Recipe: Crustless Pea and Feta Quiche

These are essentially scrambled eggs baked in muffin tins, but I've made it all fancy calling it a crustless quiche for the adults.  You can put any cooked fillings you want in them really.  For the adults I sautéed some courgette in garlic and chilli flakes until super soft, and for MiniMe I just used some frozen peas. 

Pea and Feta Crustless Quiche (makes 3) 

Preheat your oven to 180C.  Place 3 silicone muffin cups on a baking tray. Sprinkle in about 5 or 6 peas and a bit of feta cheese (remember feta is salty so you don't want to use too much)into each muffin cup.  In a small measuring jug whisk 1 large egg with about 1 Tbsp of milk until the egg yolk is completely broken up. Pour the egg mixture into each muffin cup (about 1/2 way up the side).  Bake for 15-20 mins until the edges are slightly golden and the top no longer wobbles.  Let them cool completely before serving.  

Store in an air tight container in the fridge no longer than 2 days.  

** If you want to make a large crustless quiche, like I did for the adults...grease an 8 inch regular pie plate (not deep) and then lay your cooked veg, chicken, ham whatever inside.  Whisk 5 large eggs and 1/4 cup of milk in a measuring jug, season with salt and pepper if you want.  Pour over filling and top with grated cheese or crumbled feta.  bake for 25-30 mins until puffed up, golden and no longer wobbly.  

AND WE'RE BACK! A Catch up and some meal ideas

I've been struggling with a Babe who all of a sudden decided that the fantastic nap routine she FINALLY got on was NO GOOD and that she much rather nap on the go, which has meant that between that and 2 trips to Canada in the last couple of months I haven't had much time to sit down and post anything here. 

Over the past couple of months (from 10-12 months) I can't say that I have noticed any big changes in  MiniMe's approach to eating, her likes and dislikes, or her appetite.  She is still excited by food more often than not and even on the days when she isn't feeling well she will still eat most of what we are offering her.  

At 10.5 months her bottom 2 teeth FINALLY came through and we have noticed that she is trying to rip stuff like bread into smaller bites using them, but without the top guys it is still pretty difficult.  She definitely prefers her food in smaller bite-sized pieces. Every day I will offer her something in a bigger piece but she leaves it until I cut it up smaller (strips of chicken, toast, banana...anything).  The bite sized pieces I offer her are still large enough that she needs to gum them though. 

While we were away visiting family in Canada we ate out a lot and most places were very accommodating making us veggies without salt, sweet potato fries without salt, bringing a side of toast and peanut butter, or an extra scrambled egg.  She helped things, of course, with her big smiles and goo goo eyes.  I often ordered something that we could share and then a side of something else to share because the KIDS menus just weren't appealing. 

We are back home now, trying to get over the 2nd lot of jet lag and resume normal service.  Here are a few things we have had over the past couple of weeks to offer some inspiration. 

Breakfast: Corn Flakes softened in milk, banana and peanut butter and jam bread roll ups

Breakfast: Scrambled Egg with cheese, blueberry porridge bar and yogurt

Brunch: French Toast, scrambled egg, beans and yogurt

Snack: Peanut Butter with mashed banana (slices of banana and a coffee for mum) 

Dinner: Spaghetti Bolognese and broccoli 

I cut the spaghetti strands in thirds so they were easier to schlurp up 

Dinner: Beans, avocado and cheese

Dinner:  Pizza with cheese,ham and mushrooms (I make my own dough so there is no salt) 

Lunch: Minestrone Soup with Alphabet pasta and hummus bread roll ups