Breakfast Quiche | Slimming Eats - Slimming Recipes (2024)

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Can you eat quiche on slimming world? ›

Pastry dishes are notoriously high in Syns… but you can enjoy your quiche for Free with the Slimming World clever pastry-free version. It takes minutes to make and uses whatever ingredients you fancy!

Classic custards use heavy cream, but 2% milk contains a fraction of the saturated fat and is still plenty rich. Flavor your custard with salt, pepper, a pinch of nutmeg and fresh herbs such as chives, oregano, parsley or tarragon.

Primarily made of eggs, quiche is a one-dish meal made of protein, calcium, essential vitamins, and minerals. Quiche can be a healthy dish when prepared with a few ingredient swaps.

Using too many eggs in the custard results in a quiche that rubbery and too firm when baked, while not using enough will prevent the custard from setting. Follow This Tip: Remember this ratio: 1 large egg to 1/2 cup of dairy.

Keep quiche portions small to control calorie intake. Quiche is a food that has the potential to be healthy, but could also be a diet downfall. Traditional quiche is full of cheese, eggs, cream and made with pie crust, all of which are high-calorie and can be fatty.

As for eggs, there's no limit to the amount we're advised to eat, and because they're a Slimming World Free Food, we can crack on and enjoy as many as we like!

Cottage cheese and milk

Cottage cheese is made from the curds of cow's milk. It's high in protein and many micronutrients, making it a healthy substitute for heavy cream. Cottage cheese alone can be a good substitute for heavy cream to help add thickness to recipes like sauces.

Ratios: The best way to make a quiche is to add the eggs to a large measuring cup, then add the cream or milk. For every egg used you should add enough milk or cream to create a 1/2 cup. Meaning for 1 egg you will add enough cream or milk to make 1/2 a cup of mixture.

A frittata, sometimes called a crustless quiche, has no crust, and you can bake it directly in a pan or skillet.

Why do you put flour in quiche? ›

Quiche is a delicious and affordable meal. This one is crustless, which makes it lower-carb, well suited to a diabetic diet. It is great served alongside a lettuce or a fruit salad.

Avoid Fillings That Are Too Wet

"Some vegetables, such as sliced large tomatoes or raw zucchini, have a high water content and will make your quiche soggy (even if you follow all steps to avoid this!)," Davila notes.

BAKE in center of 375°F oven until center is almost set but jiggles slightly when dish is gently shaken and knife inserted near center comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes.

Is quiche healthy? Quiche is bad news when it comes to a healthy diet. It's usually made with cheese and cream in the filling as well as butter in the pastry case, so it's often high in saturated fat and calories. Ingredients like bacon will add salt and more saturated fat.

Nutrition Facts

Traditionally made with a flaky crust (and usually flaky means high fat) plus lots of creamy and cheesy ingredients, quiche can have anywhere from 400 to 700 calories and 25 to 50 grams of fat per serving.

Some cheeses, such as a stinky Stilton or a gooey Camembert, have to be Synned on Slimming World – but there are quite a few that qualify as Healthy Extra A choices. Seeing as we can have now have TWO Healthy Extra As daily, this means I eat cheese every single day, saving my other HEA for milk in tea and coffee.