The Evolution of a Quiche: Crustless Quiche with Greens
This morning, I decided to make a quiche for breakfast. I love quiche. In fact, I love all kinds of egg custard type dishes, but quiche is near and dear to my heart and has been a favorite of mine since I was fairly young. I was first introduced to the wonders of this eggy concoction when I was in middle school. There was a product in the…ahem…1980’s that was called “pour-a-quiche” and my mother used to buy it. Now, this product came in a milk carton and it was just as the name said, you simply poured the pre-made quiche mix into a ready-made pie crust and popped it into the oven! Hey, we liked instant stuff back then! Later on, when I went to college, one of favorite professors, who was also a fabulous gourmet cook, made me one of her quiches. It was the most amazing, decadent, wonderful dishes I had ever had. It was lovingly baked in a homemade, buttery pie crust and filled with spinach, bacon, ham and cheeses. It …