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Crustless Quiche Muffins

By Laura Fuentes Updated Dec 31, 2024

5 from 14 votes

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These Crustless Quiche Muffins with cheese and veggies make a great grab-and-go breakfast, a healthy snack, or a terrific lunchbox addition!

With this quick recipe, you can learn to make the most of leftovers with no fuss!

crustless broccoli quiche muffins

Crustless Quiche Muffins

These crustless quiche muffins are not just a great way to use up extra veggies and cheese, they do double-duty: you can enjoy them for breakfast or lunch, or as a terrific high-protein school snack! Plus, they freeze really well, making it easy to save them for later.

If you have eggs, milk, and veggies, you can make this recipe. It’s perfect to use leftovers and save time in the kitchen. I usually prep these when I’m making quiche for dinner. I add extra veggies and eggs to my quiche mix, then make muffins with the extra that doesn’t fit in my pie pan.

This Crustless Quiche Muffin recipe includes cooked broccoli, but you can add onions, chives, zucchini, carrots, peas, cauliflower, etc. My favorite combos? Cheese and Spinach, Ham and Cheese, and these tasty Pepperoni Pizza Egg Cups. This way, you don’t feel like you are eating the same thing day after day!

crustless broccoli quiche muffins

Ingredients 

Simple ingredients inside of a muffin never tasted this good. Use up leftovers and refrigerator staples, and voilá! What you need:

  • Cooked broccoli florets: what I use in this recipe, but really any other veggies work. More on this on the recipe card note below.
  • Eggs: help bind the other ingredients.
  • Milk: regular or non-dairy milk.
  • Salt and pepper: for seasoning.
  • Shredded cheese: Mozzarella, Swiss, Colby Jack, Mexican cheese blend, pepper Jack, or any variety of Cheddar.
  • Butter or oil: to grease the muffin pan.

You’ll find the measurements in the recipe card below.

How to Make Crustless Mini Quiche Muffins

Prep these crustless quiche muffins in 10 minutes by mixing everything in a bowl, and let the oven do the hard work.  Here’s how to make this recipe:

  1. Prep
    Preheat the oven to 350F. Butter or grease 6 to 8 muffin cups (you can choose to skip this for silicone cups). Set aside.
  2. Cook the broccoli
    If you don’t have extra cooked broccoli handy, bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil, then add the broccoli florets and cook for 1 minute. Drain, blot dry, and chop.
  3. Combine
    In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, salt, and pepper. Stir in the cheese and broccoli. Option: Divide the cheese and broccoli evenly into 6 to 8 portions and place in greased muffin cups instead.
  4. Fill the muffin cups
    Ladle the egg mixture evenly into the muffin cups. Leave at least ¼ inch of space at the tops. If using a silicone muffin pan or silicone cups, place on a baking sheet first.
  5. Bake to perfection!
    Bake at 350F for 35 to 40 minutes, until golden brown. Remove from the oven and let them cool in the pan before carefully removing them with a small knife or small spatula.
  6. Store
    Once cooled, refrigerate the quiche muffins in an airtight container or zip bag for up to 3 days.

Keeping Them From Getting Soggy

To keep crustless quiche muffins from getting soggy, let them cool down at room temperature before packing them in the lunchbox or any other container. Otherwise, the steam will create condensation and make the muffins soggy.

When to Serve Crustless Mini Quiche Muffins

You can enjoy these delicious quiche muffins all day long! They make a nutritious and satisfying breakfast option, super convenient to eat on the go.

And that’s just the beginning! These muffins are a terrific lunchbox builder you can pack along your kid’s favorite lunch sides to send a balanced and filling bento box lunch.

Want to enjoy them as a snack? Go ahead! Pack these crustless quiche muffins with fruits and veggies and you’ll get a healthy and tasty snackbox in a breeze.

How to Pack Them for Lunch 

These quiche muffins can be eaten warm or at room temperature, that’s totally up to you. Here I show you how to pack them one way or the other:

  • To enjoy these at room temperature, place 1 or 2 quiche muffins inside the main compartment of a lunch container.
  • To eat warm, heat the quiche muffins in the microwave for 1 minute, stopping the microwave halfway through to flip them over. Immediately transfer them inside a thermos container and close the lid.
  • Finish packing by adding fruit, veggies, and any other sides inside a bento box. Pack everything inside a lunch bag.

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How to Store and Freeze Quiche Muffins

These Crustless Quiche Muffins can also be made ahead and stored or frozen for later! If you’re not eating them all right away, let them cool for 15 to 20 minutes before putting them in an airtight container in the fridge. They should last 3 to 7 days that way.

To freeze, divide into pairs (or whatever serving size you want) and put into freezer bags. Pro tip: To save on high-cost freezer bags, I use cheaper small baggies for individual servings. Then put THEM into a larger freezer bag. I can usually keep re-using the outer bag, since it doesn’t get dirty touching the food!

The night before you want to eat them (or 2 to 3 days before), place them in the fridge to thaw. To reheat, microwave thawed muffins for 2 minutes per pair.

