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Ham and Cheese Quiche

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Ham and Cheese QuicheThis is one of my most favorite things ever to eat for breakfast!  Like I said, I’m not crazy about eggs but I love them in this quiche.  This recipe also made me love spinach!  Since I first started making this quiche I’ve probably made it at least 10 times. Derek and I love it!  We are sad once it’s gone so I’ve started doubling the recipe so we are sure to have leftovers.

I’m considering making this for Christmas morning since last years breakfast was an absolute disaster!  My friend gave me a breakfast crock pot recipe to try. It sounded good so we put everything in the crockpot on Christmas Eve and were excited to wake up to a yummy breakfast. I woke up in the middle of the night to nurse Levi and it smelled really good. But when we woke up in the morning it smelled terrible. It had cooked too long! I was really sad because the recipe said to cook it for that long but maybe our crock pot cooks faster than others? Needless to say, I don’t think I’ll ever make a breakfast recipe ever again in the crock pot.

Anyway, back to the quiche. I promise you will love it!  I make my own pie crust for it since it’s so easy but feel free to buy one. Whatever you prefer. It’s so good!

Ham and Cheese Quiche
Ingredients:
1 pie crust
2 tablespoons flour
¾ tsp. salt
pepper to taste
4 eggs
1 cup half and half (or regular milk)
½-3/4 cup packed, chopped fresh spinach
1 cup diced cooked ham (can substitute sausage or bacon)
1 cup grated Swiss cheese
 
  Instructions:
          Preheat oven to 350 F.  If using ready-made pie crust, allow crust to set at room temperature for 15 minutes.  In a medium bowl, beat together flour, salt, pepper, eggs and half and half (or milk.)  Place pie crust in pan.  Sprinkle spinach evenly on bottom.  Spread ham out evenly over spinach.  Sprinkle Swiss cheese over ham.  Pour egg mixture over cheese.  Bake at 350 F for 35-45 minutes, until filling is set and top is golden.

Comments

  1. It is a family tradition to have quiche on Christmas morning. However, we use hash browns instead of pie crust.

    YUM! I love quiche. Thanks for sharing.

  2. Your picture looks very delicious too! I think that I enjoy the textures as well as the flavors of a good qiche, particularly when it has been cooked for just the right amount of time.

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