Sep062008
Breakfast Vegetable Pie
Filed under Breakfast by kristen at 1:22 pm on Sep 06 2008
I mentioned that on Labor Day I attempted a brand new recipe. It was OK but was missing something. So I set out to remake it and get it right. My idea was to make a healthy breakfast option that was easy and still tasty. I love pie so that is the direction that I went. I wanted a quiche but didn’t want to have something fatty. I had the idea to use shredded hash browns for the “crust”.
3 cups frozen shredded hashbrown potatoes, thawed
1/2 cup chopped onion (I used a red onion)
1 1/2 cup liquid egg substitute (Eggbeaters)
1 cup shredded zucchini
1/3 cup chopped mushrooms
1/2 cup shredded 2% cheddar cheese
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon original Mrs Dash
baking spray
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 9-inch pie plate with baking spray. In the bottom of the pie plate, press the shredded hash browns in to a crust form. Sprinkle the top of the hash browns with Mrs Dash seasoning. In a separate bowl, combine remaining ingredients. Pour the egg vegetable mixture over “crust”. Bake for 35 minutes or until knife comes out clean of the center.
Serve immediately.
I knew that the nutritional stats on this would be good but I didn’t realize how good.
1/8 of pie: 76.38 calories, 1.26 grams fat, 1.08 grams fiber
1/6 of pie: 101.83 calories, 1.68 grams fat, 1.43 grams fiber
1/4 of pie: 152.75 calories, 2.53 grams fat, 2.15 grams fiber
The picture of the pie is only 1/8 of a piece. I know in the future, I will be eating 1/4 of the pie. Chris really liked this. (He agreed that the first version wasn’t as good as it could have been). I knew when he had a second helping that I had a winner especially since Chris normally doesn’t eat breakfast. After Chris was done eating this, I asked him what I should call it. He said “Breakfast Pie”.
Note: I got out my hash browns the night before. I put them in a covered bowl in the refrigerator so they were thawed the next morning.
1 Micheleon 06 Sep 2008 at 6:05 pm
Looks yummy! I will be making this soon! I love the idea of hashbrowns!!
2 SeaShoreon 06 Sep 2008 at 6:47 pm
This looks really good! At 3 WW points for 1/4 pie, I’ll be trying it soon! Thanks for sharing.
3 Amberon 06 Sep 2008 at 7:31 pm
Wow, can’t wait to try this one. I even printed it out for the cookbook I am putting together of my favorites. I also printed out
a copy for my sister in FL. Thanks for all your wonderful creations.
By the way, I got me a case of the PB2 in was delivered on Thursday.
4 Kristenon 07 Sep 2008 at 6:15 am
Glad that everyone likes this idea. It really is tasty. The seasonings are a must to help the flavor. I thought the NI was awesome.
5 Amberon 09 Sep 2008 at 12:30 pm
This was awesome. Mom made it last night for supper!! Can’t say it enough—wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. I even brought the left over in for my lunch today. Thanks again Kristen.
6 Jane Liddingtonon 17 Aug 2009 at 10:14 am
Hi, Kristen
I really enjoy your website and this recipe looks good but as someone living in England I have never heard of Mrs Dash – original or otherwise! Can you tell me what it is please so I can try to find something similar here?
Many thanks
Jane
7 Kristenon 17 Aug 2009 at 10:21 am
Jane-Mrs Dash is a salt-free seasoning blend. It has a secret “recipe” of seasonings. I would say if you added some garlic powder, black pepper, onion powder, basil, parsley, and some cumin, you should be good. Or just some of your favorite spices would do.
Hope you enjoy it.
Kristen