Check it out! A non DDH related and only slightly parenting related post! In line with my life getting back on track and having time to think about fun, crafty, cooky things, here is a real blogger blog how to.
With Clara in family day care 3 days a week, I am always on the lookout for easy and healthy lunch ideas that I can make ahead of time, and preferably freeze for a future date.
These mini quiches meet all the above criteria and are so easy because you can use whatever vegetables you have left over in the fridge, I used cooked sweet potato and frozen peas, corn and spinach. Other vegetables that work well are mushrooms, onions (sauted), spring onions, leeks, tomato, pumpkin, broccoli, zucchini, eggplant, capsicum (bell peppers for the Americans out there) or beans. For a little more flavour you could also add feta cheese, olives or sundried tomatoes. The possibilities are endless! Just note that you will want to pre-cook the tough vegetables as they won’t have enough time to cook in the quiche.
Ingredients:
- · 4 sheets of frozen short crust pastery (or you can make your own if you are so inclined)
- · Vegetables
- · 6 eggs
- · 400ml whole milk
- · Grated cheese
Assemble:
Preheat your oven to your favourite cooking temp – 180 – 200 degrees Celsius seems to work well.
Grease a muffin tin
Lay out your pastry and cut it into squares or circles – I did circles which is neater, but results in more wastage.
Place your pastry into the muffin tins.
Arrange chosen vegetables in your pastry bases (see above for filling suggestions)
In a jug or bowl crack 6 large eggs and mix in your 400ml of whole milk. You can make more or less of this mixture, I found a good proportion is about 4:1 eggs to milk.
Pour milk over your vegetables. Fill the quiche cases to just under the top of the pastry.
Sprinkle cheese over the top.
Place in oven and cook until pastry is crisp and your filling is high and browning on top – about 20 mins – Half an hour.
These are great straight out of the oven, or you can cool and freeze for later in freezer bags.
And there you have it – super easy healthy lunch perfect for little fingers and baby teeth right through to adults.
If you have any other filling suggestions I’d love to hear them!