Sweet Potato Crusted Spinach Quiche
Sweet Potato Crusted Spinach Quiche is a healthy, tasty quiche perfect for brunch or dinner.
Servings: 4 -8 servings
Ingredients
- Sweet Potato Crust:
- 1 medium sweet potato peeled and grated
- 1 egg
- ¼ parmesan cheese grated
- salt & pepper to taste
- dash of red chili pepper flakes
- ½ tablespoon coconut oil
- Quiche Filling:
- ½ yellow onion chopped
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 4 ounces spinach rinsed and patted dry
- 4 medium/large size baby bella mushrooms
- 1 tbsp. butter
- 1 tbsp. olive oil
- salt & pepper to taste
- 5 eggs
- ⅓ cup plain greek yogurt full fat
- ½ tsp. garlic powder
- ¼ tsp. onion powder
- ¼ tsp. turmeric
- dash of cayenne pepper
- 1 ½ cups shredded cheese of choice I used gouda/parmesan mix
Instructions
- Preheat oven 400 degrees
- Grease pie pan with coconut oil
- Place grated sweet potatoes, egg, parmesan cheese, salt & pepper, red chili flakes in bowl and combine well.
- Press into pie pan and bake in preheated oven 15-20 minutes.
- Remove from oven and set aside.
- Lower oven heat to 350 degrees
- Meanwhile melt butter over medium heat and add olive oil. Place onions , garlic and sliced mushrooms in pan. Cook 2-4 minutes. Then add spinach and cook until slightly wilted.
- Remove from stove and set aside.
- In medium bowl mix beaten eggs, yogurt, garlic powder, onion powder, turmeric, salt & pepper, and cayenne pepper. Then fold in cheese.
- Place spinach and onion mixture on top of sweet potato crust and then pour egg mixture on top.
- Bake in preheated oven 30 minutes