Crustless Sun-Dried Tomato Quiche

I grew up with big breakfasts.

My Dad always liked to make the works on the weekends and he was good at it.  Fried potatoes with onions, a big platter of fried eggs, sausage patties, toast-everything a good breakfast purist would want.  And you wouldn’t believe how perfect my Dad can make an egg over-easy.  The best I have ever seen, using a tiny cast iron frying pan that makes a perfectly sized egg.  Gorgeous.  My husband loves the tradition of a big breakfast just as much and we have a good time going all out on a saturday morning; taking our time and making a huge menu.

I almost always serve an egg dish because…well because I love them.  I always have.  In college I would microwave beaten eggs in a mug and spoon it over toast.  It was cheap, fast, and SO good at 1 in the morning!  Now, you can always find a hardboiled egg or two in my refrigerator, and my children proudly know what it means to order eggs scrambled, sunny side up, over-easy, over-hard, or poached.

Which is why, if you are a guest at my house on a weekend or holiday and it is before 11:00 am, there is a very good chance that you will be served this egg recipe.  Why?  It satisfies everyone!  Its healthy, gluten-free, and vegetarian.  But most importantly, it is an incredibly tasty dish that is ridiculously easy.  Two things we are always looking for in breakfast food, right?  I put sun-dried tomatoes in it, people.  SUN DRIED TOMATOES!  Little chewy bites of exploding flavor that you will want to mix in to every egg dish hereafter- which you totally have my permission to do, but the way.

Unlike a lot of quiche recipes, this one isn’t overly loaded down with ingredients.  No big chunks of vegetables, but certainly no less appealing.  It isn’t made in a tiny cast iron frying pan, but I am fairly certain my Dad would allow this on the table on a Saturday morning.  Being the breakfast expert that he is, he knows a good thing when he sees it.

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Crustless Sun-Dried Tomato Quiche
In addition to breakfast or brunch, I love to serve this alongside a salad and crusty bread for a light dinner.

1/4 c sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil, drained and roughly chopped
1/2 c Vermont white cheddar
1 scant T snipped fresh chives
pinch of salt
ground black pepper to taste
8 large eggs, beaten
1/3 c milk

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
Spray a glass or ceramic deep dish pie dish.  Evenly sprinkle the bottom of the pie plate with the tomatoes, then the cheese, then the chives.  Beat the remaining ingredients together until uniform and fluffy and slowly pour the egg mixture into the pie plate.  Gently slide the dish into the oven and bake for 20-30 minutes or until puffed and JUST SET in the middle.  Remove dish and let sit at room temperature for a full  five minutes before slicing and serving.  Can be enjoyed hot, warm, or room temperature. Leftovers are great the following day, slightly warmed in the microwave and eaten on toast like a breakfast sandwich!