Breakfast

Mediterranean Vegetable-Cheese Pie is for Breakfast.

Mediterranean Vegetable-Cheese Pie takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Mediterranean Vegetable-Cheese Pie takes 50 minutes to cook.

Mediterranean Vegetable-Cheese Pie makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Mediterranean Vegetable-Cheese Pie are:

Olive-oil cooking spray
2 medium potatoes, peeled and sliced in 1/8-inch rounds
1/2 cup diced onion
8 oz (about 8 cups) baby spinach
3 kalamata olives, pitted and chopped
2 whole eggs
5 egg whites
1 cup nonfat ricotta or fat-free cottage cheese
1 tbsp feta, crumbled
6 tbsp finely chopped fresh basil or dill, or 6 tsp dried basil or dill, divided into 2 equal portions (also try with oregano, thyme or garlic in equal portions)
3 Roma tomatoes, sliced into 1/4-inch rounds
1 1/2 tbsp grated Asiago or Parmesan
1 1/2 tbsp grated lowfat mozzarella
salt & pepper to taste

Here is how you make Mediterranean Vegetable-Cheese Pie:

Heat oven to 350?. Coat a 9" pie plate with cooking spray. Line bottom of plate with potato slices. Cut remaining slices in half and arrange around side of plate. Season potatoes well with salt, pepper or other various herbs suggested in ingredient list. Bake 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside. Coat a saut? pan with cooking spray and saut? onion over low heat until tender, about 5 minutes. Add spinach to pan and let wilt, about 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat. Drain excess fluid from onion and spinach mixture. Stir in olives. In a bowl, beat eggs and egg whites. Stir in ricotta and feta. Add half the basil or dill (or other various herbs suggested) and set aside. Spoon onion and spinach mixture into pie plate over potatoes. Layer on egg mixture, then slices of tomato. Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until egg is set and a knife inserted into pie comes out clean. Sprinkle grated cheeses evenly over top of pie and top with remaining basil or dill (or other various herbs suggested). Return to oven for 5 minutes or until cheese melts. Remove from oven and let sit for 5 minutes. Cut pie into 4 wedges. Serve immediately. Number of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KATIESHARON.

The nutritional information for Mediterranean Vegetable-Cheese Pie is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 255.7

• Total Fat: 5.7 g
• Cholesterol: 123.3 mg
• Sodium: 566.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 29.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.5 g
• Protein: 20.8 g

The dietary needs meet for Mediterranean Vegetable-Cheese Pie is Low Fat