Cauliflower crusted seafood & broccoli quiche


As promised earlier, I made a super healthy lunch. In fact it was so healthy that I can feel myself turning green and developing gills and feathers as we speak... Each portion (1/4 of the total) was no more than 140 calories and it would go nicely with a side salad. I opted for a tomato.

4 eggs
250 g pre-made seasoned cauliflower rice
50 ml semi skimmed milk
100 par-boiled broccoli
100 g prawns
100 g mussels
30 g leek
seasoning



Thoroughly mix the cauliflower rice with 1 egg.


Press the mixture in the a small pie dish and make sure it is fairly even all over.


Pre-bake the crust at 200 degrees for approximately 20 minutes, until it feels dry.


Add broccoli and leak...


... then seafood.


 Whisk the remaining 3 eggs with milk and seasoning. 
I used salt, pepper, chilli flakes, leaf coriander and dill.


Pour the mixture over the filling.


A quiche normally takes 25 minutes to cook at 200 degrees, but as there was so much wet 
filling in this one, it took almost the double. As you can see in this photo, the middle was 
still runny, so it went back into the oven for another 10-15 minutes. 

It was well worth the wait. A lovely lunch and there is more for tomorrow. Woohoo!

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