Healthified Spinach and Cheese Quiche

96% less cholesterol • 69% less sat fat than the original recipe. Here’s a delicious entrée for brunch or a vegetarian dinner. You can even customize the filling—try adding some chopped red sweet pepper and a few fresh mushroom slices.

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The Quick Take: Healthified

Calories Reduced By 50
Fat Reduced By 9g
Cholesterol Reduced By 230mg

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Nutrition Information:

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 200
Calories from Fat: 90),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 10g; 10%
(Saturated Fat 2 1/2g, 2 1/2% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 10mg; 10%;
Sodium: 270mg; 270%;
Total Carbohydrate: 15g; 15%
(Dietary Fiber 1g 1% Sugars 1g 1% ),
Protein: 11g; 11%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 25%;
Vitamin C: 2%;
Calcium: 15%;
Iron: 10%;

Exchanges:

1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 1 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Prep Time 30 min
Total Time 31 min
Servings 10

Ingredients

Quiche

3: ounces Gruyere or Swiss cheese

2 1/2: cups refrigerated or frozen egg product, thawed and beaten

1: cup chopped fresh spinach or 1 package (9 oz) Green Giant® frozen chopped spinach, thawed and well-drained

1/2: cup fat-free half-and-half or fat-free milk

1: tablespoon snipped fresh thyme or 1 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed

1/4: teaspoon salt

1/4: teaspoon ground black pepper

Baked Oil Pastry

1 1/3: cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1/4: teaspoon salt

1/3: cup cooking oil

3: tablespoons fat-free milk

Directions

1 Prepare Baked Oil Pastry. Reduce oven temperature to 350ºF. Shred Gruyere cheese; you should have 3/4 cup. Set aside 2 tablespoons of the cheese.
2 In a large bowl, beat together remaining cheese, the egg, spinach, half-and-half, thyme, salt, and pepper. Pour egg mixture into Baked Oil Pastry.
3 Bake for 40 minutes. Sprinkle with the reserved 2 tablespoons cheese. If necessary to prevent over-browning, cover edge of quiche with foil. Bake about 10 minutes more or until a knife inserted near center comes out clean. Let stand on a wire rack for 10 minutes before serving.
4 <b> Baked Oil Pastry: </b> Preheat oven to 450ºF. In a medium bowl, stir together 1-1/3 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Add 1/3 cup cooking oil and 3 tablespoons fat-free milk all at once. Stir lightly with a fork. If necessary, stir in 1 tablespoon additional milk to moisten. Form into a ball. On a well-floured surface, slightly flatten dough. Roll from center to edge into a circle about 12 inches in diameter. To transfer pastry, wrap it around the rolling pin; unroll pastry into a 9-inch pie plate. Ease pastry into pie plate, being careful not to stretch it. Trim pastry to 1/2 inch beyond edge of pie plate; fold under edge and flute as desired. Line pastry with a double thickness of foil. Bake for 8 minutes. Remove foil. Bake for 5 minutes more. Cool on a wire rack while preparing filling.

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Before	After
1 9-inch prepared pie crust	2 1/2 cups refrigerated or frozen egg product, thawed and beaten
10 eggs, beaten	1/2 cup fat-free half-and-half or fat-free milk
1/2 cup whipping cream	1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon salt	1 1/3 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
	1/4 teaspoon salt
	1/3 cup cooking oil
	3 tablespoons fat-free milk

Nutritional Highlights

Calories		250 (before) 200 (after)
Cholesterol		240 mg (before) 10 mg (after)
Fat		3 (before) 1 1/2 (after)
Saturated Fat		2 1/2 g (before) 2 1/2 g (after)
Sodium		320 mg (before) 270 mg (after)
Total Fat		19 g (before) 10 g (after)
Vitamin A (%DV)		15 (before) 25 (after)

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Posted 5/17/2013 9:45:51 AM REPORT ABUSE caloriesbegone said:

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Love Love Love this Quiche. Extremely simple and delicious. I made it for my girl friends after a night of celebrating a 50th! Everyone loved it and couldn't believe the calories and the simplicity of the receipe. The crust was perfect and the taste was WOW! I used the Kaltbach gruyere cheese and I think that made all the difference in the texture and taste. You will love it!

Posted 10/24/2011 11:04:05 AM REPORT ABUSE BizeeTChur said:

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While quiches are hard to perfect, this particular recipe yielded a dry, rubbery consistency that in my opinion, lacked flavor.

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We calculated the nutrition of this recipe at the time it was created on 07/16/2012. NOTE: We do not include optional ingredients in our calculations.