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It’s not always easy to find time to cook. Bake an egg fast cheese quiche on the weekend to have easy egg fast friendly meals during the week.
I decided to extend my egg fast one more week. It’s really been helping me cut back on what I eat. I’m also finding that I don’t crave sweets as much as before.
To make things easy for me during the work week, I baked up an egg fast cheese quiche over the weekend. It should get me through the first few days.
One of the things I love about egg fast meals is that you only need three basic ingredients. You only need plenty of eggs, cheese, and butter or oil.
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For the healthy fat, I typically use either butter or avocado oil. And, I use both salted and unsalted butter.
My favorite egg fast meal is to just fry up a cheese omelette in a buttered pan. I find that it tastes even better when I brown up the butter first. It’s a quick and easy meal that I often make when I get home from work.
I’m hoping to make another batch of egg fast cloud bread this week. They are perfect for a quick snack. I also like to make egg salad sandwiches with them.
You can use any cheese in this egg fast cheese quiche. I used a whole 8 ounce block of cheddar cheese.
It’s best to grate the cheese yourself. This is because pre-shredded cheese contains anti-caking powder that’s usually high carb.
I used a food processor to grate the cheese, but a box or hand grater will do. I used the food processor to blend up the egg mix too. If you don’t have a food processor, you can just use a blender or hand mixer.
I used a dozen eggs to make this egg fast cheese quiche. I got the idea of making an egg fast quiche from Amanda at My Tootie Foodie. She topped her quiche off with a bacon hollandaise sauce to make it egg fast friendly.
My egg fast cheese quiche is made to be egg fast friendly so you won’t need to add anything to it. It’s got the perfect ratio of eggs, fat, and optional cheese.
If you’re interested in doing an egg fast, I am planning one more post at the end of the week that should help you get started. When I finish up this last week, I’m probably going to continue to egg fast every other day.
I’ve been doing really well keeping my eating under control so I don’t want jump back into regular low carb high fat eating to quickly. One thing I do need to do is up my fat a bit more and cut back on sweets.
As mentioned in my previous post, I have a feeling that low carb sweets are making me gain weight.
There really isn’t a need to eat sweet foods once you become fully keto adapted. However, I do enjoy them so I don’t think I’ll give them up completely.
Do you eat a lot of low carb sweet treats? Have you found that they make you hungrier? Would you be able to give up sweet foods for good?
Low Carb Keto Egg Fast Cheese Quiche
Egg Fast Cheese Quiche
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cheddar cheese grated and divided
- 12 large eggs
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened
- 12 tablespoons butter melted (I used unsalted)
- salt and pepper to taste optional
Instructions
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Dump all but about a half cup of the cheese into a 9.5-inch pie pan.
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Add eggs and cream cheese to a food processor or blender.
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Process eggs and cream while slowly pouring in melted butter.
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Pour egg mixture over cheese in pie pan.
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Sprinkle reserved grated cheese over top.
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Bake at 325°F for about 45 minutes or until outside is set and middle is only a little jiggly.
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Remove from oven and cool on rack for a few minutes before slicing.
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Store leftovers in refrigerator for up to a week or freezer for longer storage.
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Cortney says
Hi. So if you eat 1 slice it counts as 1 egg and 1 fat or is it 2:2?
Lisa says
It would be a little more than 1 egg and 1 fat as there are 12 eggs in the quiche. The ratio is still 1:1.
Dee says
Mine is in the oven now. I am not on an egg fast. We just have a lot of eggs to use up and one of my daughters wanted me to make quiche. I wanted some ham and broccoli in it, so we chopped up some sliced ham and steamed a 1# bag of cut broccoli and added them on top of the cheese. After all that, I added the quiche mixture (1 recipe) to my 2 pie pans. One recipe was just enough to fill both pans. I’ve never made a quiche that turned out well (probably because I keep changing the recipe, lol), so we shall see how it turns out. I love how super simple this recipe is, so I hope it turns out and my family likes it. Thank you. ❤
Lisa says
Hope you guys loved it as much as I do!
