Best Vegetarian Quiche Recipes

LOADED VEGETARIAN QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Bake pie crust in preheated oven until firm, about 8 minutes. Remove crust from oven and set aside. Reduce oven heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion, green bell pepper, mushrooms, and zucchini in hot oil until soft, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove vegetables from skillet and set aside.
• Sprinkle tomato slices with flour and basil; cook in the skillet for 1 minute per side.
• Whisk eggs, milk, salt, and pepper together in a small bowl.
• Spread 1 cup Colby-Monterey Jack cheese in the bottom of pie crust. Layer vegetable mixture over the cheese and top with the tomatoes. Pour egg mixture into pie shell. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup cheese atop the quiche.
• Bake in preheated oven until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool 5 minutes before serving.

CRUSTLESS RICOTTA QUICHE (VEGETARIAN)

Steps:

• 1. In a large bowl beat eggs until they are frothy. Add milk.
• 2. Add flour and beat.
• 3. Add salt, pepper, garlic powder, green onions... stir.
• 4. Add cheddar cheese.
• 5. Add ricotta and stir to combine.
• 6. Add chopped parsley; stir.
• 7. Pour into a (sprayed or well-oiled) 13x9 pan.
• 8. Sprinkle tomatoes evenly over the top of mixture.
• 9. Bake at 350* for 45 minutes or until golden yellow. Sprinkle with remaining cheddar cheese the last 5 minutes. Serve.

CLINTON'S SPECIAL VEGETARIAN QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray a quiche dish with non-stick cooking spray.
• Line the quiche dish with puff pastry, press the pastry firmly in place and trim away any excess pastry. Blind bake for 10 minutes.
• In a large skillet place spinach and 4 tablespoons water. Heat the mixture over medium and cover the skillet. Cook until the spinach is done, approximately 2 minutes then drain well. Add nutmeg to the spinach and puree the mixture.
• In a large skillet, saute the onion with butter or margarine to taste. Saute until the onions are soft and transparent.
• In a medium-size mixing bowl, beat eggs. Stir in the cottage cheese, spinach, and 1/2 cup of cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Arrange onions along the bottom of the pastry-lined quiche dish. Arrange the tomatoes over the onions. Pour the egg-mixture over the onions and tomatoes, and top entire concoction with the remaining cheese.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 to 50 minutes, or until the quiche has set in the middle. Serve hot or cold, your choice!

VEGETARIAN QUICHE FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms, onion, and garlic; cook and stir until lightly browned and tender, about 5 minutes. Add spinach and cook until wilted, about 3 minutes.
• Whisk eggs, milk, salt, pepper, and nutmeg together in a small bowl.
• Line a 9-inch pie plate with pie crust. Spoon spinach mixture into the crust. Pour egg mixture on top. Sprinkle Swiss cheese over the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the center is set, 35 to 40 minutes.

VEGETARIAN QUICHE

Steps:

• Sprinkle 1 teaspoon salt over zucchini and let sit for 10 minutes to drain water.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (235 degrees C). Line pastry shell with a double thickness of heavy-duty aluminum foil.
• Bake pastry shell in preheated oven for 5 minutes; remove foil and bake until shell is lightly browned, about 5 minutes longer.
• Reduce oven heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion, green pepper, tomatoes, mushrooms, garlic, and zucchini until just tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in curry powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, pepper, and cinnamon; spoon vegetable mixture into crust.
• Beat eggs in a bowl; stir in milk, Parmesan cheese, and Cheddar cheese. Carefully pour egg mixture over vegetables.
• Bake in preheated oven until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before cutting.

VEGETARIAN QUICHE WITH POTATO CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Press shredded potatoes into a lightly oiled large deep dish pie pan (I use a second glass pie plate to smash them into shape).
• Place pie plate in oven for 10-15 minutes until the potatoes are just beginning to brown.
• While potato-crust is cooking, work on the veggies.
• Brush fry pan with olive oil and saute the onions and peppers until onions are transparent, remove from heat.
• Cook the broccoli (and optional carrots) until slightly tender -- either by steaming for about 5 minutes or zapping in a covered microwavable dish with a splash of water for about 2 minutes.
• Beat the eggs in a bowl with the evaporated milk.
• After removing the potatoes from the oven, sprinkle about 2/3 cup of the cheese over the potato crust.
• Spread the cooked onions and peppers evenly in the pie pan.
• Spread the broccoli (and carrots) evenly over the onions and peppers.
• Sprinkle the crumbled veggie bacon over the veggies. This should basically fill the deep dish pie pan completely.
• Sprinkle the rest of cheese over the veggies.
• Carefully pour the milk and egg mixture into the deep dish pie pan.
• Place in the oven (I usually have a cookie sheet underneath to catch any spills) for 45 minutes or until egg is cooked and firm.
• Cool for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.

