I updated a recipe from the Better Homes and Garden cookbook to create a Quiche that was dairy free and crunchy! I love a slight, gentle crunch in soft warm Quiche and voila, it was found! I cheated and used a pre-made pie crust. I’ve always made my own but was curious to see how convenient one would be, so I picked up box at my local grocery store. You know, it was tasty. Instead of cow’s milk cheese I used dairy free Daiya cheddar and pepper jack flavors and soy milk and soy cream cheese replaced their cow’s milk version too. Quiche-dairy Free was yummy!
The dairy free Quiche was a HUGE success! Not only was it quick and easy to whip up the veggies were just right..not soggy but fresh and crisp! Now, instead of using a pie shaped pan, I only had a rectangle shaped dish on hand. I loaned out my pie plates and of course, can’t remember to whom. Therefore, I need to do some patch work on the crust.
The recipe calls for the pie crust to be pre-baked–which I found to be very easy too!
In general, I simply replaced dairy items with non-dairy, homemade pie crust with store-bought and since I feared the 1 cup of milk replaced with soy milk might be too overpowering, I used some soy cream cheese. In all honestly, this Quiche-dairy Free is very forgiving and it is easy to make recipe changes without fear of failure. I normal make my own crust, but my dad someone brought home a store bought pie dough that was allergy safe!
One of the hardest things I find about managing both life threatening food allergies and asthma is talking to others. I hate to be the one that might be perceived as demanding, pushing or for asking too much. What I now know, fourteen years later, is that honest, clear information presented with kindness works!..
Looks delicious! I may give it a try! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Gina,
It really was a winner! Even though my son is beginning to eat baked cheese, I can’t leave these kinds of recipes. They just taste good.
You could probably put a little actual dairy in there to get his quota of baked dairy in for the week 😉 Thanks for sharing such a yummy recipe that’s safe! I hadn’t even thought of doing a dairy free quiche.
Thanks Lindsey, you know how I struggle with remembering to give him dairy. Then I do remember, my own uncomftable self comes screaming out!