Pariss says
This quiche is amazing! I’m currently on day 3 of an egg fast and have eaten this for 3 of my meals now, it’s delicious! Thank you for the recipe.
Lisa says
You’re welcome Pariss! This is my go to recipe for meal prep when going on an egg fast.
janna debruler says
Yum! great recipe ~ simple yet delicious. I added in different cheeses myself. turned out great.
Thanks for the information.
Lisa says
Glad it worked out for you!
Mignon Elion says
This quiche was delicious. Tried it last week. It was even kid approved! Thank you for sharing this with us.
Lisa says
Kids love cheese!
Leen Neuman says
Made it today and it’s awesome! Thank you for posting!
Lisa says
Glad it was a hit for you Leen!
Angela Ausborn says
I just made the quiche. It looks so good! I will be eating it tomorrow. I have been on an egg fast for three days now. I’m down 3 pounds! Excited to continue the journey. Thanks for sharing!
Lisa says
Congrats on the weight loss. Just be careful when transitioning back so you don’t gain too much back.
Elna says
It sounds so easy and tasteful, but what do you do when you are allergic to the protein in the egg white? Very frustrating!!!!!!
Lisa says
You’d be better off with Fat Fast recipes that don’t have eggs. Or do just yolks if that’s ok.
Monica says
Elna, i am not sure how it would work for you but some people that cannot tolerate or are allergic to eggs can eat duck eggs with no problem. good luck!
Shirley says
I just love, this. My weight has stalled, so I started the egg fast today.. Started the low carb, 3 weeks ago and has lost only 3 lbs. Today in total I had 6 eggs. 2 for breakfast with mayo, and 4 for dinner with mayo. Tomorrow, I am going to make the Oopsies Bread. Am I able to eat this doing my 3 day egg fast, or just wait after 3 days to start eating them? Also you can add cheese, to the 3 day egg fast?
Lisa says
You can eat all that on an egg fast. The general rules are a tablespoon of fat with each egg and optional ounce of cheese. Oopsie rolls can fit into an egg fast. Just don’t add extras that add more than a carb at your meal.
LB says
How long can you be on the egg fast diet or can it be a regular lifestyle even once you have reached your goal weight?
Lisa says
I don’t think there is a limit. Some people have gone a month or more.
Laci says
I made this but there it literally a pool of melted butter in the middle. I measured 12 tablespoons of butter (stick kind so one and a half sticks) and melted it then put it in as instructed. Was I supposed to melt butter then measure of 12 tbsp of melted butter?? Does that make a difference? Mine doesn’t look like yours at all. It’s not jiggly and a knife comes out clean so the eggs are cooked there’s just a literal pool of butter on top in the middle.
Lisa says
I melted and then blended the butter in. It was buttery, but didn’t pool up.
JT says
It happened to mine, too!
Lisa says
Me too! Ran over on my oven floor. Smoky mess. Too much butter?
Lisa says
Pan may have been too small, but the butter does tend to come out during baking. I’d put a pan under it or use a bigger baking pan.
Claire says
Low carb sweet treats always stall my weight loss! I’m finding they’re just as bad as the real thing for me!!
Can’t wait to try this quiche! I’m starting my second egg fast tomorrow, followed by Induction Atkins. It worked for me last time. Fingers crossed!
Lisa says
Good luck with the egg fast Claire! They always help me.
Heather says
All I can think is that would be good with bacon
Lisa says
It would be, if bacon were allowed on an egg fast. Maybe I’ll try it when I do a fat fast.
Fran says
Do you have suggestions on how to bake this in 12 silicone muffin cups?
Lisa says
You can just divide it between the cups and cook at a shorter time. You’d have to watch to determine when done.
Joann says
I made this recipe exactly by the instructions. Exactly. It turned out to what looks like a cup of butter just sitting in the middle of a cruseless quiche. very disappointed. Not a cheap dish.
Lisa says
Oven temps can vary a bit. It sounds like it yours wasn’t completely done. It should jiggle a little in middle but it should be cooked throughout.
