Artichoke Bacon Parmesan Crustless Quiche

Artichoke Bacon Parmesan Crustless Quiche - you will love the flavours of the bacon and artichoke in this delicious crustless quiche. A perfect recipe for lunches and picnics.

Artichoke Bacon Parmesan Crustless Quiche

Crustless quiches are a great option for when you are trying to be healthier or watch the calories. But isn't a crustless quiche just an omelette if it doesn't have the pastry? No, not really, because an omelette is usually just eggs and your choice of filling. A crustless quiche uses other ingredients and is like the inner part of a quiche.

If you get the combination of fillings right too, you won't miss the pastry. It's a great portable lunch that you can enjoy, either or hot or cold. 

Cottage Cheese for Crustless Quiche

I know that may seem like an odd choice, but trust me it works. Don't be put off if you usually don't like cottage cheese, as in this recipe the cottage cheese is blended with the eggs and parmesan, so you won't even notice it is in here.

You can use any kind of blender you like to blend up the base mixture of the quiche. An on the counter all the bells and whistles blender or a stick immersion blender, nothing fancy or expensive is needed here. You can pick up stick immersion blenders for super cheap at most big grocery, Amazon or home stores and they are a really handy tool to have. 

Can I use Quark in this Crustless Quiche

Really can't bear to use cottage cheese and wondering if quark will work in this recipe? Yep feel free to make the swap, quark will work fine. I just find the final result is much better with the cottage cheese. 

Other types of cheese in Crustless Quiche

In this Artichoke Bacon Parmesan Crustless Quiche, we use parmesan, it complements the flavours of the bacon and artichokes really well, but if you don't like the strong flavours of parmesan feel free to swap it out for some cheddar.

The cheese helps the final bake of the quiche though, so I don't recommend skipping the cheese out altogether. Trust me that cheese is so worth it. 

Where to find Artichoke Hearts

These will be in the canned vegetable section at the most major grocery store, the main brand is Green Giant, but there are other brands out there too. Just make sure they are in water not oil, as the latter are points.

If you can't find them at any grocery store, Amazon is your best bet, they have a few different brands in bulk that you can buy. Artichoke hearts have such an amazing flavour and are great on pizza, pasta dishes, soups, salads or even just as they are. So you will get plenty of use out of them

Substitutes for Artichokes

Artichoke is a hard one to substitute as it really does have it's own unique taste that is not like anything else. But if you really want to make this quiche and can't wait to source some Artichokes here are some suggestions:

• Spinach
• Broccoli
• Asparagus 
• Peas

Neither of those will give the same flavours as artichoke obviously, but they are a great green substitute in this recipe. 

Sides for Crustless Quiche

Wondering what to serve this with? It's perfect just as it is or I like to go for a simple green salad of lettuce, cucumber and some microgreens (similar to cress).

If you don't fancy salad, serve it alongside some roasted vegetables like peppers and red onion - delicious

More Crustless Quiche Recipes

Fancy some other crustless quiche recipes? Check out these:

• ROASTED BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND RED PEPPER QUICHE
• BACON LEEK AND SWEET POTATO QUICHE
• HAM AND BROCCOLI QUICHE
• DAIRY FREE BACON AND VEGETABLE QUICHE
• BREAKFAST LAYERED CRUSTLESS QUICHE

or head on over to my Full Recipe Index with over 900 delicious Slimming Eats and Weight Watchers friendly recipes all fully searchable by meal type, ingredients etc

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