Crustless Quiche Muffins

Servings: 6 quiche muffins
Prep Time: 10 minutes mins
Cook Time: 40 minutes mins
Total Time: 50 minutes mins
These Crustless Quiche Muffins with cheese and veggies make a great grab-and-go breakfast, a healthy snack, or a terrific lunchbox addition!
5 from 14 votes
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Ingredients

For the quiche muffins:

  • 1 ½ cups cooked broccoli florets, chopped small
  • 6 large eggs
  • ½ cup milk
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
  • ¾ cup shredded cheese
  • Butter or oil for muffin pan

Instructions

For the quiche muffins:

  • Preheat the oven to 350F. Butter or grease 6 to 8 muffin cups (you can choose to skip this for silicone cups). Set aside.
  • If you don't have extra cooked broccoli handy, bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil, then add the broccoli florets and cook for 1 minute. Drain, blot dry, and chop.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, salt, and pepper. Stir in the cheese and broccoli. Option: Divide the cheese and broccoli evenly into 6 to 8 portions and place in greased muffin cups instead.
  • Ladle the egg mixture evenly into the muffin cups. Leave at least ¼ inch of space at the tops. If using a silicone muffin pan or silicone cups, place on a baking sheet first.
  • Bake at 350F for 35 to 40 minutes, until golden brown. Remove the pan from the oven and let them cool in the pan before carefully removing them with a small knife or small spatula.
  • Once cooled, refrigerate the quiche muffins in an airtight container or zip bag for up to 3 days.

For lunch:

  • To enjoy these at room temperature, place 1 or 2 quiche muffins inside the main compartment of a lunch container.
  • To eat warm, heat the quiche muffin in the microwave for 1 minute, stopping the microwave half way through to flip them over. Immediately transfer them inside a thermos container and close the lid.
  • Finish packing this lunch by adding fruit, veggies, and any other sides inside a bento box. Pack everything inside a lunch bag.

Notes

For different taste combinations, you can add ½ cup chopped grilled or sauteed onion, or 2 to 3 tablespoons chopped green onions or chives.
You can substitute other leftover or extra veggies for the broccoli, or use a combination. Chopped spinach, zucchini, peas, or cauliflower also make great kid-friendly alternatives, and mixing in chopped carrots and tomatoes can create a fun twist. But really, anything works if it’s something you’d enjoy with eggs!

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Nutrition

Serving: 1muffin | Calories: 102kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 167mg | Sodium: 359mg | Potassium: 177mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 451IU | Vitamin C: 20mg | Calcium: 121mg | Iron: 1mg

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  1. Todd says

    November 05, 2019 at 11:23 am

    5 stars
    I love the Broccoli and cheese quiche, I see it says that the serving size is 2 muffins. But can you tell me where to find the total Nutrition information or can you please send it to me.

    Reply
    • MOMables - Laura says

      November 19, 2019 at 9:59 am

      Hi Todd, the post has been updated to include the nutritional information. There is about 125 calories per muffin, 2.7g of carbs, 11.8g of protein. Enjoy!

      Reply
  2. Fina says

    January 21, 2018 at 9:30 am

    5 stars
    I made your crustless quiche and around the sides it got burnt? Should I put it on 350 for 30 minutes or put it on 325 degrees? Also I cut the recipe and the muffin pan had only 6 muffins and the rest were empty. Will that effect the cooking as well?

    Reply
    • MOMables - Laura says

      January 21, 2018 at 11:30 pm

      empty muffin pan spaces don’t matter, the ones that are filled will cook evenly. Perhaps place the oven rack a bit further down or if your oven is in convection, lower it by 25F. depending on the pan you used, it could be shorter cooking time. Check after 20 min when the top is puffy and done.

      Reply
  3. Lee says

    February 27, 2016 at 2:59 pm

    5 stars
    Thanks for this great recipe! Wold you make any adjustments to baking temp/time for a silicone mini muffin sheet?

    Reply
    • MOMables says

      February 27, 2016 at 6:33 pm

      No, it should be the same, but I’d watch it closely just in case!

      Reply
  4. Jen says

    January 07, 2016 at 9:05 pm

    5 stars
    Can you make these using heavy cream?

    Reply
    • MOMables says

      January 11, 2016 at 9:18 pm

      I’m sure that would work! Thanks, Jen.

      Reply
  5. Jean says

    August 06, 2015 at 7:39 am

    5 stars
    Are these eaten cold or room temp in lu ch boxes? My kids don’t have microwave access at school.

    Reply
    • MOMables says

      August 11, 2015 at 10:45 am

      Either way. You can watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_HNZ-dbZVE and see how they are packed.

      Reply
  6. Meagan says

    April 21, 2015 at 11:47 pm

    5 stars
    Can I use shredded mozzarella if it’s all I have? Are the muffins different from the mini quiches also on this list?

    Reply
    • MOMables says

      April 23, 2015 at 10:18 am

      Yes, you can use mozzarella. enjoy!

      Reply
  7. Debbie Dericks says

    December 29, 2014 at 1:40 pm

    5 stars
    Can I substitute egg whites for the eggs? Or maybe 3 eggs and egg whites to the equivalent of the remaining 3 eggs?

    Reply
    • MOMables says

      December 30, 2014 at 5:59 pm

      You can make this all egg whites. I would add an additional egg white for each yolk you take out plus one tablespoon of water per egg.

      Reply
  8. Anne-Marie says

    September 17, 2014 at 10:22 pm

    5 stars
    Hello! Do you have any quick and easy suggestions for lunches that DO NOT include the following: eggs, dairy, tuna, and peanuts? Thanks in advance!

    Reply
    • MOMables says

      September 18, 2014 at 9:00 am

      You are welcome to browse through our recipe index for many ideas.

      Reply
    • Ludicrous Mama says

      September 18, 2014 at 12:50 pm

      5 stars
      I used non-dairy milk for these, and goat cheese (we are intolerant to the lactose and casein in cow milk, so goat is fine for us. But non-dairy cheese shreds would work here too, or I’ve used nutritional yeast to add a cheesy flavor before.) And I’ve had decent success using tofu run through the blender instead of eggs for a similar version of these. They don’t hold together as well though.

      And check out the recipe index! You can also look for stuff tagged egg-free, dairy-free, etc.

      Reply
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