This low-carb Crustless Ham and Cheese Quiche is light and delicious, perfect for breakfast or brunch (or even a light dinner)! Made with a leftover ham or ham steak, broccoli and Swiss Cheese.
Crustless Ham and Cheese Quiche
This quiche is keto, gluten-free and easy to make! Add a salad on the side and it’s the perfect light meal. Of course, you can use any cheese you wish here, or leave the ham out like I did in this Crustless Broccoli and Cheddar Quiche. If you want a quiche with crust, you may also like this Spinach and Ricotta Quiche and this Chicken Quiche which are so popular on my site.
I created this recipe with leftover Easter ham in mind. Since it’s low-carb and uses no crust, I’ve added a little light cream to give the eggs more of a creamier custard texture, as most quiches have rather than a spongier baked egg texture like a frittata.
Ham and Cheese Quiche Variations:
- You can swap the ham for bacon or sausage.
- Any cheese would work great here. Try this with mozzarella cheese, Gruyere or cheddar cheese in place of Swiss.
- You can swap more milk in place of the half & half cream, but the texture won’t be as creamy, it will have a spongier texture.
- Make them in individual ramekins in place of one large pie dish.
- If you wish to use a crust, follow the directions for this recipe using a deeper pie dish, and use less broccoli.
- Refrigerate 3 to 4 days. Reheat in the microwave or oven.
How To Make Crustless Quiche
Leftover Ham Recipes:
- Ham Bone Soup with Potatoes and Cabbage
- Leftover Ham Fried Cauliflower Rice
- Veggie Ham Egg and Cheese Bake
- 16 Bean Soup with Ham and Kale
- Pressure Cooker Split Pea Soup with Ham
Ingredients
- cooking spray
- 1 3/4 cups diced ham steak or leftover ham, 9 oz
- 1 cup chopped steamed broccoli, fresh or frozen
- 1 cup fresh grated Swiss cheese
- 2/3 cup 2% milk
- 1/4 cup half & half cream
- 5 large eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
- pinch of nutmeg
Instructions
- Preheat the to 350F degrees. Spray a pie dish with oil.
- Evenly spread the broccoli in the dish and top it evenly with the ham.
- Make the custard mixture by whisking together the milk, half and half, eggs, salt, black pepper, and the nutmeg.
- Pour the custard into the dish and top with Swiss Cheese.
- Bake 35 to 40 minutes, until the center is set.
- Cut the quiche into 6 pieces and serve.
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So good and easy! Delicious, too.
Just finished this quiche, and it was delicious! Our family, who were visiting the weekend, raved over it! Very forgiving, so you can sub different veggies and cheese. Will definitely make again.
My entire family loved this! I also made homemade hash browns (skinny taste recipe) and bacon! This recipe made its way into my recipe box for a revisit on another day and/or when guests are in town!
Really really good for low calorie. I make a quiche and have a 1/6 each morning for breakfast.
Easy to make and DELICIOUS
Easy to make & taste great!
I love how easily this came together! It only took me about 8 minutes prep time (including the time to steam the broccoli and chop it up) and then I just popped it in the oven and by the time I had finished showering, breakfast was ready!
I only used about half the ham it called for and could have doubled the broccoli but the cheesy crust was to die for!
This is a commonly requested dinner by my picky 10 year old. So simple and delicious
This has become my favorite quiche! My husband was certain he wouldn’t like quiche, but he loved it!
The nutmeg was a mistake!!
This was so easy and delicious. The only thing I did different was switch mild cheddar for the Swiss cheese. I think next time I am going to make it with Italian sausage.
I loved this! So delicious and easy to prepare. Wonderful for brunches or lunches. Thank you.
Love this recipe! I lightly sautéed green onions, chopped red peppers and diced ham for one “innards”.
Love this one! I just made it for Valentine’s Day morning with a side of fresh berries. Perfect! ❤️
Very good! Tasty!
Very easy and very tasty! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Absolutely delicious .. Thanks for the recipe❣️
Super easy and delicious! I only had 1% milk on hand so I used that and it still tasted great.
I love, love, love your delicious recipes!!!!THANK YOU!!!!
I love this recipe! I like to add more broccoli or other veggies, though. Can you tell me how to add one more cup of veggies to this recipe on the WW app?
I made this for dinner last night. It is the best quiche I have ever made. Since I did add the ham which is very salty, next time I will not add any salt. Had quiche for breakfast this morning. It’s delicious. I would definitely serve this for brunch or for company at any time. So easy and a great way to stretching the food budget as well….
