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    This Easy Ham Quiche recipe started with a refrigerated pie crust or you can make your own! It’s filled with ham, cheese, green onions and perfectly seasoned. The perfect breakfast, dinner, or holiday brunch item!

    I think maybe you know by now how much we love eggs — for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! This easy ham quiche is right at the top of our list for all 3 😉

    This Easy Ham Quiche recipe started with a refrigerated pie crust or you can make your own! It's filled with ham, cheese, green onions and perfectly seasoned. The perfect breakfast, dinner, or holiday brunch item! #eggs #breakfast #brunch #ham #dinner #recipe

    I shared this recipe first on Spend With Pennies.

    One thing I don’t love? Pie crust.

    I know, I know — maybe you think I’m crazy. Who doesn’t love PIE?!?

    But give me cake, a cookie, ice cream, a candy bar, or just about anything else, and I will gladly let you have my piece of pie.

    So when I’m making a quiche? It’s all about the filling here, which is why this ham quiche recipe uses a premade, refrigerated pie crust, and I’m just not gonna take any flack for it 😉

    This Easy Ham Quiche recipe started with a refrigerated pie crust or you can make your own! It's filled with ham, cheese, green onions and perfectly seasoned. The perfect breakfast, dinner, or holiday brunch item! #eggs #breakfast #brunch #ham #dinner #recipe

    How to make Ham Quiche:

    • Start with a crust — pie crust (go all out and make your own pie crust if you want), puff pastry quiche, or wonton wrappers for easy mini quiche if you like! — or not. You can totally make this a crustless quiche by just skipping all of the above. Just make sure you grease your pie plate well before pouring your eggs in!
    • Choose good ham. The cooked ham you find at a grocery store varies greatly in quality. I like to go with one of the natural versions that actually has real ingredients in it. Call me crazy. (again)
    • Add your favorite veggies — or not. Mushrooms, peppers, roasted red peppers, caramelized onions, broccoli, spinach or really anything you want or anything you need to clear out of the fridge. Feel free to go a little crazy and come up with your own variations! This here is a basic ham quiche recipe and you’re welcome to jazz it up however you like.

    This Easy Ham Quiche recipe started with a refrigerated pie crust or you can make your own! It's filled with ham, cheese, green onions and perfectly seasoned. The perfect breakfast, dinner, or holiday brunch item! #eggs #breakfast #brunch #ham #dinner #recipe

    Lighten it up:

    Now, I’m all about getting healthy fats and milk, meat, and whole eggs all have a ton of other benefits! But if you need, you can make this quiche a little better for you in a few different ways:

    • Use skim milk instead whole milk or cream. This will reduce fat and calories significantly!
    • Choose a fat free, natural ham if available.
    • Use egg whites instead of whole eggs.
    • Use a low fat cheese instead of full fat.
    • Skip the crust! Bake your quiche filling in a well-greased pie plate until the eggs are set in the middle.
    This Easy Ham Quiche recipe started with a refrigerated pie crust or you can make your own! It's filled with ham, cheese, green onions and perfectly seasoned. The perfect breakfast, dinner, or holiday brunch item! #eggs #breakfast #brunch #ham #dinner #recipe
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    Easy Ham Quiche

    This Easy Ham Quiche recipe started with a refrigerated pie crust or you can make your own! It's filled with ham, cheese, green onions and perfectly seasoned. The perfect breakfast, dinner, or holiday brunch item! 
    Course Breakfast
    Cuisine American
    Keyword breakfast quiche, easy quiche, egg quiche, ham and cheese quiche
    Prep Time 15 minutes
    Cook Time 35 minutes
    Total Time 50 minutes
    Servings 6 servings
    Calories 342kcal
    Author Ashley Fehr

    Ingredients

    • 1 refrigerated pie crust
    • 8 large eggs
    • 1 cup milk or cream
    • 3/4 teaspoon salt
    • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
    • 1 cup cooked ham chopped
    • 1 1/2 cups shredded cheese divided
    • 3 tablespoons green onions

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
    • Unroll pie crust and press into a 9" pie plate, crimping the top edges if desired.
    • In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, salt and pepper.
    • Sprinkle ham, 1 cup of cheese, and green onions into the pie crust and pour the egg mixture over top. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cheese.
    • Bake for 25 minutes or until crust is light golden brown. Cover with foil to prevent additional browning. Bake another 10-15 minutes until the center is completely set. Let cool for 5-10 minutes before slicing and serving.

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    Nutrition (this is an estimate)

    Nutrition Facts
    Easy Ham Quiche
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 342 Calories from Fat 189
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 21g32%
    Saturated Fat 8g50%
    Cholesterol 253mg84%
    Sodium 937mg41%
    Potassium 244mg7%
    Carbohydrates 17g6%
    Sugar 2g2%
    Protein 19g38%
    Vitamin A 600IU12%
    Vitamin C 0.6mg1%
    Calcium 230mg23%
    Iron 2.2mg12%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    Comments

    1. I prepared this in a deep dish, using a refrigerated crust so I could add more ham. I added an extra egg to make up for the extra ham. After an hour cooking at 350 in a convection oven, it is still watery. I would have thought it would be more forgiving for an adaptation.

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      • Hi Linda! That does sound strange. I wouldn’t think an extra egg would require so much extra baking, but if it was a lot of ham and that caused the filling to be quite a bit deeper then, yes, it will definitely require extra cook time.

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    2. I just wasted half the filling because when I poured it in my 9” pie crust pan, it spilled everywhere. Did you use a deep dish instead of a traditional depth?

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      • I haven’t used a deep dish, no, just a regular pie plate. Sometimes store bought pie crusts in the pan are smaller than your average pie plate so I’m not sure if that was the issue.

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    4. Would it be possible to prep this ahead of time and then bake it a few hours later? Will refrigerating it between affect it?

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    5. 4 stars
      I used a frozen Pilsbury pie crust for this recipe. My cooking time was alot longer than what was stated on the recipe – it took my quiche 50-60 minutes cooking for the middle to set.

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    6. 5 stars
      Very easy to make and got great results. I followed the recipe exactly, no variations. This will be replacing my usual go-to quiche recipe.

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    14. 4 stars
      Easy to make and great. My only thing is it turned out way too salty so next time I will leave out the salt since the ham has enough.

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    15. 5 stars
      Very easy to make and great use of leftover Christmas ham. I added red pepper instead of green onions and it was delicious. Thanks for sharing.

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    17. I am always scared to cook quiche, but I think I’m going to give this one a try! I think my whole family would like it!

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    20. 5 stars
      I am drooling over your photos – this looks so dang yummy! I love ordering quiche but never make it a home. I will have to give this recipe a try.

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    22. I’m all about using refrigerated pie crust. I don’t have the time or patience to make my own! Quiche is such a great easy brunch dish – I love this!

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    23. How would you suggest freezing this by the slice? Warm up directions? My mom lives alone and this would be easy for me to make for her to have in her freezer.

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