Tuesday 20 January 2015

Healthy Weekday Meal #2........{sweet potato crust quiche}

 
 
 
 
 
 


 
Boyfriend loves quiche but this girlfriend cannot deal with pastry at the moment. The compromise is this rather delicious quiche that tastes pretty awesome. Mine isn't perfect as whilst cooking some of the sweet potato seemed to float up a bit, but hey, it tastes better then a normal quiche in both of our opinion. We can class this one as a winner methinks.
 
Play around with the fillings; I chose the ones I did because I had things to use up in the cupboard
 
 

Quiche with a Sweet Potato Crust

1 sweet potato, very thinly sliced
1 shallot, finely chopped
1/2 courgette, diced
2 large mushrooms, diced
couple of handfuls spinach, roughly chopped
5 eggs, beaten
splash semi-skimmed milk
small amount of strong cheddar, grated

lightly grease a pie dish with olive oil, layer the bottom and side with the slices of sweet potato. bake in oven at a moderate heat for around 20 minutes. sauté the shallot, courgette and mushrooms in a pan with a little butter (or whatever cooking oil you want) and set aside. beat the eggs with the milk and then add in the veg along with the chopped spinach. pour over the sweet potato crust. bake in the oven for around 40mins until its cooked through. I served this with a tomato salad (tomatoes, basil, balsamic vinegar, olive oil and S&P)


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10 comments:

  1. Genius!! I love this idea. A great alternative to pastry...you are certainly on to a winner. Thanks for sharing the recipe...I am going to add it to my Pinterest board of freefrom recipes to try! Thank you. #TastyTuesdays

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    1. So glad you liked the recipe and thanks for adding me to your pin board - Pinterest is a great source of inspiration for recipes - i love it!

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  2. Looks almost pizza like and delicious indeed! #TastyTuesday

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    1. oooh yes I guess this would be good when I have a pizza craving! Thanks for stopping by x

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  3. This looks right up my street - and I love sweet potatoes. Thanks #tastytuesday

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    1. Thanks Rebecca, I love sweet potato too and I am always looking out for recipes using them!

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  4. Love the sounds of this. I rarely eat pastry these days but love sweet potatoes so will definitely be giving this a go! (And hello from a fellow Kent girl!) #tastytuesdays

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    1. so good to here from a fellow Kent blogger (are there many of us out there)! I like you rarely eat pastry so this works really well - i prefer it to normal quiche!

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  5. So healthy and tasty too! Yum! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays

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  6. I'm not into pastry and pastry-less mini quiche feels like mini omelette to me so definitely should try this. Especially for the husband who is marathon training and therefore consuming a lot of sweet potatoes!

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