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gluten free zucchini quiche
Courtesy of Healthy Nibbles and Bits, this gluten-free quiche is made with a nutty almond meal crust. This flavorful quiche is filled colorful strips of zucchini noodles and orange bell pepper and makes for an impressive brunch option. You can also serve this as a versatile main dish at any meal of the day.
Ingredients for servings
olive oil or natural cooking spray for greasing pie dish
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1.33 cups almond meal
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0.25 cup golden flaxseed meal
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2 tablespoons olive oil
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2 tablespoons 1% milk
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1 teaspoon dried oregano
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1 medium zucchini
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0.25 cup chopped orange pepper
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3 tablespoons chopped red onion
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0.33 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
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3 freshly tablespoon freshly grated parmesan cheese
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3 large eggs whisked
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0.25 cup milk
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1 teaspoon dried thyme (or any other dried herb)
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0.5 tsp salt
crust
Filling
Directions
Preheat oven to 375ºF (~190ºC). Grease an 8-inch pie dish with olive oil or cooking spray.
In a medium-sized bowl, mix all of the ingredients of the crust together until a crumbly dough forms. Pour all of the dough into the pie dish. Spread and flatten the dough on the bottom and up the sides of the pie dish. The dough reached about halfway up the sides of the pie dish for me.
Chop off the ends of the zucchini and spiralize it using Blade C. Give the zucchini noodles several chops. This will make it easier to cut and serve the quiche later. Chop the part of the zucchini that did not get spiralized into small pieces. If you do not own a spiralizer, simply grate the zucchini or create zucchini ribbons with a vegetable peeler.
Mix all the vegetables and cheese, and place them into the pie dish. I made sure that some of the zucchini noodles were on top of the quiche, but that is just for presentation.
Mix the whisked eggs, milk, thyme, and salt in a small bowl. Fill the pie dish with this egg mixture.
Bake the quiche for 30-40 minutes or until the eggs are cooked through and the quiche is browned and firm to touch.
Let the quiche cool for about 10 minutes before serving.
Refrigerate any leftovers in an airtight container.
Notes
If you do not have almond meal, just ground about 1 and 0.5 cups of sliced almonds in a food processor. You could also use all-purpose flour if you’re not going for a gluten-free crust.