Vegetable Quiche

With a wide array of fresh vegetables and beautiful chicken eggs available from our farm, we thought a delicious quiche would be a perfect meal to make this weekend.

You can pick up all these veggies at The Barefoot Farmers Market from 8 a.m. - 12noon this Saturday at 3379 Honeydew Lane New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168.

Ingredients

Serves 8 hurry tummies!

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• 1 (9 inches) unbaked deep-dish pie crust

• 1 tablespoon olive oil

• ½ cup sliced onion

• ½ cup chopped green bell pepper

• ½ cup mushrooms, sliced

• ½ cup chopped zucchini

• 1 large tomato, sliced

• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

• 2 teaspoons dried basil

• 3 eggs, beaten

• ½ cup milk

• ½ teaspoon salt

• ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

• 1 ½ cups shredded cheese (your selection)

Directions

Step 1

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Step 2

• Bake pie crust in the preheated oven until firm, about 8 minutes. Remove crust from oven and set aside. Reduce oven heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 3

• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion, green bell pepper, mushrooms, and zucchini in hot oil until soft, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove vegetables from skillet and set aside.

Step 4

• Sprinkle tomato slices with flour and basil; cook in the skillet for 1 minute per side.

Step 5

• Whisk eggs, milk, salt, and pepper together in a small bowl.

Step 6

• Spread 1 cup Colby-Monterey Jack cheese in the bottom of pie crust. Layer vegetable mixture over the cheese and top with the tomatoes. Pour egg mixture into pie shell. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup cheese atop the quiche.

Vegetable Quiche

• Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool 5 minutes before serving.