I used 3 eggs and two egg whites in lieu of 5 eggs. Substituted non fat half and half for the half and half. Substituted 5 oz. baby spinach sautéed in 1/2 cup of onions in lieu of broccoli. Added 2 tablespoons of Dijon honey mustard. Used Mexican cheese blend in lieu of Swiss cheese. Delicious!
Thanks for this delicious recipe.
Love your pie dish where did you buy it ?
Best wishes,
Iveta
It was delish. Didn’t change a thing!
Has anyone tried freezing this dish? Curious as to results?
I used almond milk and would only use half called for next time as it took a long time for the center to cook. Subbed asparagus and it was delicious.
Can I do this with turkey sausage? Not a big ham eater.
Sure.
Turkey sausage works well with this recipe!
Can this be prepared the night before and then baked in the morning?
So delicious! I substituted the broccoli for 1 cup of frozen mixed veggies and added mild cheddar cheese instead of swiss. Definitely making it again!
Can I make this one day ahead?
I’m curious if I can add a water bathe under and purée the ingredients to make it ok for a pureed/soft diet? Would the water bath underneath require more time or more heat and would pureeing all ingredients cause any issues? Thank you.
Has anyone tried this with crabmeat? If so , how much?
While I’m certain this is delicious, a crustless quiche is not a quiche…. it’s a fritatta! So why not just use the correct nomenclature?
I think frittata is Started on the stove and then moved into the oven?
I think the difference is that quiche contains milk or cream, while frittata is just eggs, meat, and veggies.
This was pretty good but I felt there was too much ham. I liked it but did not go over very well with my family. Will not make again. Sorry.
Delicious!! I didn’t miss the crust at all. I used almond milk instead of regular, and cheddar instead of Swiss. Took a little bit longer to cook than the recipe says, but it was totally worth the wait!
Can you freeze this?
I made this for breakfast with sliced banana and fresh strawberries. Excellent! I will be making it again. Thanks, Gina!
Not sure how your points were calculated. I calculated every ingredient and came up with 6.92 points (now blue plan) and that is cutting it into 8 slices. Still making it but if I make again I will look for a lower calorie cheese.
OMG!! This was so simple and one of the best recipes from Gina. My other favorite is her red enchiladas. I would give 10 stars if I could. I usually don’t make any changes. I will admit I did here, so I did not follow the recipe exactly. My husband is not a big fan of broccoli and I didn’t have any, so I substituted fresh spinach. I used about 1/3 of a bag. I also did not have 2%milk, but read from other posts to substitute 1% buttermilk. Those were the only changes. It was excellent. Now my husband wants it every couple of days. Definitely a keeper.
I made this and it was in the oven for over 1.5 hours and the center was still jiggly. I cut into the middle to one investigate because my hungry family was getting impatient. It was all watery underneath the quiche and it was spongy and undercooked.
I put it back for another 30 minutes and the middle was still undercooked but the cheese around the sides started burning.
I’m not sure what happened. I followed the recipe to a T.
I’ll admit that sometimes my oven takes a little longer, like 5-10 minutes longer to bake things. But 2 hours and still not cooked?
Not sure, this is a quiche so the texture is creamier than a frittata but this always works for me!
Did you put in the ingredients to the recipe builder or the nutrition info? If you put the nutrition info into the calculator it’s going to come up higher because it’s counting the calories for the zero-point foods. I put it in the recipe builder for Green and it came out to 6.
Wonderful! I needed to cook longer, but I shaved off a couple points even! Made with egg whites and almond milk brings it to 3 points a slice! Great taste and would have been nice a fluffly if I had left it for an hour rather than 40 minutes.
So yummy! I add a piece of whole wheat toast and fresh mixed berries and – voila! All the food groups in one meal!
I’ve made this a few times and it’s excellent! You can sauté the broccoli in a pan with a splash of water until it turns bright green. I use a combination of cheeses because we don’t like Swiss. You can use cheddar, Parmesan, or provolone whatever you have on hand
I love this recipe. I have made it two weeks in a row now. I typically don’t like crust less quiche as it doesn’t typically fill me up and can taste blah. This one is creamy, hearty and keeps well throughout the week.
Delicious, made this quiche this morning, I didn’t have any milk, used all cream,. Served with home grown Honeydew melon – definitely a recipe keeper to put in my collected recipe books that I started in 1964.
Could you use egg beaters instead of the eggs?
