Swiss Cheese & Spinach Quiche

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• pastry dough, for one single crust pie (store bought or homemade)
• 4 slices bacon, diced
• 1/4 cup chopped onion
• 1/4 cup chopped sweet red pepper
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
• 4 eggs (or 2 cups egg substitute)
• 1/2 cup cottage cheese
• 1/4 cup shredded swiss cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 6 tablespoons sour cream

Recipe

• 1 on a lightly floured surface, unroll pastry and transfer to a 9-inch pie plate.
• 2 trim pastry to 1/2 inch beyond the edge of the plate and flute edges.
• 3 line unpricked pastry with a double thickness of heavy duty aluminum foil.
• 4 bake at 450 for 8 minutes, remove foil and bake for another 5 minutes.
• 5 cool on a wire rack and reduce the oven to 350.
• 6 in a small skillet cook the bacon, onions and red pepper until the veggies are tender and drain.
• 7 stir in the spinach.
• 8 spoon spinach mixture into pastry.
• 9 in a small bowl, combine the eggs, cottage cheese, swiss cheese and seasonings.
• 10 pour over spinach mixture.
• 11 bake for 35 - 40 minutes or until a knife inserted near center comes out clean.
• 12 let rest for 10 minutes before cutting.
• 13 serve with sour cream.