Feed a Family of 4 For Under $8.50!

Bacon & Cheese Quiche

250 grams middle bacon from the deli - $2.50
4 x Free range eggs - $1.60 (pack of 10 eggs from Woolworths $4)
2 x Sheets of frozen short crust pastry - $0.80 (pack of 10 pastry sheets in Woolworths $4)
2 x Small onions - $0.80 (bag of brown onions for $2 in Coles)
1 x Tin of beans - $1 (from Woolworths)
1/2 x Continental Cucumber - $0.50 (1 x full cucumber $1 from Woolworths)
1/4 x 250grams Extra Tasty Cheese - $1 (250grams Extra Tasty Cheese Woolworths Select $3.99)

1.  Pre-heat the oven to 180c.  Take out 2 pastry sheets from the freezer and defrost by leaving on the worktop whilst you prepare the filling.

2.  Chop up 250grams of bacon into small square pieces.  Heat a tablespoon of vegetable oil in a saucepan and cook until brown.  Do the same with the 2 x small onions, although in a separate pan.

3.  Whisk the eggs in a bowl, season with salt and pepper along with one cup of low fat milk.  Whisk together.

4.  Once the pastry has defrosted, grease a quiche/flan dish with margarine.  Then line with pastry, making sure to cover the bottom and sides of the dish.  With the left over pastry, make it into a ball and then roll out on the worktop with a rolling pin.  You should have enough pastry left to make 6 x small circles, I used a glass tumbler for the shape.  Now grease 6 x spaces in a muffin tray and add the small pastry circles.

5.  You now need to blind bake the short crust pastry in the main quiche dish (the 6 smaller pastry circles in the muffin tray don't need to be pre baked).  Blind bake by covering the pastry with tin foil and uncooked pasta on top.  Do this for 10 minutes.  Then remove from the oven and remove the dry pasta and foil.

6.  Now take the cooked bacon and add it to the pastry in the quiche dish and also the smaller ones in the muffin tray.  Then take the cooked onion and add only to the main quiche dish.  My kids don't like onion, so I didn't add it theirs.

7.  Now take the egg mixture and pour a little over each of the 6 small quiches (enough to cover the bacon) and add the rest to the main quiche.

8.  Grate the cheese and do the same, add a little over each of the small quiches and the rest to the main quiche.

9.  Now place in the oven until the pastry and the egg mixture is golden.

10.  I served the children 3 x small quiches each along with chopped up cucumber and carrot.  Very healthy, with a mayonnaise dip.

11.  I served the main quiche with baked beans.  You can add any sides that you like!

Very tasty and still on budget!  A true winter warmer! 

Enjoy!