Recipe of the Week - Spinach & Feta Quiche

I actually made this back on Wednesday, but never wrote it up. It's yet another one from a girl on the Nest. We love Feta cheese, so that appealed to me, but I have to say I wasn't sure about the addition of the Swiss. The flavors were actually very good together, though!

My only complaint is that the quiche came out kind of thin. I didn't use a crust (I forgot to thaw one out, and I make "crustless" quiche all the time) so that may have had something to do with it since there was not crust to take up some of the space. Also, the girl whose blog I got this from usually adapts her recipes to feed just two people, so I don't know if she reduced the ingredient amounts, but still used the same sized pie plate.

All in all, a good dish but I will try to think if I have anything smaller to bake it in next time, or maybe use my usual quiche recipe, but with these fillings.

Spinach Quiche

Ingredients
2 tbs. low- fat butter
2 tsp. minced garlic
1/4 chopped onion
4 oz. frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
1 (4 oz) package herb and tomato feta, crumbled (really any kind of feta)
1 (9 inch) unbaked regular pie crust
2 eggs, beaten
1/3 cup skim milk
salt and pepper to taste
1/3 cup low-fat shredded Swiss cheese

Directions
1. Thaw and drain spinach in colander. Squeeze out as much water as possible while still in colander. Place spinach on paper towel and let sit for 30 minutes. Again, squeeze out excess water.

2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

3. Bake pie shell for 5 minutes in preheated oven.

4. In a medium skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Sauté garlic and onion in butter until onion is clear. Stir in spinach and feta. Spoon mixture into pie crust.

5. In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs and milk. Season with salt and pepper. Pour into the pastry shell, allowing egg mixture to thoroughly combine with spinach mixture.

6. Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Sprinkle top with Swiss cheese, and bake an additional 30 minutes, until set in center. Allow to stand 10 minutes before serving

From Nestie sfrazier

I took a picture, but Rick has the camera with him so I can't post it. It wasn't a very good one anyway; I forgot to take it before we ate, so it was just of the two leftover slices in the pie plate. They were kind of sad looking, actually.