You know when you’ve used all the ingredients for the week and have random things left, just sitting around in the fridge and you think to yourself what can I make with all of this stuff? Well that was my thought with this recipe.
I looked around the refrigerator and we had a bunch of random items: asparagus, eggplant, jalapeño peppers, avocados, carrots, limes, radishes…and the list goes on. So I grabbed a few different ingredients along with some eggs and put this quiche together.
I recently watched this video that talked about a woman who overcame her MS by changing over to a Primal/Paleo diet. It was really inspirational actually and afterward Jeff summarized it over on his site, so I won’t go into great detail here. But, after watching the video, we both wanted to increase our intake of greens even more. And I bet you can guess what ingredients I reached for to make this recipe. And where the title came from. ;)
It’s fun to just grab a bunch of stuff and throw something together…and you better believe I had my fingers crossed that it was going to come out tasting good. ;) But I knew it came out well when it got Dave‘s seal of approval on his first bite. :)
Get Your Greens In Crustless Quiche
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon grassfed butter
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 jalapeño peppers, sliced
- 1 bunch asparagus
- 1/4 cup italian sharp cheese, and more for the top
- 6 organic eggs
- sea salt & coarse ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 avocado, sliced
Directions Makes 3-4 servings
- Preheat your oven to 350°F
- Set a medium size frying pan to medium heat and melt the butter. Then add the chopped onions.
- While the onion is cooking chop the jalapeño peppers and add to the pan.
- While the onion and peppers are cooking, be sure to stir every so often, rinse off the asparagus and chop into 1 inch pieces.
- If you see the onion starting to brown turn the heat to low.
- Then crack the eggs into a medium to large size bowl and whisk to combine.
- Add the fresh asparagus to the eggs. Then add the pepper & onion, straight from the pan. Sprinkle with a little salt and pepper.
- Shred some cheese into the bowl. (I didn’t measure and I estimate that I used about a quarter of a cup)
- Mix it all together and pour into your favorite baking dish. (I used my 10-inch fluted round pie dish.)
- Then slice one avocado into thin slices and layer across the top. I made mine pretty by following the round style of the dish. :)
- Then shred a shallow layer of finely graded cheese across the top. That way when it melts it gives a nice golden top.
- Bake in the oven for 25 minutes.
- Make sure all the sides have browned a bit along the edges and you can always do the toothpick test to make sure the center has completely set.
- Serve and enjoy! :)
To make this recipe Paleo remove the cheese.
YUM! I have a friend from Argentina who always makes breakfast frittatas from whatever’s left over in the fridge — potatoes, tomatoes, greens, whatever. Such a great way to use up odds and ends. I wasn’t aware that primal allows you to use butter and eggs and cheese…so basically, I’ve been eating that way forever! :) Maybe Italian cooking is primal in its essence…? Thanks for another great recipe!
So glad you like the recipe and thanks for sharing Renee! :) That’s awesome about your friend…grab, mix and bake and you’ll pretty much always wind up with a frittata that tastes delicious :)
I use grass-fed butter, bacon fat and olive oil to cook with. There’s a good explanation from Mark here about saturated fats -> http://www.marksdailyapple.com/saturated-fat-healthy/#axzz1mIil60ak and the new Primal Blueprint Food Pyramid is here -> http://www.marksdailyapple.com/introducing-the-new-primal-blueprint-food-pyramid/#axzz1mIil60ak to give you a better idea of everything. :)
Eggs are good sources of protein. Cheese and other dairy are typically in the “foods to eat in moderation column”
Italian cooking can be primal, if you remove all the pasta…hehe :)
Do you know if you can freeze this?
Absolutely! You could even freeze it in partial pieces and then only take out the portions you want to have at that time. :)