Delicious Cheeseburger Quiche - yes this really is all the great things about a Cheeseburger made into a delicious Slimming Eats friendly crustless quiche. If you make anything, make this!!
Cheeseburger Crustless Quiche
I had planned to make some cheeseburgers for dinner, but then I remembered I had some cottage cheese in my fridge that needed to be used up, which popped the idea into my head to make a cheeseburger quiche. I mean it just seemed like a genius idea, and it definitely was.
The preparation for this does take a bit of time, but it is so worth it. This quiche is absolutely delicious and perfect hot or cold, for lunch or dinner and even to take on picnics.
Yummy Layered Crustless Quiche
Layers of homemade burger, homemade sauce, sauteed onions, then topped with a delicious cheesy topping. What more could one want?
Got a busy week ahead? Make one of these and portion up for your lunch with a nice mixed salad. Perfect!!
The first part to this amazing cheeseburger quiche is the base, just some simple extra lean ground beef and sea salt are all you need. Once combined, I flatten down into a Ceramic Quiche Dish that is approx 24cm so that you have a large burger patty.
and then bake in the oven for 10 mins, this part is important, as the meat will naturally release its juices and this needs to be drained or dabbed off with some clean kitchen paper, before adding the other toppings.
Healthier Homemade Tomato Sauce
Once the burger base is in the oven, you can quickly get preparing the other toppings. Next is the tomato sauce (or what would be the popular ketchup on a Cheeseburger), so here we make a quick cheats version with some crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, Worcestershire sauce salt, pepper and a little sukrin: 1 (or another sweetener of choice, I prefer sukrin, because it's natural and has no aftertaste) just to tone down the acidity.
Then comes the lovely browned onions, I don't know about you, but I love onions on my burger.
Best Cheese for Cheeseburger Quiche
In North America our cheddar tends to be more orange in colour due to annatto that is added. Although we can get white cheddar too, it's just less popular.
The orange colour gives that vibrant cheeseburger colour. My favourite cheddar to use is Balderson Medium Canadian Cheddar which I get at Costco. However any cheddar is fine, just make sure you use one that has some flavour.
Another great option to use is Red Leicester for it's vibrant colour and that works perfectly on this Cheeseburger Quiche too.
I don't like processed cheese which tends to be often used on a cheeseburger. It's just not for me and I do not recommend it in this recipe.
Healthier Quiche Filling
Lastly is the cheesy egg topping. For this, you will need a blender. I use my Nutri Ninja Blender to blend the eggs, cottage cheese and a little of the cheddar. This blender is amazing. The auto IQ technology feature, mean it blends to a set pattern depending on what it is you are making. There is also an optional add-on for a food processor bowl, which is perfect for chopping and grating vegetables. Sauces and soups are literally so smooth, once complete in this amazing kitchen gadget.
Don’t worry though, you don’t need a fancy high tech blender like mine above, a good old immersion stick blender like the Koelle Immersion Stick Blender or a similar make will do the job too.
Substitutes for Cottage Cheese?
Many haters of cottage cheese are put off using it in a Slimming Eats quiche recipe. I dislike it as it comes out of the tub, I think it is those curds that put most off, but trust me when I say you won't know the quiche has it in the ingredients. Once blended, it is actually really creamy and perfect.
But if you really detest to the point you can't even look at it, then Quark will work okay too.
Once the egg mixture is done. We are all ready to layer up. Burger base, topped with the quick tomato sauce, then the onions, egg mixture and lastly cheddar. Because all cheeseburgers have to have cheddar.
Then just pop in the oven and bake for 30 minutes until it's all set and the cheese on top is melted and golden.
More Quiche Recipes
fancy some other quiche recipes, check out these:
- Spiralized Zucchini Quiche
- Breakfast Quiche
- Tuna and Sweetcorn Mini Quiches
- Butternut Squash and Red Pepper Quiche
- Salmon and Broccoli Quiche
- Ham and Broccoli Quiche
- Chicken and Spinach Quiche
- Artichoke, Parmesan and Spinach Quiche
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Sides for Cheeseburger Quiche
I just serve this Cheeseburger Quiche with a mixed salad of crisp lettuce, tomatoes and cucumber, but any salad options are perfect.
If you want to go that one step further, make up some of my Burger sauce which I use in my Big Mac and Fries Fakeaway it's delicious and perfect on the side of this quiche.
For low fat burger sauce:
- 3 tablespoons of light mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon of fat free Greek Yoghurt
- 1 teaspoon of tomato paste (puree)
- 1 teaspoon of American yellow mustard
- ¼ teaspoon of paprika
- ¼ teaspoon of garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon of onion powder
- Pinch of black pepper
- 1 teaspoon of granulated sweetener (optional)
- couple of slices of pickle (gherkins), finely diced
For Sugar Free Burger Sauce:
- 4 tablespoons of fat free Greek yoghurt
- 1 teaspoon of tomato pasta (puree)
- ½ teaspoon of mustard powder
- ¼ teaspoon of paprika
- ¼ teaspoon of garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon of onion powder
- Pinch of black pepper
- 2 teaspoons of granulated sweetener (optional)
- couple of slices of pickle (gherkins), finely diced
Just mix all ingredients up in a bowl and you have the perfect side sauce for this Cheeseburger Quiche.
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Cheeseburger Quiche
Cheeseburger Quiche - yes this really is all the great things about a Cheeseburger made into a delicious Slimming World friendly crustless quiche. If you make anything, make this!!
