Spinach Pie

Ok so it may not look like the original recipe for a spinach pie you might remember from a bakery, a stuffed dough with spinach it, but it is a delicious low carb spinach pie.

This crustless spinach pie recipe is a cross between a quiche recipe and custard. But what makes this stand out compared to the rest of all the low carb recipes out there is, the difference is in the cheese!!

Using cottage cheese makes all the difference so this easy recipe won’t be a soggy pie and will be a winner for your keto diet or low carb diet! 

You could always leave out the mushrooms in this delicious savoury pie, if you’re not a fan. But I must tell you this before you skip them, my kids HATE, LOATH and generally don’t try anything with mushrooms in a recipe.

I had mushrooms that were needing to be cooked and I decided they could pick them out if they wanted to, but guess what? THEY ATE THEM ANYWAY!!! Call it a miracle, but they ate them, and asked for seconds!!

Crustless Pie or Crustless Quiche

You won’t even notice there isn’t a crust and you won’t even care! It’s a pretty hearty piece of pie that can stand alone without a pie crust, but if you truly want a fabulous keto pie crust, try my coconut flour pie crust.

My whole family, picky kids and tough to please hubby all loved it even without a crust! Feel free to add some cooked protein in it as well, like cooked, diced ham or chicken. Enjoy for a quick morning breakfast or for dinner.

 It’s a perfect little dish to make and freeze, then thaw for those busy weeknights when you have no time to cook! This is an easy meal prep idea! Freezer meals for the win!

Tools to Make Crustless Spinach Cheese Pie

Fine Mesh Strainer– This comes in handy when you need to drain any sort of frozen veggie, in this case, the spinach. 

Large skillet– I use many different sizes of skillets every day from just cooking eggs, or use a smaller skillet for my keto tortillas. 

9 inch Pie dish– This is a nice deep dish skillet that can also be used to make sweet pies like my, chocolate cream pie. 

Baking sheet pan– For all your baking needs and to use in this recipe as a platform for the pie pan, just in case any spillage happens. 

How to Make Keto Crustless Spinach Cheese Pie

To see exact measurements, view nutritional information and print this recipe, scroll to the bottom of this blog post to see recipe card.

Ingredients

mushrooms

minced garlic

olive oil

frozen spinach

Grated parmesan

large eggs

cottage cheese

heavy cream

salt

black pepper

ground nutmeg

shredded mozzarella

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Place Thawed frozen chopped spinach into a large bowl and drain, squeeze out as much water as possible. Set aside.

Thinly slice mushrooms.

Heat oil and garlic in a large skillet. Add mushrooms and cook until tender.

Add spinach to mushrooms and salt, pepper and nutmeg cook until spinach is heated through.

Drain spinach/mushroom mixture in a colander.

Grease a 9 inch pie plate then sprinkle parmesan all around to coat plate.

In a large mixing bowl, whisk eggs then add cream and cottage cheese and stir well.

Stir in mushrooms and spinach into the egg mixture.

Pour into pie dish. Sprinkle with mozzarella.

Place pie plate on a baking tray and place in preheated oven to cook for 50-60 minutes or until set in center and golden brown around edges.

Turn oven off and allow to sit in oven for 10 minutes.

Stand 10 more minutes before slicing.

FAQs

Can I swap the mozzarella?

Yes you can use different types of cheese you like for this recipe just keep in mind that you want a soft cheese that melts well. Cheddar cheese would be a good alternative.

Can I swap the spinach with kale?

If you want to swap the spinach for kale you can do so but you will need to remove the stems of the kale and cook the kale before adding it to this pie.

Can I leave out the mushrooms?

Yes if you don’t like mushrooms it is fine to just leave them out.

Can I add a keto crust?

Yes, you can add my easy keto pie crust if you prefer. It should be par baked before adding the filling for this delicious pie.

Can I use fresh spinach?

I would not recommend fresh spinach as you will need to cook it down and drain it before using it in this recipe.

Can I swap the cottage cheese with something else?

You can swap the cottage cheese with ricotta cheese.

Can I add protein to this?

Yes if you want increase your protein intake, add some cooked chicken or cooked ground beef or cooked ground sausage.

What should I serve this with?

I would simply add a side salad since this delicious spinach pie can be a main dish whether you add protein or not to it.

Keto Crustless Mushroom Spinach Pie

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Keto Crustless Mushroom Spinach Pie

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 1 hour hour

Total Time 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes

Servings 6 servings

Calories 253kcal

Author Brenda Bennett/ Sugar Free Mom

Ingredients

• 8 ounces mushrooms
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 2 teaspoon olive oil
• 10 ounce frozen spinach
• 2 tablespoons grated parmesan
• 4 eggs
• 16 ounces cottage cheese 4%
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella

US Customary – Metric

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Thaw frozen spinach and drain, squeeze out as much water as possible. Set aside.
• Thinly slice mushrooms.
• Heat oil and garlic in a large skillet. Add mushrooms and cook until tender.
• Add spinach to mushrooms and salt, pepper and nutmeg cook until spinach is heated through.
• Drain spinach/mushroom mixture in a colander.
• Grease a 9 inch pie plate then sprinkle parmesan all around to coat plate.
• In a bowl, whisk eggs then add cream and cottage cheese and stir well.
• Stir in mushrooms and spinach mixture.
• Pour into pie dish. Sprinkle with mozzarella.
• Place pie dish on a baking sheet and cook for 50-60 minutes or until set in center and browned around edges.
• Turn oven off and allow to sit in oven for 10 minutes.
• Stand 10 more minutes before slicing.

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Notes

Net Carbs: 5g

This recipe was first posted in April of 2014 and updated with video in January 2020.

Nutrition

Serving: 1slice | Calories: 253kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 131mg | Sodium: 825mg | Potassium: 410mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 5882IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 206mg | Iron: 2mg

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