Mom's Spinach Quiche

Total Time: 1 hr 7 mins Preparation Time: 7 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach (or 2 cups cooked fresh spinach)
• 2 cups nonfat cottage cheese (or ricotta cheese)
• 3 large eggs
• 1/4 cup whole wheat flour (or any type of flour will work, gluten-free brown rice flour works well)
• 1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese (or any cheese will do)
• salt and pepper
• feta cheese (optional topping)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 thaw spinach in the microwave. (substitute - cook fresh spinach in skillet with a small amount of olive oil to make 2 heaping cups cooked).
• 3 in a large bowl mix together cottage cheese (substitute ricotta if desired), eggs and flour. then mix in the thawed spinach and shredded cheese and add salt and pepper to taste (about 4 shakes of salt and a couple shakes of pepper).
• 4 scoop mixture into 9" pie plate with our without pie crust and spread around evenly with a spatula.
• 5 no crust: bake for 45-60 mins or until fork in the center comes out clean and it is slightly browned around the edges (depending on the depth of the pan, cooking time will vary).
• 6 crust: bake for 1-1.25 hours. i do an 8" pie pan for 1 hour and 15 minutes. i recommend covering the edges of your crust with foil until the last 15 mins or so of baking (the thicker the crust, the less it will brown).
• 7 serve warm topped with crumbled feta cheese if desired.