Cheesy Vegetable Quiche

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1 1/2 cups fresh sliced mushrooms
• 1/2 cup shredded carrot
• 1/2 cup finely chopped green onion
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
• 3 eggs
• 1 (15 ounce) container ricotta cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 dash pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 unbaked 9-inch pie shell

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 425°f.
• 2 in a medium skillet over medium heat, melt butter or margarine.
• 3 sauté mushrooms, carrots, green onions and garlic for 5 minutes or until vegetables are crisp tender.
• 4 stir in spinach, and cook for 1 minute longer; remove from heat.
• 5 in a medium bowl, beat eggs; stir in ricotta cheese, salt, pepper and nutmeg until well combined.
• 6 stir in vegetable mixture to cheese mixture.
• 7 pour into the unbaked pie shell.
• 8 bake for 10 minutes.
• 9 reduce heat to 375° and bake for 35 minutes longer or until filling is set and crust is golden brown.
• 10 let sit for 10 minutes before slicing.
• 11 serve warm or at room temperature.