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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.
Jennifer says
I love your ideas and recipes in your book, Laura.
To get my kids involved in the kitchen, we bake. I have two young sons and they love homemade treats such as homemade granola, cookies, crackers, etc. We eat organic and homemade because it’s better for our health and I always point this out to my boys. Of course, I do relax and let them eat potato chips and chocolate once in awhile, too because the more I deny them something the more they will want it and rebel later.
Instead we spend time talking about healthy foods and the importance of making things from scratch. My oldest son, who is 4, tasted a new cereal bought from the store the other day and said, “Mama, this is just sugar.” Obviously he is used to eating homemade foods with little added sugar and wouldn’t eat the cereal I bought from the store. This made me happy and sad because I have been so busy lately that I have not had time to make the normal breakfasts that we have and tried to cheat with store bought cereal.
In regards to this recipe, I am a big quiche maker! We have chickens and always have eggs in the house so I often make quiches for dinner and the leftovers become lunch! It’s healthy and easy on busy weeknights. There are tons of combinations and I use whatever I have in the fridge at the time. In fact tonight we had mushroom, spinach, ham and cheese. My kids love eggs and are adventurous eaters, which makes cooking easier.
I am forever cleaning out lunchboxes at night to pack lunch for the next day and lately my oldest is leaving his lunch supplies at school and that leaves me short-handed on supplies for the next day’s lunch.
Leah says
My five-year-old helps out in the kitchen when I’m baking. He helps measure ingredients and mix them together. He also gets to choose a couple of the items that go into his lunchbox (within reason). He’s a pretty good eater, so he normally just asks for specific kinds of fruit. He loves to go to the grocery store with me and pick things out in the produce department. We talk about different fruits and vegetables. If we talk about something often enough, he will eventually ask me to buy it and then he’ll try it. Usually takes months to get him to that point, but it’s a good way to ease him into trying new things and making it feel like it was his idea!
Allison says
Love the tips and recipes…
I ask my middle son to read the recipe I’m preparing and pull out the ingredients I need…and of course they help with clean up
grace says
I have a boy and he loves to bake (not much in cooking). So I encourage him to help me with baking cookies or simple bread. And let him prepares breakfast in the weekend, he loves making pancakes. And he helps by letting me know ideas to cook or food to bring to school for lunch. 🙂
Karlie says
My kids like to help any time I ask. Smoothies are a particular favorite to help with. I work part-time, so I try to make plenty of meals on my days off so I don’t have to cook dinner when I come home from work and so we have ready to go food for lunches.