Last week we did a lot of food shopping. Sunday I sat and planned out the week's meals...well let me tell you that is as far as I got with them. Planned out and all ingredients bought. I have been having major issues with my gallbladder had several attacks throughout the week and was just completely drained with a constant headache, and super sore insides. I don't know how I would have made it through the week without Travis!
So today I had to use some of the ingredients I bought before I had to throw them away for going bad. So better way to use them up then in a quiche, and crustless because who needs all those carbs?
Ricotta Ingredients:
2 Cups Ricotta
pepper- to taste
garlic powder- to taste
1/4 cup Chives- snipped with scissors
Quiche Ingredients:
1 small bag of mixed vegetables
1/4 cup diced red onion
1/4 cup pepper (green, red, yellow- what ever you have on hand)
1/4 cup almond flour
18 eggs
1/2 lb ham diced
2 cups shredded cheese (I used shredded Colby Jack)
1. Crack eggs into a blender add almond flour and blend
2. Mix the rest of the ingredients into a bowl then separate into two 8 in round pans
3. Divide the egg mixture between the two pans
4. Spread 1 cup on shredded cheese on each pan
5. Bake at 375 for 40 minutes
6. Take out and cool for 5 minutes before tipping out to cool for another 10-15 minutes
7. Spread ricotta mixture on bottom quiche and place other quiche on top (make sure you allow quiches to cool first or ricotta will be a melty mess)
Can serve as is, it has everything you would want in one dish but I did serve it with a side salad of spinach, cranberries and walnuts.
It was very good, the ricotta mixture would even be good as a veggie dip. We definitely have left overs for another day or two now. Which tomorrow being Monday...is a very good thing.
Other Ideas: Would be pretty for a brunch, a bridal or baby shower. For a bigger crowd you could do them in muffin tins sliced in half with ricotta between the layers. Could do as "bites" use a mini muffin tin for horderves and pipe some of the ricotta on top of each- would be great for a reception or a cocktail party. Or you could just top one with the ricotta and freeze the second quiche or another day.
Enjoy ^.^
<3 Laura
