Mini Crustless Spinach Quiche

  in Breakfast, Recipes, Vegetarian

10 eggs
1 10-oz package frozen spinach, thawed, extra liquid squeezed out with your hands
1 cup whole milk or half and half
1 small onion, chopped
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup chopped mushrooms
2 cups cheddar cheese, grated
large pinch nutmeg
Sea salt and black pepper to taste

  1. Heat oven to 350°F and grease a standard muffin pan.
  2. Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat and add onions. Cook about 5 minutes. Add the mushrooms and cook another 5 minutes until mushrooms have released their liquid. Remove from heat. Let cool slightly.
  3. Beat together the eggs, milk, nutmeg, salt, and pepper, then stir in the onion/mushroom mixture and spinach. Make sure to break up the clumps of spinach. Evenly distribute the grated cheese into each muffin cup and pour eggs over the cheese. Bake for 20 minutes or until set.