I used egg whites out of a carton and it turned out fine (just needed to cook longer than I did and I think it would have been better)
LOVE THIS RECIPE!! But when I type it into the WW app for Blue it turns up as 7 points? What am I doing wrong? I cooked it exactly how the recipe describes!
Love this recipe!! What size/brand is your quiche pan?
What size pie plate was used?
Excellent recipe! It is also forgiving of minor changes. I didn’t have any half & half so I used full fat condensed milk and it was fine. I love quiche with soup or salad for supper. I did have liquid in the dish when the quiche was finished baking, but it did not affect the coherence of the dish. I guess it was the liquid from the ham or I didn’t get enough of the water out of the broccoli. I will make again.
I used sharp white cheddar rather than swiss cheese, which went quite nicely with the broccoli. I love Gina’s crustless quiche recipes and this is no exception.
Followed the recipe exactly as written but subbed Gruyère cheese … looked just like the photo … tasted delicious… reheated perfectly for lunch next day … used frozen broccoli & just rolled it in towel to absorb excess moisture before adding to pie pan … I was afraid of water/moisture in bottom of pan but there was absolutely none … a definite WINNER!
super tasty! and pretty easy to make! Took a bit longer in the oven than what the directions say but no biggie
Love this recipe! I used microwave steamed broccoli and it was pretty watery after 40 min, but I put it back in for another 10ish min and then it was great! Will definitely use this recipe again as a way to use up vegetables in the fridge.
This is my fourth time making this quiche – so good! I added sliced sauteed mushrooms with the broccoli – yum!!!
Do I have too use broccoli y
I substituted chicken sausage for the ham. OK, here’s my problem with all of your recipes. My son, who is NOT on a diet, loves them all. Made this recipe this morning and it is half gone😒. What is a dieting Mom supposed to do? Kidding aside, this was great!
Make a second batch and hide it lol! Glad you both enjoy it! 🙂
Great texture and flavor. I used Silk coconut milk as it was all I had and fat free half and half for the same reason. It turned out wonderfully. I will definitely use the “custard” as a base for other kinds of crustless quiches.
Made with shredded cheddar cheese. Delicious
Love this receipt! I follow it to the letter, but have a small issue. Too much liquid in bottom of dish. Quiche is set, cooked through, but watery on bottom. Can you help?
I used raw fresh broccoli and had no liquid in the bottom
Did you steam the broccoli first? I used fresh but steamed it first Was wondering if I could just throw it in raw?
Sooo good! I made it exactly as written except switched out the cheese because I didn’t have Swiss. It was delicious yesterday when it came out of the oven and equally delicious when I reheat it in the microwave this morning.
This turned out well, I will omit the salt next time, it’s too much with the ham.
Great and easy recipe!
Is it possible to use almond milk or coconut milk with the recipe? Allergies to milk!
I used Almond milk with no issues. Don’t know if that’s why it might have needed more time to cook or not, but still delicious!
Delicious! The only thing I changed was using cheddar in read of Swiss, because that’s what I had on hand and I’m so excited to eat this all week!
I am trying this recipe with a variation; instead of Swiss cheese, I make it with spicy Gouda and baby mushrooms added to the broccoli and ham. The last time I used pepper jack cheese and it was yummy! I can smell it now…can’t wait to try it! So easy and the taste is second to none!
My Family and I love this recipe. wonderful tasting and so easy to make.
The quiche was tasty but when I cut it and took it out of the pie plate, the bottom was watery. Any ideas why? Thanks.
Undercooked, or could be water from broccoli.
Delicious and super easy to make, definitely going into my rotation😊
I’m allergic to eggs and need to use egg beaters. If I use egg beaters do I need to do anything different?
So quick and yummy!
Excellent quiche!! I did not have heavy cream so I used about 3
tablespoons of sour cream,. I also used Colby/jack cheese that I hat on hand. Super easy and so delicious.
What I love about your recipes is how easy they are to manipulate as needed. I used more broccoli and ham then called for because I wanted to use it up, so I moved it to a bigger pie pan. I had low fat buttermilk to use up so I used that in place of the milk. I didn’t have half and half so was staring in my fridge considering using plain Greek Yogurt when I saw low fat ricotta that needed to be used up. Then because I used a bigger pie pan I eventually learned that I needed to double the custard ingredients. The quiche will have 8 servings and the points still ended up being 5 per serving!! Score!!!!
The recipe says Steamed Broccoli? Do you have to cook it first before you put in dish?
Can you please advise what is half and half cream, also would you recommend adding diced red onion also?
