Tre's Spinach and Feta Cheese Quiche

Chief Teer's Note:

This reminds me of Greek Spanikopia. Its a wonderful and fairly easy recipe to prepare. There's never enough to go around!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 25 mins
• Prep Time: 35 mins
• Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 6-8

Yield: 1.0 pie

• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen spinach, chopped, well drained
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon dill
• 1/4 lb feta cheese, crumbled
• 4 ounces cottage cheese
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup cream (half and half)
• 1 deep dish pie shell (9-inch)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375°F
2. Chop onion and saute in oil 5 minutes.
3. Add frozen spinach in the 3 tablespoons oil and continue cooking, stirring often until all liquid is gone.
4. Transfer to a bowl and add remaining ingredients.
5. Pour mixture into unbaked pie crust and bake degrees for 30 to 35 minutes or until knife inserted into center comes out clean.

Reviews

[CSGP]

Super easy to make and so delicious!

I made my own whole wheat crust from another recipe on Food.com.

I used 6 oz of feta. It doesn't need nearly that much oil (i only eyeballed enough for sauteeing) and added two crushed garlic cloves in with the onions and spinach (i use garlic in everything!). I did use light cottage cheese, regular half and half, but lowered the half and half proportion down to a half cup and added a half cup (plus a little extra) of non-fat greek yogurt. I also used more dill than it called for...not sure exactly how much but probably about 1/4-1/2 tablespoon...but then again, I LOVE DILL! I also added pepper

Plan on making this again very soon!

[Lindsay!]

This was good. My family was skeptical and loved it. I think flower7 had a consistency problem because she used reduced fat/fat free products, which tend to be much runnier. I used full fat ingredients and didn't have a problem. However if you don't mind the runniness, i don't think using lighter ingredients will effect the taste and will try to lighten it up next time. Thanks this was great!

[flower7]

Yummy! I cut the salt to 1/2 tsp and the oil to 1 Tbsp. Also used fat free half-and-half, light cottage cheese, and goat's milk feta. This was wonderful though it was a little watery after baking (didn't affect the taste though and I just drained off the liquid and it wasn't a problem any more.) Thanks for the recipe!