This easy to make Crustless Spinach and Feta Quiche made with tons of fresh spinach, feta cheese, and much lighter by eliminating the traditional crust.
Oh, hey! It's been awhile! It's for a good reason, I promise! Lots of new exciting website updates coming! Funny how much longer things take when you're trying to squeeze them into an already uber busy schedule. What's not difficult to squeeze in, though? This quiche. Last week I made it twice. Twice! That's how good this Crustless Spinach and Feta Quiche is.
Ingredients Needed:
We love this quiche because it is so simple and easy to make. Nothing complicated, nothing super fancy. Just whole foods, and whole flavor.
- Spinach, Onions, and Garlic - Sautéed until soft. You could also use kale, shallots, add mushrooms or other veggies!
- Feta Cheese - I just love the flavor feta cheese adds. Plus, when we make our own Feta Cheese From Scratch, this is one of our favorite ways to use it!
- Eggs and Milk - Whisked together! We use 2% milk because that's what we drink in the house, but you could also use 1% or Whole, even.
- Butter and Parmesan Cheese - Instead of a crust, we just give a pie dish a nice butter coating and then add a little layer of cheese.
- Salt and Pepper - To taste, although we find with the saltiness of the feta cheese, you don't need to add much more!
Step-by-Step Instructions
Step 1: Because it doesn't have our normal butter laden (and delicious) pie crust (like we use for our Ricotta Tomato Pie From Scratch), I greased the pie dish with some butter and Parmesan cheese. Just enough for a light layer for all the quiche-y goodness to rest on.
Tip: You can also use a 9 inch aluminum pie pan if you plan to freeze. Here's what we keep on hand to use!
Step 2: Whisk the eggs and the milk together.
Step 3: Sauté the minced garlic and onion and added the spinach until it was wilted. With that, the parm / butter base, eggs and milk, and feta, I was ready for a super simple yet delicious quiche.
I had also just finished making some homemade feta cheese, which is truly my most favorite cheese to make. Not only is it delicious, but it lasts up to 4 weeks! This quiche was totally inspired by this feta. Ok that and because my husband has requested more spinach in our daily diets. Spinch+feta? Win.
Step 5: Add the feta to the spinach, onion and garlic and then mix with the eggs and pour it all into the pie dish.
Note: We use a standard 9 inch pie dish like this one.
A perfect fit ready for the oven!
Step 6: Bake! 50 minutes later, we had a perfectly cooked quiche.
Packed with spinach! Popeye would have totally approved. My studly husband did! It made a great protein, vitamin K, etc. rich dinner for him and a healthier brunch option for the gals!
Customizable!
Although we love this recipe exactly as it is, we also use it as a base to make a huge variety of other quiches! Here are some of our favorite additions:
- Mushrooms
- Bacon
- Cheddar cheese
- Gruyere
- Zucchini
- Sausage
- Diced ham
- Peas
Make it your own! But be sure to share with me what you've added - I love hearing your substitutions / additions!
Our Other Favorite Egg Dishes
Spinach, Ham, and Cheddar Quiche
FAQs
Definitely! You can make it like our Spinach, Ham, and Cheddar Quiche. You'll just want to reduce the ingredients to fit in the dish with the crust. Reduce to 4 eggs.
Definitely. It's totally customizable! Just give whatever veggies your add a quick sauté to soften.
Yup! Cook and let it cool completely first and either freeze whole or freeze in slices.
Yes! Just make sure that it's thawed and drained from as much liquid as possible first before sautéing.
We prefer to use 2% milk for this but you can use skim - whole, just keep in mind it will affect the richness of the dish. You can also use a soy milk sub, although the flavor wont be as rich. We don't recommend using an almond, or coconut milk because it will affect the flavor.
Enjoy, Friends! If you make this recipe tell me what you think! I love to hear from you on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram!
Crustless Spinach and Feta Quiche
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 bunches fresh spinach washed and trimmed from stems
- 3 oz feta
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 - 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 1/2 small white onion, diced
- 5 eggs
- 2/3 cups 2% milk
- 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, shredded
- 1 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
- butter for greasing or non stick spray
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350°.
- Grease a pie dish with butter. Add shredded parmesan cheese to bottom of dish and spread in a very thin layer.
- In a large saute pan, heat olive oil on medium. Add garlic and onion until translucent. Add spinach and saute, mixing often until spinach is bright and wilted. Remove from pan and put in a bowl.
- In a separate large bowl, add 5 eggs, 2/3 cup of milk, salt, and pepper. Whisk well.
- Add crumbed feta to bowl with spinach. Add spinach mixture to large bowl with eggs. Mix well.
- Pour egg and spinach mixture into pie dish so that it fills dish but doesn't overflow.
- Bake for 50 minutes until egg has set.
