON QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Place the bacon in a large, deep skillet, and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain the bacon slices on a paper towel-lined plate. Chop when cool.
• Fit the pie crust into a 9-inch pie dish, and set aside.
• In a bowl, whisk together the eggs, cream, salt, black pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and hot pepper sauce. Spread the spinach into the bottom of the pie crust; top with bacon, Cheddar cheese, and green onion. Pour the egg mixture over the filling, and sprinkle the quiche with Parmesan cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the top is lightly puffed and browned, and a knife inserted into the center of the quiche comes out clean, 35 to 45 minutes.

CYNTHIAS CRUSTLESS QUICHE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Beat eggs.
• Mix in heavy cream and seasonings.
• Add cheese and meat.
• *ForMuffins: It's best to use Texas Sized muffin tins.
• Grease liberally with cooking spray and fill only 1/2-3/4 full.
• They will rise quite a bit, but settle as they cool.
• Bake at 375F degrees; start with 20 minutes though the original poster has had to cook up to 35 minutes.
• They get darker as they cook.
• This is NORMAL.
• *ForQuiche: pour mixture into greased pie plate and bake at 375 degrees for approxamately 20-25 minutes.
• To check doneness, insert a knife into quiche-it should come out clean.
• Allow to set for a few minutes before serving.
• Apparently these freeze great so you can quadruple the recipe.

CRUSTLESS BACON, SPINACH & SWISS QUICHE - LOW CARB

Steps:

• On a foil lined pan, cook bacon in 350 degree F. oven until crisp.
• While bacon cooks, chop onion and shred cheese.
• Heat 1 tablespoon butter and 1 teaspoon oil in skillet over medium heat. Add chopped onion, and stir to coat.
• When onion turns glossy, add thawed spinach, and stir to mix. Heat about 5 minutes, then remove from heat to cool.
• Remove bacon from oven, and place on a paper-towel lined plate to drain.
• Stir together eggs, salt, pepper & heavy whipping cream in a medium bowl.
• Add in cheese, onion/spinach mixture, and bacon. Stir thoroughly to mix.
• Butter a glass pie plate or quiche dish, pour mix in, and pat evenly with a fork.
• Bake in 350 degrees F. oven 25-30 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Let rest 5 minutes before cutting & serving.
• I bet you can't eat just ONE slice!

SPINACH MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Spray muffin tin with cooking spray.
• Combine muffin mix with eggs and milk.
• Add spinach, cottage cheese and onion. Stir until just mixed - do not overbeat.
• Fill muffin tins 3/4 full.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Let muffins sit in pan for 10-15 minutes before removing.

QUICHE LORRAINE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Spray muffin tins with non-stick cooking spray; set aside.
• Heat a skillet over medium heat.
• Swirl 1 tablespoon of the oil; add the bacon and saute for 1 minute.
• Add in the scallions; stir/saute for 2 minutes, until scallions are wilted and bacon is lightly browned.
• Transfer mixture to a large bowl and let cool for 10 minutes.
• In another mixing bowl, whisk the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, sugar, and salt until well blended; set aside.
• Whisk the egg, egg yolks, and the remaining oil into the bowl with the bacon; stir in the milk and cheese until well blended.
• Stir in the flour mixture until moistened.
• Fill prepared muffin tins 3/4 full.
• Bake in a 400° oven for 18 minutes or until muffins are lightly browned and pick comes out with a few moist crumbs attached.
• Set muffin pan on a wire rack to cool 10 minutes.
• Gently remove muffins from tin and cool them 5 minutes on the rack before serving (if stuck, gently rock back and forth to release it from the tin).
• To store: cool completely, then seal in an airtight container or in freezer bags.
• Muffins will stay fresh at room temperature for 2 days or up to 3 months in freezer.