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This quick and simple recipe for crustless pizza mini quiches adds flavor and variety to any meal. Check how to make them and all the packing tips!
Crustless Mini Quiches with Pepperoni
My favorite family recipes are those that come together quickly, have relatively few ingredients, can be made ahead of time, and are simple enough for young kitchen helpers to assist in the making. Like these crustless pizza mini quiches!
Kids can help whisk the eggs, shred cheese, and even fill the mini muffin cups with the mixture. We make these quiches nearly every week. And each week one of my kids gets to pick what goes in them.
My daughter loves coming up with crazy combinations like broccoli and ham, tomatoes and bacon, and the biggest fail to date: apples and cinnamon (not a good combination with eggs). Some of the better ones were zesty mini quiches, spinach and bacon, and ham and cheese.
Ingredients
Just like traditional pizza, you can make these mini quiches with your favorite toppings. Eggs and milk are the base (instead of pizza crust) and the variety of toppings you can add in is unlimited! Here’s what I included this time:
- Eggs: essential to bind the ingredients.
- Milk: any dairy or non-dairy milk.
- Pizza toppings: I usually add pepperoni and olives, you can add your favorites. If adding meat, make sure is cooked. More ideas below.
- Shredded cheese: mozzarella, cheddar, Swiss, or any other cheese you like!
How to Make Pizza Mini Quiches
Before jumping to the printable recipe card, take a look at the steps and tips to make these crustless pizza mini quiches and you’ll see why it is so easy to involve the kids in the process:
- Prep
Preheat the oven and grease a muffin pan. You can use a 24-cup mini muffin pan or a regular 12-cup muffin pan. - Combine
Whisk eggs with milk, and then add cheese and the pizza toppings. - Bake
The baking time will vary depending on the size of your muffin pan. - Enjoy!
Allow them to cool down before serving or packing for lunch.
Check out how easy it is to make these pizza mini quiches in this quick video:
Best Mini Quiche Mix-Ins
These mini quiches are great to open the fridge, check what leftovers you have, and use them in this recipe! Here are delicious and nutritious mix-ins ideas:
- Olives
- Pepperoni
- Mushrooms
- Cooked bacon
- Ham
- Sausage
- Cottage cheese
- Carrots and zucchini
- Bell peppers
- Spinach
- Salsa
- Pico de gallo
- Peas
- Black beans
Storing and Reheating Leftovers
Whether you have leftovers or bake them to enjoy during the week, allow them to cool down, place them in an airtight container or zip bag, and store them in the fridge for up to 3 days. Microwave them for 30 seconds to reheat.
You can also freeze these pizza mini quiches for up to 2 months inside a freezer-safe zip bag and reheat them in the microwave for about 1 minute.
How to Pack Mini Quiches for Work Lunch
Mini quiches are a terrific meal builder you can eat at room temperature or warm. To enjoy them cold, store them in the main compartment of your lunchbox. If you want them warm, microwave for 1 minute, flipping them halfway through. Transfer immediately to a thermos container and close the lid.
Pizza Mini Quiches
Ingredients
- 6 eggs
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1 cup of your choice of pizza toppings, chopped
- 1 cup shredded cheese
Instructions
Prep:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease 24 count mini muffin pan or a regular 12-cup muffin pan.
Combine:
- In a large bowl, whisk eggs and milk. Add in chopped pizza toppings and shredded cheese. Mix to combine all ingredients.
- Distribute egg mixture evenly into muffin pan cups.
Bake:
- Bake for 15-18 minutes. If using a regular-sized muffin tray (yields 12) the baking time is approximately 26 to 28 minutes.
- Allow mini quiches to cool in pan before carefully removing with a small knife or spatula.
Morgan says
I have a picky 3 year old and have found she’s more interested in eating her lunch if she’s been a part of packing it. So I prep the night before almost everything and then have her help me with the lats step in the morning (tossing in some sliced apples or a few raisins for example), then we talk about what a yummy lunch she has packed for school that day, and its much more likely to be eaten!
Katie says
Great idea! I am putting all of this on my grocery list!
My youngest son loves to help in the kitchen. He is my official “pourer and mixer”. My older son is pretty intimidated by the kitchen, but yesterday, I showed him and had him make his own grilled cheese sandwich. I think after finally doing it, he realized it wasn’t too scary. 🙂
julie says
I have never had to ask my kids to help me in the kitchen, they always want to! I started my son when he was high enough to stand on a chair and reach the counter. They love to mix and measure and stir. I rarely ASK them to help, I let them come to me. If I ask them to help they feel obligated and then don’t want to help. It seems like anything Mom does and doesn’t ask them to help with is something they want to help with!
Samantha Stewart says
My parents always gave my brother and I wee jobs in the kitchen, and always made it fun. They turned it into a game really. The older we got the more information they included about the food and flavours and what went together and why.
As a result, my brother and I became big foodies or food-lovers, and when the time comes for us to have a brood of our own, I know for a fact we will follow in our parent’s footsteps!
Laura Fuentes says
this is super encouraging Samantha! Thank you for sharing
Amy says
I’ve been fortunate insofar as my kids are generally pretty decent eaters, and the food making process is often intriguing to them. That being said, I still make an extra effort to have colorful and child sized utensils/tools that are both functional and available for them. We like to turn some fun music on and bop around the kitchen together. They get to have some input often, and they see the effort that goes into their food.
Laura Fuentes says
I love that you have music in the kitchen Amy!