HEALTHY VEGETARIAN QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion until golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes. Add vegetables, lemon juice, and 1 pinch salt to onion; stir well. Remove skillet from heat.
• Mix eggs, feta cheese, milk, mozzarella cheese, salt, and pepper together in a separate bowl.
• Mix cold water and corn oil together in a bowl. Place flour and 1 pinch salt in a separate bowl. Slowly pour oil mixture into flour mixture, mixing until a thick dough forms. Press the dough into two 9-inch round baking pans. Spoon the vegetable mixture into the crusts and top with egg mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until quiches are set in the middle, about 20 minutes.

VEGETARIAN QUICHE

Steps:

• Line unpricked pastry shell with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil. Bake at 450° for 5 minutes. Remove foil; bake 5 minutes longer. Reduce heat to 350°., In a large skillet, saute the onion, green pepper, tomatoes, zucchini and mushrooms in butter. Add the curry powder, salt, pepper and cinnamon; mix well. Spoon into crust., In a large bowl, beat eggs. Add the milk and cheese; mix well. Carefully pour over vegetables. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Let stand for 5 minutes before cutting.

MY SPECIAL FRIDAY NIGHT VEGETARIAN ONION AND TOMATO QUICHE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 400° F (or 200° C).
• Blind-bake the pie shell till just set and beginning to brown, about 10 to 15 minutes.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool.
• This can obviously be done in advance.
• Saute the onion slices in the oil, and cook till they go golden.
• Add the crumbled thyme, salt and pepper.
• In a mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs and the cream.
• Spread the mustard evenly on the bottom of the quiche crust with a brush or spoon.
• Next, spread the cheese evenly in the shell.
• Follow by spreading the onions over the cheese.
• They will not make a solid layer; distribute as evenly as possible.
• Pour in the egg/cream mixture.
• Lay the tomato slices on top.
• Salt and pepper again, if desired.
• Bake for approximately 35 minutes, or until filling has set and cooked all the way through to the center, and is nicely browned.
• Remove from oven, serve, and enjoy!

HILLARY'S VEGETARIAN QUICHE

Steps:

• For Crust:.
• Cut shortening into flour and salt until it resembles coarse meal.
• Sprinkle with ice water as needed and toss gently just until dough ball forms; do not overmix.
• Cover and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• On floured board roll dough into 13-inch circle.
• Fit into 10-inch porcelain quiche pan, cover with waxed paper and weigth with beans or pie weights;bake 15 minutes.
• Remove beans or weights; brush bottom and sides of crust with beaten yolk.
• Reduce oven heat to 375 degrees.
• For Filling:.
• Melt butter in medium skillet.
• Add onion,spinach and mushrooms and saute until onion is translucent, about 8 minutes.
• Sprinkle cheese(s) into crust; top with spinach mixture.
• Blend remaining ingredients and pour over spinach.
• Bake 1 hour until knife inserted into center comes out clean.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.

VEGETARIAN QUICHE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400ºF.
• Press pastry onto bottom and up side of 9-inch pie plate sprayed with cooking spray; trim edge.
• Heat oil in large skillet on medium-high heat. Add peppers; cook and stir 5 min. or until crisp-tender. Stir in spinach and tomatoes; cook 1 min. Spoon into crust; top with cheese and basil.
• Whisk remaining ingredients until blended; pour over ingredients in pie plate.
• Bake 30 min. or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Let stand 10 min. before cutting to serve.

POTATO-CRUSTED VEGETARIAN QUICHE RECIPE WITH ZUCCHINI, TOMATOES & FETA RECIPE - (4.1/5)

Steps:

• Crust: Preheat the oven to 425°F. Lightly coat a deep 9-inch pie dish with cooking spray. With a paper towel or kitchen towel, squeeze the excess moisture out of the shredded potato. In a medium-sized bowl, toss the shredded potatoes with the olive oil, salt and pepper. Transfer the potato mixture to the prepared pie dish, and press the potato evenly on the bottom and up the sides of the dish. Bake until the potatoes are golden brown on the edges, 17 to 20 minutes. Quiche: Lower the oven heat to 375°F. While the crust is baking, whisk the eggs, egg white and milk together in a large bowl. Whisk in the smoked paprika, salt and pepper. Stir the grated zucchini into the egg mixture, and pour the entire mixture into the prepared crust. Sprinkle the tomatoes, feta cheese and green onion evenly over the egg mixture. Bake at 375°F until the egg is set in the center and starting to brown, 25 to 35 minutes. Let the quiche cool for about 10 minutes. Cut and serve. Calories 108.4 / Total Fat 4.8g / Saturated Fat 1.7g / Cholesterol 74.9mg / Sodium 396mg / Total Carbohydrates 11.3g / Fiber 1.9g / Sugars 2.2g / Protein 5.4g / WW (Old Points) 2 / WW (Points+) 3