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This delicious recipe came from Southern Living magazine back in 1986. I used to make it often when we'd have guests for brunch.

As I was going through old recipes today, I looked at it and realized that if you simply baked it in a pie pan but left off the piecrust, it was quite low carb. I made it for dinner tonight, and it was as delish as I remembered!


Pizza Quiche

1 cup ricotta cheese
1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
3 eggs
1/2 cup grated parmesan
1/2 pound hot Italian sausage
1 3.5 oz package sliced pepperoni
Pizza sauce (optional)


Preheat oven to 350. Spray a deep dish pie pan with non-stick spray.

Remove sausage from casings and brown and crumble in skillet. Drain on paper towels. While sausage browns, place eggs and cheeses in food processor and pulse until well-blended. Add pepperoni and pulse a few times until chopped. Add drained sausage and pulse another time or two, until just mixed.

Pour mixture into prepared pan. Bake for 35 minutes, until set and golden brown.

Heat pizza sauce and spoon over each serving, if desired. (Not included in carb count.)

Yield: 6 slices, 3.3 grams carb per slice. (Carb count may vary depending on brands you use. My Italian sausage was 1 carb per sausage, and I used 2.5 of them. My ricotta was 2 grams per quarter cup.)

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Jessica
Low-carbing since 6-21-09
Simeon's Protocol
Loading 7/11-12, total lost: 24.6 pounds so far! (224/165/165)

This does sound good, I was looking for something different and I love ricotta.

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177/146/140 F 55 8/19/02
Carrie

Want to add that Ragu jarred pizza sauce in the "Homemade Style" flavor has about the lowest carbs I've seen--4 net carbs for 1/4 cup, or 1 carb for a measuring tablespoon--which is just the right amount for one slice of quiche!

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Jessica
Low-carbing since 6-21-09
Simeon's Protocol
Loading 7/11-12, total lost: 24.6 pounds so far! (224/165/165)

Jessica,
This recipe sounds wonderful.
I am a recovering pizza addict and this might just do the trick

Wow...I made this last night and my son and I LOVED IT!! My son said "we are definitely having this again!". It was so easy to make too. Thanks so much for sharing it.

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Jane
Started Atkins 4/2003~198lbs. Fall/2003~151 lbs. Restarted 4/20/09~ 183/127/127 Maintenance
You don't get better at something by not doing it. (Mike Dirnt, Green Day)

It is tasty, isn't it? Glad you enjoyed!

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Jessica
Low-carbing since 6-21-09
Simeon's Protocol
Loading 7/11-12, total lost: 24.6 pounds so far! (224/165/165)

A slice of pizza quiche topped with 1 T. Ragu Homemade Style pizza sauce:

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Jessica
Low-carbing since 6-21-09
Simeon's Protocol
Loading 7/11-12, total lost: 24.6 pounds so far! (224/165/165)

Oh lord - please tell me this is induction friendly!

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If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
— Thomas Paine

Jennifer (218.6/218.6/160)5' 7.5" ... 48 yrs old
(restarted 1st Jan, '13 - 2 yrs after last restart)

Ricotta is a rung 2 item. But this is definitely a keeper until you get there.

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Jane
Started Atkins 4/2003~198lbs. Fall/2003~151 lbs. Restarted 4/20/09~ 183/127/127 Maintenance
You don't get better at something by not doing it. (Mike Dirnt, Green Day)