I happen to love smoked salmon quiche. Recently I set out to make my favorite recipe and of course I saw that it called for equal parts of milk and half-n-half, lots of cheese and no vegetables. Well I know I can do better than that, so I made my favorite crust and prebaked it for 10 minutes. Then the magic started. I had a cup of cooked broccoli and a cup of cooked beet greens and some 1% cultured buttermilk. I spread the bottom with broccoli pieces and then a layer of cooked chopped beet greens which is pressed to remove the excess moisture. Then the swiss cheese went in and I made the egg/milk mixture with half 1% milk and half 1% cultured buttermilk with the requisite eggs (I use omega+) which covered the vegetables. Finally, I added a generous amount of smoked salmon and topped with a little parmesan cheese. This was baked using my standard recipe time and temp. The result was delicious, as good as it looks.
The point is that you don’t have to give up good food to eat healthy. You just have to cook smarter and don’t be afraid of making your favorites a little different next time.
Ken Corliss, OD
Diplomate, American Board of Optometry
(253) 845-0585