1. Fresh fruit rainbow. Arrange fruits such as red grapes, green grapes, mandarin oranges, strawberries, blueberries, or chunks of melon into a rainbow shape. A fresh fruit platter with the Luck of the Irish.
2. Green bell peppers as shamrocks. Thinly slice a whole bell pepper cross wise. Save a few slices to cut into stems. Serve with a low fat dip made from Greek yogurt.
3. Shamrock chips made from spinach tortillas. Using a cookie cutter in the shape of a shamrock, cut out festive shapes from whole spinach tortillas or sandwich wraps. Bake in the oven at 400 for 5-7 minutes or until crisp. Serve with pot of gold cheesy dip.
4. Miniature spinach quiche. Using a basic spinach quiche recipe of frozen spinach, eggs, milk, and Swiss cheese, make mini-quiches perfect for finger foods at a party. For an easy crust, use Phyllo dough or crescent rolls.
5. Guacamole deviled eggs. Sort of along the lines of Green Eggs and Ham, but with a St. Patrick's Day flair. Just add some avocado to a basic deviled egg recipe and you have a high-protein, low sugar, low carb green party food.
Easy Spinach Quiche Recipe
Make a healthy spinach and cottage cheese quiche or lower-calorie soufflé with one easy recipe.Bake inside a flaky pie shell for a rich quiche sure to impress guests, or skip the crust and create a light soufflé without the shell.
Quiche or Soufflé From One Easy Recipe
For a more low-key healthful meal, serve as a soufflé without the crust using reduced fat, fat-free, and/or cholesterol-free ingredients. When preparing dishes for parties or special guests, use the richer, full-fat ingredients and crust to make a delicious statement. Whether baking the quiche or soufflé, however, fat-free cottage cheese and fat-free shredded mozzarella will create an even healthier low-fat version of this delicious favorite, while sacrificing only a little flavor.
Easy Spinach Quiche:
Ingredients:- 1 10-ounce package frozen chopped spinach (thawed)
- 1 pint cottage cheese (use fat-free to reduce fat and calories)
- 3 large eggs (use egg substitutes to lower cholesterol content)
- 6 ounces of shredded cheddar cheese (use mozzarella or fat-free mozzarella to reduce fat content)
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons all purpose flour
- dash of salt
- dash of pepper
- 9-inch regular dish pie crust (for quiche)
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Thaw frozen spinach, either overnight in the refrigerator or in the microwave (use low power level 3/defrost level in one-minute increments until thawed). When using the microwave do not cook the spinach or let the edges become dried out.
- Drain water from thawed spinach. Allowing water to remain in the mixture impedes proper baking.
- Place thawed, drained spinach in large mixing bowl.
- Crack three large eggs in a separate small bowl. Beat eggs lightly and add to spinach.
- Combine the rest of ingredients into the large bowl and stir gently until thoroughly mixed.
- For quiche: Pour mixture into pie pan with 9-inch regular dish pie crust. For soufflé: Pour into greased soufflé baking dish.
- Bake for one hour or until top is firm. Cool for 5-10 minutes before serving.
- Not recommended for microwave preparation. Serve with side garden salad and fresh fruit to make a complete meal.
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