Recipe: Goat Cheese and Asparagus Quiche!

As most of you already know, my youngest son is allergic to almost everything dairy*, which means I've had to be a lot more creative with recipes! This is a yummy quiche I modified using recipes by Martha Stewart and Milk Allergy Companion. The result was a tasty, dairy-free alternative to the standard quiche. It would be easy to modify it to be gluten-free, too!

Goat Cheese and Asparagus Quiche with Hash Brown Crust

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons butter, melted (*the only dairy that the kiddo isn't allergic to)
• 1 package (1 pound) of frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed
• 7 eggs
•  3/4 cup unsweetened almond coconut milk (I used the Almond Breeze brand)
• salt and pepper to taste
• goat cheese (I use a Trader Joe's variety made with veggie-based rennet)
• 1 tsp. nutmeg
•  3 Tbls. flour
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 shallot, diced
• bunch of asparagus, bottom 1/4 of the stems removed (you can save them for vegetable stock)
• 1 Tbls. olive or coconut oil

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Brush a pie pan (8-9 inches) with butter, or you can use parchment paper like I did.
2. Squeeze excess moisture from hash browns and mix in a bowl with butter, 1 egg, 1 teaspoon coarse salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Pat into bottom and up sides of prepared pan. Place on a rimmed baking sheet and bake until set, 15 to 20 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, heat oil in pan over medium heat. Add shallots and asparagus and saute until tender.
4. Whisk eggs, almond coconut milk, salt, pepper, nutmeg, flour and baking powder until well combined. Add in crumbed goat cheese; I used 1/3 cup. I also added some diced baked potatoes I had left over from a previous dinner (optional).
5. Arrange shallots and asparagus on the bottom of the hash browns crust and pour egg mixture over the top. Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Enjoy!

  {Please excuse the poor picture. I barely have time to photograph food before it's consumed in my house, and the camera on my phone can only be expected to do so much!}

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