Pie for dinner?  Yes, please!  Adding eggs into our dinner lineup is a great way to keep it balanced and interesting.  And scrumptious!

This is an easy recipe that I modified from dineanddish.net

Happy Cooking!  ~ Gena

 

 

Ingredients:

5 cups fresh spinach (about 8 oz.)

4 eggs

1 cup milk

1  1/2 cups half and half or cream

3/4 t. salt

1/2 t. pepper

1/2 cup fresh grated Parmesan cheese

2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

1 pie crust for a deep dish 9″ pie plate  (click here for best ever pie crust recipe)

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• Using foil, make a ring the size of outer edge of pie plate.  (see picture below)
•  In a large bowl, whisk eggs, milk, cream, salt and pepper.
• Add spinach and cheese and mix well.
• Pour into crust and push spinach down with a fork to let some of the egg mixture rise to the top a little.  Sometimes I do this several times in the first 10 minutes of baking to keep the spinach from getting dried out too fast.  A little crust on top is inevitable though.
• Bake for 60-75 minutes.   After about 20 min. (or when crust is light golden brown,) place foil ring around crust to keep from burning.  When done, center may be a tiny bit wobbly but it will set up as it cools.
• Let cool for 10 minutes before serving.

Enjoy!!