Crustless Three-Cheese Tomato-Basil Quiche
Crustless Three-Cheese Tomato-Basil Quiche is the perfect dish to make whenever you can find fresh Roma tomatoes and basil!
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Crustless Three-Cheese Tomato-Basil Quiche was inspired by a recipe I saw in a cookbook that I randomly picked up one day. It probably won’t surprise you to hear that at my house I have a collection of cookbooks that take up an entire wall in my office. I have so many cookbooks that I can go for a years without looking at some of them, and then one day a book will catch my eye. Recently I picked up a quirky book called Nutbread and Nostalgia, published in 1979 by the Junior League of South Bend, Indiana. My blogging friend Lydia will have to confirm it, but I think maybe she’s the one who sent me this book a while back when she was purging her own cookbook collection.
And this very, very old book is where I got the idea of using fresh tomatoes and basil in a quiche. Of course the recipe in the book wasn’t crustless, and I really changed just about everything in the inspiring recipe except the starring ingredients. It took me several tries to come up with a keeper version, and along the way I added cottage cheese for extra protein and switched the tomatoes for less wet Roma tomatoes.
But making this Crustless Three-Cheese Tomato-Basil Quiche several times to get it right really wasn’t much of a hardship, because I gobbled up even the ones that didn’t set up well enough, and by the time I had the recipe I’m sharing in this post, I was wondering why it took me so long to think of making this type of crustless quiche.
Of course this is a perfect summer dish to spotlight the combination of tomatoes and basil. But you can get good Roma tomatoes even in the winter and if you don’t mind splurging on some fresh basil I’d love this for breakfast during the holidays as well. And this will keep in the fridge for a few days and reheats well, so make it for Weekend Food Prep if you’re someone who likes to do that!
How to Make Crustless Three-Cheese Tomato-Basil Quiche:
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- Cut 3 small Roma tomatoes in half lengthwise and scoop out seeds, then chop the tomatoes and slice the green onion.
- Beat the eggs with half and half (or milk or cream), Italian Herb Seasoning, Spike Seasoning, and a little salt and pepper (affiliate links).
- Then gently mix in the cottage cheese, Swiss cheese, Parmesan cheese, tomatoes, and green onion.
- Pour the mixture into a 9-10″ pie dish that you’ve sprayed with non-stick spray and bake at 350F/180C for 30 minutes.
- While it bakes, thinly slice 3 more small Roma tomatoes and let them drain on paper towels, and thinly slice some fresh basil.
- When the 30 minutes is up, remove the quiche from the oven and top with the tomato slices and basil, and bake 30 minutes more, or slightly longer if the center doesn’t seem done.
- This part is completely optional, but you can put the finished quiche under the broiler for a couple of minutes if you want to get the top a little more browned. If you do this, be sure to watch it carefully so the basil doesn’t burn! Let the quiche sit for a few minutes before you cut it and enjoy.
Make it a Meal:
I’d eat this any time of day and it would taste great with Cauliflower Rice with Basil, Parmesan, and Pine Nuts for a low-carb summer dinner.
More Meatless Dishes with Eggs:
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Kale, Red Pepper, and Goat Cheese Frittata ~ Aggie’s Kitchen
Fifteen-Minute Salsa Verde Eggs ~ Kalyn’s Kitchen
Zucchini, Goat Cheese, and Basil Frittata ~ The Perfect Pantry
Low-Carb Green Chile and Cheese Egg Muffins ~ Kalyn’s Kitchen
Weekend Food Prep:
This recipe has been added to a new category called Weekend Food Prep to help you find recipes you can prep or cook on the weekend and eat during the week!
Fresh Roma tomatoes and basil taste great in this Crustless Three-Cheese Tomato-Basil Quiche. Any variety of paste tomato will work for this recipe; use less tomatoes for lower carbs if you prefer. Use heavy cream, half and half, or milk, whichever you prefer. I used my Herb Scissors (affiliate link) to cut the basil. This recipe inspired by a Tomato Quiche I spotted in Nutbread and Nostalgia which is definitely one of my very oldest cookbooks. Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.
Crustless Three-Cheese Tomato-Basil Quiche
Ingredients
Instructions
Notes
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6
Serving Size:
1
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 301Total Fat: 20gSaturated Fat: 11gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 236mgSodium: 544mgCarbohydrates: 8gFiber: 1gSugar: 4gProtein: 23g
Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
This Crustless Three-Cheese Tomato-Basil Quiche is a great low-carb dish, suitable for most low-carb eating plans. If you’re making this for the South Beach Diet, they would recommend low-fat dairy products, but other low-carb plans might prefer full-fat dairy, so everyone make your own choice on that. Tomatoes do have some carbs, so for Keto or extremely low-carb I would use less tomatoes.
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22 Comments on “Crustless Three-Cheese Tomato-Basil Quiche”
With heirloom tomato season here, I am on this! I am going to try to half the recipe, my family isn’t as passionate about eggs and tomatoes as I am. 🙃
Hope you enjoy!
This looks amazing — I’ve just started South Beach and have been craving tomato pie — this will satisfy that!
Hope you enjoy Denise!
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Wondering if this quiche can be frozen when “raw” and then popped in the oven the morning you want to eat it? I am having a wedding shower and have made a “freeze ahead” quiche many times that you can just put in the oven for 1 hr. the morning you want to eat it. Make ahead, freeze, then cook. Do you think this recipe can be done that way? Good gluten free recipe, too! The quiche recipe I have uses a crust. I don’t know if this one being crustless would lend itself to freezing ahead and baking the morning of the event?
I have to be honest and say I don’t have the slightest idea if that will work. I’ve never frozen this type of egg dish before I cooked it. I am skeptical though, especially because of the tomatoes. If you try it, let us know how it works.
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Can’t wait to make this. I need to use the basil I have growing on my patio. My husband is not a big fan of cooked tomatoes, but I love them and sometimes you just need to cook the things your love.
I too collect cookbooks and started to purge them. Unfortunately, none of my children share my love of cookbooks.
Hope you enjoy Bobbie. I’m starting to think about what to do with my own cookbook collection as well!
Just want to say this I made this for a brunch I hosted and it was a HIT!!! It was also my first quiche so I was so happy everyone loved it 🙂 the combination of the cheeses in this dish is so delicious and the instructions about draining the tomatoes I think is key for sure because that could be really detrimental to skip that step!! The end step of broiling for asatheatics was perfect!
Thank you for an amazing recipe that I for sure will be making again!!!
Jenny, so glad to hear it was a hit!
Making this for sure this weekend. Love that your recipes are tested!
Thanks Diana, hope you enjoy!
I can't remember whether I sent you that book, though it sounds like something I would have done! I'm so envious of your garden tomatoes. This quiche is gorgeous.
Lydia, I might be remembering it wrong, but I am pretty sure you sent me the book, long ago when you were cleaning out books in Rhode Island!
Love the addition of the tomatoes in two separate steps – genius!
I made stuffed tomatoes yesterday for dinner, they were a tad too juicy, but still delicious! Need to blog on that sometime before I totally forget about it 😉
Thanks Sally! My first ones were definitely too wet but using Romas and "drying" the tomatoes really helped. I've never made stuffed tomatoes so look forward to seeing your recipe!
Looks soooo good! Especially with all the garden veggies and herbs this time of year.
Thanks Colleen, so glad you like it!