Loaded Vegetarian Quiche

Description

Trying out this combination of quiche recipes.

Ingredients

  • 1 (9 inch) unbaked deep dish pie crust
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • ½ cup sliced onion
  • ½ cup chopped green bell pepper
  • ½ cup mushrooms, sliced
  • ½ cup chopped zucchini
  • 1 large tomato, sliced
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons dried basil
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • ½ cup milk
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 ½ cups shredded Colby-Monterey Jack cheese, divided

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
  2. Bake pie crust in preheated oven until firm
  3. about 8 minutes.
  4. Remove crust from the oven and set aside. Reduce oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  5. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion
  6. bell pepper
  7. mushrooms
  8. and zucchini and cook
  9. stirring
  10. until softened
  11. 5 to 7 minutes. Remove vegetables from skillet and set aside.
  12. Sprinkle tomato slices with flour and basil; cook in the skillet over medium heat for 1 minute per side. Set aside.
  13. Whisk eggs
  14. milk
  15. salt
  16. and pepper together in a small bowl.
  17. Spread 1 cup cheese in the bottom of pie crust. Layer vegetable mixture over the cheese
  18. then top with tomato slices. Pour egg mixture over top and sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cheese.
  19. Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean
  20. 40 to 45 minutes. Cool 5 minutes before serving.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 55 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Servings: 8

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