Easy, Healthy Breakfast

Trying to squeeze in a healthy breakfast with a four year old who needs to get to preschool and a husband who is headed off to work...and trying to work in a walk or some other exercise? Not the easiest thing in the world.

But I've found something that makes it slightly easier, and wanted to share it with everyone. It's a crustless "quiche" -- a sort of egg bake that can be made with or without meat, but definitely with some veggies and cheese at our house. You can make it the night before and just heat up a serving in the microwave. It's great for brunch, lunch with a salad, or breakfast for dinner.

Whatever you call it, or whenever you eat it, it's definitely easy to make and serve. I generally pull out the veggies we have in the fridge, so the combinations are pretty much endless: broccoli, spinach, mushrooms, zucchini, peppers, onion, green onion, carrots, you name it. As for meat, this works with turkey sausage, ham, canadian bacon, or soy sausage crumbles -- again, lots of possibilities, or use none at all. Easy and endless variety.

Which means it gets a gold star at my house. Here's this morning's recipe.


Crustless Egg Bake

1/2 tsp. olive or canola oil
1 small onion, diced fine
1/2 c. chopped broccoli
1/4 c. zucchini, quartered, chopped small
1/2 c. chopped spinach
1/2 c. green peppers, seeded and chopped small
1/2 to 1 c. shredded cheese
1/2 to 1 c. lean ground cooked turkey sausage
1 carton egg beaters
2 large eggs
1/4 c. milk
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
Dash of hot sauce
1/2 tsp. Penzey's Fox Point seasoning
1/4 tsp. Penzey's Ozark seasoning

Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a 9x13 baking pan. Place oil in skillet and heat over medium-high heat. Add onion and saute until soft and beginning to caramelize. Add all other veggies and heat through. Place heated veggies and crumbled, cooked sausage (or other meat) in the bottom of the greased baking dish. Spread cheese out over the top, reserving a little to sprinkle over the top of eggs before baking. In a separate bowl, mix together egg beaters, eggs, milk, and seasonings. Pour over veggies and meat. Sprinkle top of eggs with reserved quiche. Bake 30 to 35 minutes, checking senter of quiche by inserting a knife to see if it comes out clean. If so, eggs are done. Let it cool a little and then cut into servings.

(Photo of crustless quiche via *reesie.)