Dairy-Free Mini Quiche with Gluten-Free Sweet Potato Crust
 
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If you like the yolks, or want to include some for nutrition, you can use 4 whole eggs plus 4 egg whites. If you only want to use whole eggs, about 7 large eggs will work.
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Recipe type: Breakfast
Cuisine: French
Serves: 12 mini quiche
Ingredients
  • 1 large sweet potato, peeled and grated (about 1¼ pounds)
  • 2 tablespoons dairy-free buttery spread, melted and divided (can sub olive oil)
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt, divided
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
  • ½ medium red bell pepper, chopped
  • ¼ cup chopped red onion
  • 1 cup loosely-packed chopped baby spinach
  • 10 large egg whites
  • ⅓ cup unsweetened dairy-free milk beverage
  • 1 small avocado, peeled, pitted and chopped
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 400°F and grease a 12-cup standard muffin pan.
  2. In a large bowl, toss together the sweet potato, 1 tablespoon buttery spread, ¼ teaspoon salt, and black pepper.
  3. Press about ¼ cup of the sweet potato mixture onto the bottom and up the sides of each cup, to make a crust.
  4. Bake the cups for 20 minutes, or until the sweet potatoes are golden brown
  5. Reduce your oven temperature to 375°F.
  6. Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon buttery spread in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the bell pepper and onion, and cook for 4 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Add the spinach and cook for 1 minute, or until wilted, stirring occasionally.
  7. Transfer the bell pepper mixture to a large bowl, and let it cool a little.
  8. Add the egg whites, milk beverage, and remaining ¼ teaspoon salt to the bell pepper mixture and whisk until relatively smooth and combined.
  9. Divide the egg mixture between the sweet potato cups.
  10. Bake the quiches for 15 minutes, or until the internal temperature reaches 160°F.
  11. Run a knife around edges of the quiches to loosen them and remove.
  12. Serve the quiches topped with avocado.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 quiche Calories: 104 Fat: 4.3g Saturated fat: .7g Carbohydrates: 12.1g Sugar: 3.7g Sodium: 172mg Fiber: 2.8g Protein: 4.6g
Recipe by Go Dairy Free at https://www.godairyfree.org/recipes/gluten-free-dairy-free-mini-quiche