Simple Christmas Morning Quiche

Simple Christmas Morning Quiche is the crowd-pleasing holiday breakfast you’ve been looking for. Sun-dried tomatoes and spinach not only add to the festive colors of this dish, but also share the gift of antioxidants to start your day. If your house is full of family and friends, this hearty, high-protein breakfast is sure to please vegetarians and meat-eaters alike. You can prep or fully bake this quiche in advance, giving you more time to enjoy Christmas morning. Keep reading for our expert tips for perfect quiche.  

Tips from the EatingWell Test Kitchen

These are the key tips we learned while developing and testing this recipe in our Test Kitchen to make sure it works, tastes great and is good for you too! 

• For the best texture, it’s important to cook out any extra moisture from the vegetables before adding them to the egg mixture.
• Remove your quiche from the oven when the edges are set and the center has a slightly jiggly texture. If you bake quiche too long, it can become rubbery and dense. 
• Add some crumbled cooked sage breakfast sausage to your quiche to give it an extra level of delicious flavor and holiday aroma.
• Use muffin tins to bake the quiche for personal-size servings or single-serve breakfast portions—perfect for holiday guests.

Nutrition Notes

• Sun-dried tomatoes contain an antioxidant called lycopene—which can lower inflammation in the body. Sun-dried and cooked tomatoes have higher amounts of lycopene than fresh tomatoes, so they make a healthy (and delicious!) addition to any meal to gain some anti-inflammatory benefits. 
• Spinach is high in lutein and zeaxanthin, two antioxidants that are important to maintain good eye health as you age. You get even more lutein and zeaxanthin per bite in cooked spinach than raw spinach because the nutrients are more concentrated. 
• You might know that eggs have protein, but they are also high in a nutrient called choline, which is essential for good brain health. Make sure you eat the yolks; that’s where you’ll find the choline.