Absolutely delicious. A great hit with all the family.
This is my all time favorite recipe of yours. I’ve made this at least 10 times and devour it every time. I do use a frozen crust and it’s delicious.
Thanks Krista!
I used leftover roasted broccoli for the broccoli (I’m doing the meal plan and I’m a week behind) and it worked great!
This recipe was absolutely delicious. Thank you!!
I thought this was absolutely delicious. Will be perfect for my lunches this week, again helping me to stay within my daily WW points. Thanks again for another great recipe!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I made quiche and use plain greek yogurt instead of half and half.
When I use the Weight Watchers Calculator App it gives me 7 points. Not sure how you got 5 points, can you explain, please?
Hi Lynne. The only accurate way to determine any recipe’s SmartPoints® value is to plug the ingredients into the recipe builder on the Weight Watchers website (Click on “My Foods,” select “Recipe,” and click “Create a recipe.”) which does not count fruits and vegetables in recipes in the calculations as they are now 0 points.
The SmartPoints® calculator isn’t meant for recipes and will often give you the wrong points (usually higher) because it’s counting the fruits and vegetables. So if you see a recipe with a SmartPoints® value that’s different from what the calculator tells you, now you know why.
This was amazing! Had this and a salad for dinner and it was perfect. Will definitely make it again.
I made this with fresh asparagus instead of broccoli and it turned out amazing! I took this to work during the week and it reheated perfectly.
LOVED this recipe! I made one for dinner and one for breakfast leftovers throughout the week.
Great recipe. Subbed in spinach instead of broccoli and it was delish! Packed up the rest in meal prep containers with small salad for yummy lunch! Thanks for your easy and healthy recipes Gina!
Made this in muffin tins for individual servings! Wasn’t sure how long to bake-30 minutes worked out fine. I substituted cottage cheese for the half & half (added protein). I steamed the broccoli before head as the recipe called for steamed broccoli. They were delicious, but slightly watery.
This is such a pretty beaded quiche dish. Would you mind sharing the brand information?
Sorry, I don’t know- it was the photographers!
I made this as written and it was delish! If you’re interested in an even more custardy crustless quiche, use heavy cream and whole milk, like a tablespoon of flour to stabilize it, and then bake at 325 for 45 minutes
I really want to try this. What size pie dish did you use?
I used a quiche dish. Any size pie dish will work.
Does this freeze well?
Delicious!!!
Can I make this using an 8×8 dish (or other vessel) instead of a pie dish?
What size pie dish did you use 9″ or 10″
Substituted nonfat greek yogurt for half and half, came out perfect!
Did you substitute the exact amount? 1:1?
According to the Stonyfield yogurt website, heavy cream and Greek yogurt are a 1:1 ratio. Hope this helps!
Easy and delicious! It was a bit watery on the bottom. Not sure if that comes from the ham’s juices or the broccoli. Also, I used reduced sodium ham and it was still very salty.
Could I use fat-free or low fat half and half?
How much nutmeg? it doesn’t list the ingredient, but then says to whisk it in.
Just a pinch.
Taste is delicious but it’s watery. I’m not sure why. It has to be either the ham (although it’s more water than juice) or it’s from steaming the broccoli first before adding it to the pie pan (which I did since recipe calls for steamed broccoli). Thoughts?
When is the cheese added, on top or with the ham?
last.
Recipie calls for nutmeg but it doesn’t say how much
Just a pinch
So good! I received the email today and added it to my meal prep today! Had a taste before divvy’ing up… so good!
Great!
Do you steam the fresh broccoli before hand? Or does it go in raw?
Raw
They recipe says to steam the broccoli??
“Preheat the to 350F degrees. Spray a pie dish with oil.” Missing the word “oven”. Can’t wait to try this! <3
Ingredients don’t include nutmeg.
I assume it’s a pinch.
Looks delicious!
Thank you.
Can I use almond milk instead of the half and half or 2 % milk? If so, how much?
I have not tested so it’s hard to say.
Same question :/
I haven’t made this yet but I substitute almond milk (cup for cup) for almost every recipe and it always seems to work just fine.
What is the total protein grams in this salad?
Hubby WON’T eat broccoli 🥦! Suggestions as to replacement(s)? No corn 🌽 either.
Any vegetable! Asparagus would be delish!
Spinach
I tried to use Trader Joe’s frozen broccoli in your broccoli cheddar quiche and it came out like soup…we still ate every bite BUT any advice on using frozen?
I recommend fresh.