Egg cups (or ) Quiche toast cups

You may use any combination of permitted vegetables and low-fat cheese to make this recipe. If you use a muffin tin , then you may also freeze extras and reheat them when needed. 

These are made using sandwich bread, filled with a quiche mixture made with eggs, onion, spinach, tomato, bell pepper and cheese . Who can resist these cute little bites ?

Preparation time : 25 mins

Makes : 6

Ingredients :

Sandwich bread slices : 6 

Eggs : 2 to 3 

Shredded cheese : 1/3 cup

Milk : 2/3 cup

Diced onion : 1/4 cup

Diced Green or red bell pepper : 1/4 cup

Cut Spinach : 1/4 cup

Diced Tomato : 1/4 cup

Coriander leaves : 2 tsp 

Green chilis : one or two

Salt : to taste

Method :

Preheat oven to 350F. 

Cut bread into rounds of just cut crusts off. I used a glass - the perfect size to cut rounds to fit into muffin tins out of bread, pastry etc..

Use a rolling pin to flatten the bread.

(This recipe does not work with stale bread because you cannot flatten it and when you try to mould it into the muffin tray, it will crumble)

Lightly spray 6 muffin tin wholes with oil, then press the bread into the muffin tin.

Place in oven for 3 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside.

The toast cups should not be browned, just a bit dry ( like "toast")

(This's one big "must do" with making these cute little bites. You must, must, must  pop the toast cups into the oven for a few minutes before pouring the egg mixture in. Otherwise the egg mixture will just get sucked right into the bread and you'll end up with soggy cups rather than toast cups filled with cheesy quiche filling. )

Add the egg , cheese, milk, onions, peppers, tomato , spinach, coriander leaves, green chili and salt in a mixing bowl, and whisk it with a fork. 

Divide the mixture evenly among muffin cups.(Around 3 tbsp of egg mixture in each cup)

Immediately place in the oven.

If you take too long between pouring the egg mixture into the toast cups and putting it in the oven, the egg will start soaking into the bread.

Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until the top is lightly golden and the filling is set.

Remove from oven and rest for 5 minutes before serving.

The filling will be puffed up but it will deflate while resting.

Serve them warm.

Enjoy your dish :)
For a variation , you can use even roti or tortilla instead of bread and the filling are endless, if you are non vegetarian , you can include your favorite ingredient. 

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