I love this recipe. It’s definitely not a vegan recipe, but it is vegetarian and loads of you omnivorous folks out there will love it too I assure you. I got the idea while roasting some of my favorite fall veggies a few years back. I roasted up some sweet potatoes; otherwise known more correctly as yams –pink flesh root veggies not white, parsnips, garlic, onions, turnip; small and white flesh, and rutabaga; large and orange flesh. Ya –I get squeamish using the term “flesh” but it’s apt.
I am describing the innards of these veggies because there is wide confusion over the proper terms for these. My gramma always referred to rutabagas as turnips and I don’t think she has ever eaten a real turnip. Also –many folks call yams sweet potatoes and also –haven’t eaten a real sweet potato –in these parts anyway. My photo is of this quiche cold -its great cold leftover with salad the next day too!
The recipe:
Set your oven at 400
Remove 1 ready made pie crust from your freezer and stick in oven for about 5-10 min.’s Basically you want it a little cooked –look for the bottom to puff up a bit and cover the edges with tin foil so they don’t cook. Remove from oven and tell it that it will be filled very soon.
Sometimes I do the following the day before because it is so easy to do and makes whipping up the quiche the next day a cinch.
Roasted veggies:
Peel and chop about 4 cups of your root veggies
Place in a large baking pan and drizzle about 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil over veggies
Drizzle another 3 tablespoons of water over veggies
Smush in your hands generous amounts of dried thyme and rosemary and sprinkle over veggies
Add salt and pepper to taste
Gently mix up your veggies to coat
Place covered, in your oven and gently stir veggies at 15 min
Uncover veggies and roast until cooked –about 15 - 20 minutes further
Turn oven down to 350.
Now your home will smell exquisite.
Quiche:
In a large bowl, mix 6 eggs with ½ cup of plain yogurt, salt and pepper
Shread ¾ cup of old cheddar and add half to the egg mix
Add your roasted veggies to the pie shell
Pour your egg mixture over the veggies
Sprinkle remaining cheese over top
Place in oven and bake until done –about 30 min.
Invite some people over to show off.
I have had many a slice and can contest to its yumminess. You can’t beat roasted vegetables..
Mmmm, that quiche looks mighty fine and tasty!
I love “yams”… sliced, fried and sprinkled with sugar. I love “sweet potatoes”… in pies… and thinly sliced into “chips” or “fries”. I also had yams in a Jamaican veggie stew once… can’t remember what is was called, but it was delish.
Wow, I never would have guessed it was all veggies…it looks delicious!