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I love quiche. The veggies…the cheese…and let’s not forget the crust. The best part of quiche to me is the flaky crust. So, if you are on a low carb diet, like my husband and I are on, that flaky crust is a BIG No! No! I have been making my quiches without crust, which has been good, but it always tastes like something is missing. I began making cloud bread after researching low carb bread. It’s fabulous! It takes away the cravings of bread and allows you to eats actual sandwiches on a low carb diet instead of using two romaine leaves. So, it got me thinking….if cloud bread works so well as a bread substitute, could it replace the crust for a quiche? I set up my quiche as I normally do without crust. Then, I topped the quiche with the Cloud bread mixture and popped it in the oven. I was delightfully surprised how delicious the quiche turned out. My husband ended up eating almost half of the quiche in one day. Check out the recipe below and try out this low carb delite. For the recipe for Cloud Bread, click Here!

Cloud Quiche

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 45 mins

Total Time: 1 h 5 mins

Servings: 6-8 slices

Cloud Bread Mixture

• 3 Eggs, separated
• 3 Tbsp of Lactaid Cottage Cheese
• 1/4 tsp of Cream of Tartar
• 1/4 tsp of Agave

Quiche:

• 5 eggs
• 1/4 cups of Lactaid milk
• 8 oz of Daiya Monterey Jack, shredded
• 1/2 cup of Lactaid Cottage Cheese
• 3 Tbsp of Margarine
• 1 bag of Fresh Spinach
• 8 oz of Mushrooms
• 5 Strips of Cooked Bacon, crumbled
• 4 Cloves of Garlic
• Salt and Pepper, to taste

Directions:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Grease a pie pan.

In a large bowl, which together eggs and Lactaid milk. Then, incorporate the shredded Monterey Jack and Cottage Cheese. Set aside.

In a large skillet, cook five strips of bacon on medium heat. Set aside bacon on a plate to cool, then crumbled bacon strips.

Discard bacon grease, then put 3 Tbsp of margarine in the skillet on medium heat. Once margarine is melted, sauté garlic and add the bag of spinach. When the spinach has cooked down, add in mushrooms for 1-2 mins.

In the egg and cheese mixture, add crumbled bacon and spinach mixture. Stir together until well combined. Pour final mixture into your greased pie pan.

Begin making cloud bread mixture.

Separate the eggs. There must be no yolk in the whites.

In a small bowl, mix together the egg yolk, Lactaid cottage cheese, and agave, until smooth.

Combine cream of tartar and egg whites in a bowl of a standing mixer. Beat the whites on high speed until fluffy white peaks form. Carefully, fold the egg yolk mixture into the egg whites until mixed. Try to keep the fluffiness of the egg whites.

Using a large spoon, spoon the mixture on top of the quiche. Bake on the middle rack for 25-35 mins. Cook time can vary. Bake uncovered until the top of quiche is golden brown. Then, raise the oven temperature to 400 degrees. Cover quiche, and bake for 8-10 mins. Remove quiche to cool. Once cooled, serve and enjoy!

I hope you enjoy this quiche as much as we did. Cloud Bread helps you keep your diet on track and not feel guilty for eating carbs. I would love to hear your feedback, or how you like to make your favorite quiche. Please comment below!