Laci says
Mine did that too 🙁 I triple checked the butter and have 12 tbsp of melted butter in there. Perhaps the tbsp have to be measured after its melted? I’m not sure if melting it affects the volume?
Gayle Reinsma says
Must try! Where would the recipe for the egg fast cloud bread be located?
Lisa says
I use the recipe at https://lowcarbyum.com/egg-fast-cloud-bread-oopsie-rolls/
Karen says
Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. I am watching it bake in the oven as I type 🙂 DH and I are having for dinner with salad tonight and then lunches/dinner for the next 3 days. Really looking forward to it. It smells divine.
You asked about giving up sugar for good. Well, I gave up all sugar and artificial sweeteners for Lent this year, just to see, but it coincided with starting eating LCHF so seemed pretty easy to do. Since then, I have gone “off track” twice, both times made me pretty sick and took 4 days to get back into ketosis and feel “normal”. Since then, I haven’t bothered and so have never made any of the low carb desserts as I, like you, don’t feel they are necessary if one is listening to one’s body which should be full from the main course.
I love eating this way. It really suits me and I could never eat any other way again. I am 54yrs old and, for most of my life I have struggled with eating and weight issues, being diagnosed with PCOS, T2 Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Binge Eating Disorder. I have also spent most of my life thinking about food 24/7. LCHF has stopped all of this. I don’t think about food – I don’t really CARE about food! I have reversed the diabetes, my cholesterol has gone down without meds, and I have lost a stone (14lbs) which brings the total weight loss from my heaviest to 6st 10lbs (94lbs) – most of it years of struggling on a High Carb Low Fat diet. The weight is not dropping off but I feel incredible. I have so much energy that I go walking every day. I cannot praise it enough.
Thank you again for sharing recipes that stop me from living on the same things all the time lol
Lisa says
Enjoy the quiche! I’ve cut out sweets significantly, but still have a regular treat. I have gone several days without and really should make sweets only for occasional rewards. I only use half as much sweetener as I used to.
Karen says
Thanks again Lisa. The quiche is awesome and definitely a keeper!
Congratulations on reducing your sweets and sweetener 🙂 I read some articles that show that sweetener fools your body into thinking it is sugar and so can produce similar responses within the body…hence why I stopped 🙁
Please, please, please Lisa, reward yourself with clothes, with a manicure, with a pair of earrings, a lipstick…anything but food. Through therapy I have worked so hard on this, it’s such a common thing that we do 🙁 There was such a big issue there for me with this one, which enabled me to keep self-sabotaging with those food rewards <3 It is challenging to change this almost ingrained behaviour but it is well worth overcoming xx
Paula Moon says
This quiche is delicious! Thank you so much for sharing!
Lisa says
Glad you liked it Paula! 🙂
Stacia says
How many carbs. Do you list on recipe and I missed it?
Lisa says
It’s at the top right of the recipe card. 1.3g per slice for 1/6 of total recipe.
Jenna says
It says 8 servings @ 1.3 carb. Which is correct?
Lisa says
It’s 1.3g carbs per slice if you cut the quiche into 8 slices.
Christina says
How many “slices” do you eat per serving?
Lisa says
I eat 1/6 of the quiche per serving. It’s very filling.
Bunny says
Do you need to grease the pie pan at all?
Lisa says
There’s enough butter in this that it isn’t needed. It comes right out.
Eileen Jinks says
Does this recipe really use TWELVE tablespoons of butter it is that typo?
Lisa says
No typo. A fat fast should consume each egg with a tablespoon of fat. It’s a low carb HIGH FAT diet.
Brandy says
I am interested in doing an egg fast. Can you give me some information and do’s & dont’s?
Lisa says
You’ll want to eat a minimum of six eggs a day and have about a tablespoon of fat with each egg. I usually use butter, coconut oil, or avocado oil for the fat. You can also have up to an ounce of cheese per egg. Other food and seasonings can be used, but it’s best to keep them under 1 gram carb per serving. I hope to write up some more on egg fasting soon. If you want to try it, I recommend joining an egg fast Facebook group for support and ideas.