Jiffy Mix Impossible Vegetable Quiche (Yuck.)

Overview
This overly creamy "non-quiche" vegetable casserole does not know what it wants to be.

Recipe Source

I am always looking for new and creative ways to stay within our $50 per week dinner budget. When it is my week to cook, I begin my meal planning by scouring the pantry, refrigerator and freezer for ingredients that we have on hand that I can use to start a recipe. This typically leads me to new websites with recipe ideas I have not seen before. This is the the process that led me to http://www.jiffymix.com/ and to this recipe. I had Jiffy Baking Mix and a bag of mixed vegetables in the freezer; not to mention, I love quiche. So, I gave this recipe a try.

Recipe

½ Cup Jiffy Baking Mix

½ Cup Chopped Onion

½ Cup Mozzarella Cheese

2 Eggs

½ Cup Cottage Cheese

½ Cup Milk

½ Cup Sour Cream

2 Tbsp. Butter or Margarine, melted.

1 Pkg. (10 oz) Frozen Chopped Broccoli or Mixed Vegetables, thawed

1 Tomato, peeled and thinly sliced

¼ Cup Grated Parmesan Cheese

Sprinkle of Paprika

Preheat oven to 350.° Grease 10” round pan.

Sprinkle onion on bottom of prepared pan. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top. In separate bowl, beat eggs well.  Add cottage cheese, milk, sour cream, baking mix and margarine or butter, blend well. Fold in broccoli and pour into pan. Lay tomato slices on top. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese and paprika over all. Bake 25-30 minutes.

Complete Protein= Eggs. Dairy.

Tips 
I followed this recipe to a T. After 30 minutes in the oven, the center was still jiggly and looked uncooked. I cooked it an additional 25 minutes. I honestly do not have any tips for this recipe because I have no idea what went wrong.

Reviews

Veggie- I love quiche and this dish is unlike any quiche I have ever made. After cooking it additional time in the over, the cooked texture was gelatinous and mushy. It had so much promise....so many ingredients that I love. When I sat down to eat his dish the first time, I couldn't get past the first bite because of the texture. The second time I sat down to this dish, I covered it in a cup of cooked frozen corn with a bit of margarine and cheese mixed in. The crunch of the corn at least allowed me to get through my serving.

Meaty- I about keeled over both the first and second time we ate this dish because the Meaty of the family ate it up. He said it had a good flavor, strange consistency, and that it should at least be rated as Worth a Try. I'm using my veto power on that ranking. Yuck!

Baby- Baby would not touch the serving on his plate either the first or second meal. The second time around, he noticed that my serving (with the addition of corn) looked a little different than his. He was interested, so I loaded my fork and gave him a sample off my plate. I airplaned the fork into his mouth in hopes of leading him to believe it had a good taste. I wish I could capture in words the reaction my son had. He closed his eyes and rolled it around in his mouth. He grimaced, furled his eye brows, choked a couple of times (as my husband said, "Power through it!") and finally swallowed. Poor kid! I'm so proud of him for trying it but felt awful watching him try to swallow that pile of Yuck.

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