Lower-cal Buttermilk Bacon Spinach Quiche

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 cup low-fat buttermilk
• 1 cup light cream or 1 cup half & half light cream
• 2 cups egg beaters egg substitute or 8 eggs
• 16 ounces lowfat swiss cheese, shredded (2 cups)
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, drained
• 10 slices bacon
• 1 dash cayenne pepper
• 2 pie crusts (optional)

Recipe

• 1 brush pie shell with egg yolk at 400 degrees.
• 2 weight the center of the pie shell down with pie weights (you can also use dried beans to do this).
• 3 fry and drain bacon on paper towel.
• 4 dice bacon.
• 5 mix together buttermilk, cream, eggs and swiss cheese.
• 6 add drained spinach, bacon and cayenne pepper.
• 7 pour into pie shell (you can skip the pie shell and pour directly into a ungreased pan).
• 8 bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees or until solid.
• 9 the nutritional info does not take into account the pie shells which are optional.