- Serve and enjoy!
This was delicious! I did add ham, so I should have reduced the salt a bit, but the flavor was wonderful. Thank you so much for this simple but highly satisfying recipe.
Oh yum, that sounds delicious! Thanks so much for sharing that you enjoyed it!
loved it and my company did too
Wonderful to hear, Linda! Thanks so much for sharing.
Very good and easy to make. Thanks!
So wonderful to hear, Teri!! Thanks so much for sharing!
Oh, come on, be a little adventurous! You can read the ingredients & quantities of each, and know it will be delicious. I'm trying it tomorrow and may do a bit of improvising myself!
Did anyone actually make this dish? I came here to see real reviews and all I see is people commenting on how delicious it "looks and sounds"? I really want to make this recipe but will search for one with actual reviews of the food.
Hi Gina, if you read ALL of the reviews, you will find at least 10 from readers who have made this recipe and their notes.
I made this Recipe on Saturday afternoon for Sunday Tea - so it had to be re-heated - it was great! All my guests enjoyed it. I'll def add it to my favourites;-)
That's so great to hear, Anne! Thanks so much for sharing!
I made it and it was fantastic.
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I made this at the lake for breakfast. It was fantastic. The flavor is great and uses so few ingredients to get such great flavor. I am glad I made it. Being at the lake, I like to make easy dishes, few ingredients, yet bursting with flavor.
I made this and it was FANTASTIC!! I am actually making it again today!
I make this all the time only use spinach, eggs, feta cheese, half and half for the milk, some everything bagel seasoning..and add extra parm cheese in bottom of buttered pie plate...bake for 40 minutes in my stove. Sometimes I add slices of thin pepperoni on top before I bake it. This recipe is wonderful. I have even used broccoli slightly steamed instead of spinach, and also used asparagus slightly steamed instead of the spinach...it’s all good.
So easy and delicious, works with all kind of veggies.
I double this recipe, bake in muffin tins then freeze in packages of two. It makes a fantastic grab n go snack.
Love this made it 3 times. Twitch with spinach and once with asparagus, cheddar cheese, Parmesan ,and Gruyere cheese. Wonderful. Next will make it with zucchini and cheeses. Thank you
Grace! This just made my day - I LOVE the other veggies and cheeses you've used, too! Thank you so much for letting me know!
I make this recipe and bake in muffin tons then freeze. It makes a fantastic grab n go snack.
my daughter (11) and I just made this. It is in the oven. we can not wait to try!!!
That's great! I'm so glad you made it with your daughter - what did you think!?!?
Just made this and am happy with results. True to recipe although I did chop the spinach before cooking and it finished cooking 5 minutes before posted time. The butter and parm made its own very thin crust. Will definitely make again. Need those greens and it can be for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Jean I’m so glad you enjoyed it!! Thanks so much for sharing!
I added caramelized mushrooms and it took this recipe to the next level! So good everyone in my families loved it!
Oh my gosh that’s the PERFECT addition!! Thanks for sharing!!
This is great! I gave the recipe to a friend, too.
So glad you enjoyed it, Elyse!!
Any experience or tips with freezing this recipe?
Yes! It freezes great! Be sure to cook it and then let it cool completely then it's good to go!
added a chilli and a little left over bacon, delicious, am keeping this recipe, thanks!
Sounds great!!
Would frozen chopped spinach work in this recipe.?
It will! Just make sure it's thawed and it's drained from as much liquid as possible.
I loved this quiche, we had it for dinner last night, with enough left over for snacks today. Have you tried it with different cheese? The feta taste can get lost ... Would cheddar work?
Hi Susan! Cheddar would be delicious, too! Any cheese, really! Enjoy- let me know what you think of it with cheddar!
Thanks Tracy, I will try cheddar!
This is such a great low carb breakfast option! So good!
Love spinach and feta together. My family would eat this up.
This is the perfect recipe for meal prep. So easy to make on Sunday and enjoy throughout the week!
This recipe looks so delicious! Would be perfect for holiday breakfast!
Saving this recipe for Christmas morning! Looks so good!
How much spinach is in a bunch? When one grows their own spinach, that's a rather broad term. Thank you in advance for the clarity!
Hi Marea! Sorry about that - I meant a bunch that you buy in the grocery store, which is a lb. But your fresh grown spinach, so much tastier!!
Looks delish! I love the idea of going crustless - I might make more quiches that way!
Yummy! Looks delicious!
This quiche looks awesome!! Yum!!
Yup. I HAVE to make this ASAP. It looks SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good Tracy sheeez! I agree, no crust needed. And I need a reason to stop eating feta all by itself, lol... because I've been doing a lot of that lately. I'm getting the stuff to make this STAT!!!! Nice work- can't wait to see what fun site updates you have in store 😉