Ingredients
- 350g (12.5oz) of extra lean beef mince
- ½ teaspoon of sea salt
- ¾ cup (180ml) of crushed tomatoes (or use passata)
- 2 tablespoons of tomato paste (puree) - use 3 to 4 tablespoons if using passata
- 1 tablespoon of granulated sweetener
- ½ teaspoon of onion powder
- ½ teaspoon of garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon of paprika
- salt and black pepper
- 1 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce
- 1 large onion, sliced
- 1 cup (225g) of fat-free cottage cheese
- 4 large eggs
- 120g (4oz) of cheddar cheese or Red Leicester
- Cooking oil spray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200c or 400f (gas mark 6)
- In a large bowl, add the beef mince and sea salt salt and mix together to combine.
- Grease a quiche dish with some spray oil and add the meat mixture to the dish, flatten down well so it covers the bottom of the dish in a thin layer.
- Place in the oven and bake for about 10 mins until lightly browned. The meat mixture will shrink on the base when cooked, but don’t worry, as you will be covering it with more layers. Dab up any excess juices that are released with some kitchen towel. Set aside.
- Spray a frying pan with some spray oil, add the onions and fry until golden and softened.
- Mix the crushed tomatoes, garlic powder, onion powder, sweetener, salt, pepper, paprika, tomato paste and Worcestershire sauce together in a bowl.
- Add the cottage cheese, eggs and a ⅓ of the cheddar to a blender and blend until smooth.
- Now you can start layering the next layers.
- Using a spatula, spread the tomato mixture over the meat layer.
- Add the softened onions
- Then pour in the cottage cheese mixture
- Sprinkle over the top with the remaining cheddar
- Then place back in the oven and bake until mixture is set and cheese is melted and lightly golden on top (approx 30 mins)
- Allow to rest for 10 minutes before slicing.
- Serve with a side salad and Enjoy!!
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Nutrition Information
Yield 4 Serving Size 1 SERVINGAmount Per Serving Calories 379Total Fat 18.2gSaturated Fat 9.1gTrans Fat 0gCholesterol 272mgSodium 645mgCarbohydrates 13.4gFiber 2.6gSugar 5gProtein 40.3g
Jodie Kane says
That looks amazing!!!!
Mary Peters says
This looks really great and a "must try soon"! I notice you're using fat, albeit only a little, to fry the onions. Have you tried the Rosemary Conley method of dry frying onions? Works for mushrooms too and the flavour is much more intense. Once I'd tried it, I never looked back! Saves a few more calories as well...
Rachel Tinnion says
theres no fat used... frylight is fat free...
Jenna says
Fry Light most definitely is NOT fat free.
It is an emulsion of oil and other ingredients. It's just called 'Light' as it dispenses less oil than pouring/a regular spray would (0.5g of fat as opposed to a teaspoon or tablespoon, etc). That's why it's free on SW.
Consultants should really advise slimmers to not use too much of it where possible. For instance, Mary's comment on the Rosemary Conley method of frying onions would be much better.
Michelle Wall says
0 syns with slimming world
Helen England says
Tomorrow's dinner sorted!
Hx
Joanne O'Neill says
I made this today, it was wonderful!! Thank you very much. It's genius - hubby and son love it too :o)
anne woodward says
Thanks for sharing delish !!!!!! 🙂
anne woodward says
thanksfor sharing delish 🙂
Dawn Bacardi Taylor says
Was really nice but when making again i will add more worcester sauce and perhaps some chilli flakes just to give the mince a bit more flavour
Melanie Anne Ross says
Have just made this and it is really lovely... thanks for posting 🙂 x
Tracy says
This is AWESOME!!Make it. Amazing
Moira Fox says
Made this today with.a tweak as I have to eat cow milk free. Siobhan advised using all egg instead of cottage cheese, and I used goat cheese on the top.
I also added some Tabasco to the eggs as I thought they might be a bit bland for our taste.
It was delicious.
Thanks for the advice Siobhan and thanks for these recipes.
Denise says
Could you freeze this
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
I personally don't ever freeze my quiche recipes, as I am not sure how well the cottage cheese/egg would be once defrosted.
Sophie says
Made this today and it is amazing! Well worth making and hard to believe something this yummy is syn free after using the cheese as a healthy extra.
Thank you for all of the recipes you post, it definitely keeps me inspired.
Xx
Lucy says
Very delicious I found it baked quicker than 30 mins, so keep an eye on it. But filling and syn free!
Cheryl sluggett says
Made this for me and my kids yesterday and it was amazing. No complaints at all. Genius idea xxx
Heike says
I wonder if this will work with Quark, instead of cottage cheese?
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
I should think so, you are blending the cottage cheese, which make it pretty close to quark. 🙂
Kelly says
Could you suggest substitute Cottage Cheese with a flavoured Quark?
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
Hi Kelly - yes quark will work fine as a replacement. I would pick a flavour that will compliment everything else if not using plain .
Brenda says
Tried this for dinner tonight. Love love loved it — Delicious!
Sandra Bunker says
Any chance of knowing the calorific value please?
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
Hi Sandra, if you look on the recipe box, all recipes have estimated nutritional information 🙂
Lesley Sampson’s says
Absolutely lush
Roisin Cox says
Totally delicious .Kids would love this .
J Hoadley says
Made today absolutely delicious..couldn't see if this is suitable for freezing.. As I live alone
Nikki says
This cheeseburger quiche was fabulous. Will make again
Rebecca Waldroj says
I made this for the first time tonight and it was lovely. If it can’t be frozen then how long will it last in the fridge and is it ok to be reheated in the microwave? Hope so as it’s only me eating it!
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
yes this is fine to freeze. I recommend defrosting overnight in the fridge and then you can reheat in the microwave until heated through.