I have an abundance of squash and cherry tomatoes in my garden, so I decided to make this. I added some fresh basil I grew, and that is not in the recipe.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Ingredients:
Steps:
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It looks fantastic! And I'm sure it's delicious, especially because the vegetables are grown in your garden. The only thing I wanted to notice, it seems to me that this dish is not quiche. I know very well how to prepare quiche. This is a French cuisine dish. A quiche is baked slowly in a savory pie crust (pâte brisée). Quiche always has crust. Most likely you cooked frittata. Zucchini Tomato Frittata
And thanks for sharing your recipes! :)
The Bisquick makes a crust. It is not the same as the quiche you are talking about, since the dough is not placed in the pan first and then the filling.
I dont think it is a frittata either, as there is Bisquick in the list of ingredients.
We are pretty loose with the term quiche in the U.S. I've seen frittata type recipes called "crustless quiches" in cookbooks and on websites. I think the big difference to me is that a frittata is usually started on a stove and then finished in the oven whereas the quiche is assembled and then baked.
Apparently I quickly looked through your recipe and did not notice Bisquick on the list, you did not mention Bisquick separately in the steps (you just wrote "remaining ingredients"), so I assumed it was frittata.
Now that the recipe has been published, any changes have to be made by the people who have access to the back end of the website.
Personally, I say leave it as is because most people searching our lovely site for a dish like yours are going to search under the word quiche.
Half of the battle of having a recipe on a website found is using the key words that someone is going to type (good old SEO)...and I think people who come to a site like TF are going to type quiche.
People don't come to this site expecting to find a fancy French recipe that has a lot of expensive ingredients and takes a long time to make. We are all about finding thrifty (easy to make, not expensive) recipe using what they have on hand and at the moment many people have an abundance of tomatoes and zukes and most people in the US have Bisquick in the pantry (at least they do where I am).
Like anything else on the internet, if they find it and it isn't to their liking, they can just scroll on by!
We let our submitting members suggest the title for our recipes in general. Sometimes that can lead to confusion but other times it provides a search term that helps another find the recipe they are looking for. It's an art not a science. :)
Thank you all for being a part of ThriftyFun. It's been an interesting discussion. Quiche or "egg pie" is one of my favorite and most requested recipes.
Well said, Pghgirl! This is especially true with older recipes that have no "true" name but many variations. Someone looking for "toad in the hole" may not think of searching for "bird in a nest" or any of the other cute names people have for this basic dish.
Since all these comments are in the feedback, someone searching for "Impossible Pie", quiche or frittata will be lead to this recipe in the future.
I agree with Cybergrannie that conversation is interesting. But I still believe that the dishes should be called correctly so that people are not misled. Weren't you curious to know the original name for such dishes with the Bisquick mix?
I agree that cooking is an art. But just like in art, we need to invent something ourselves or at least slightly change something in the recipe, otherwise just indicate the real author of the recipe.
Well, this recipe may be good for its simplicity, but unfortunately, Judy is not its author. I hinted to you about this in my previous comment, see the link. The real name of this recipe is Impossibly Easy Zucchini Pie. The author paraphrased Impossible Pie a bit.
Honestly, I would not have found that Judy used someone else's recipe without changing a single word (only the time was shortened) and called it differently, if not for the name "quiche". It just struck me right away that it didn't look like a quiche. I assumed there was a mistake in the title. But since everyone began to claim that this dish is quiche, I had to do a little search. Cybergrannie and Pghgirl40 know that I do it great ;)
Pghgirl40 mistakenly thinks that quiche (I mean real quiche) is an expensive dish and takes a long time to cook. You only need to have the pâte brisée dough, which you can easily make yourself in advance and freeze a few sheets. For pâte brisée, you will need flour, butter, cold water, a little salt, with or without eggs. This is not a puff pastry that takes a lot of time to make. Or you can buy frozen puff pastry if quiche dough sheets are not sold in your area. As I understand you buy a Bisquick mix or spend time making it at home, in the same way you can buy or make quiche dough.
For example, here is a recipe for quiche with zucchini and tomatoes cuisine.journaldesfemmes.fr/
You need dough, zucchini, tomato, onion, milk, eggs, butter, salt, pepper, flour just to sprinkle the surface of the table. You don't need to buy cheese. Total cooking time 50 min. Total time in original recipe Impossibly Easy Zucchini Pie is 60 min.
I certainly understand why my competitors in the answer contest left their comments. ;) I respect your opinion, especially when it is objective.
Interesting conversation...
I have tried several of Judy's recipes and although I may occasionally add or subtract ingredients (from any recipe), I usually find them 'keepers' so this will probably be one of those also as it looks and sounds delicious.
Since I like quiche and this sounds like a good start, I would probably file it under quiche as well as maybe even casserole or Bisquick, or Easy Dinner.
Thanks for the easy to follow instructions and pictures.
Please continue to share as all of us occasionally like to try 'original' recipes.
Pghgirl40 mistakenly thinks that quiche (I mean real quiche) is an expensive dish and takes a long time to cook. You only need to have the pâte brisée dough, which you can easily make yourself in advance and freeze a few sheets. For pâte brisée, you will need flour, butter, cold water, a little salt, with or without eggs. This is not a puff pastry that takes a lot of time to make. Or you can buy frozen puff pastry if quiche dough sheets are not sold in your area. As I understand you buy a Bisquick mix or spend time making it at home, in the same way you can buy or make quiche dough.
For example, here is a recipe for quiche with zucchini and tomatoes cuisine.journaldesfemmes.fr/
You need dough, zucchini, tomato, onion, milk, eggs, butter, salt, pepper, flour just to sprinkle the surface of the table. You don't need to buy cheese. Total cooking time 50 min. Total time in original recipe Impossibly Easy Zucchini Pie which word for word was copied in this recipe, is 60 min.
I take offense at that I am being called "mistaken" on that it is expensive because costs of things are highly subjective. I am not mistaken--I am looking at it through the lens of my budget. Some weeks our food budget is very thin and meal with multiple ingredients--especially things like butter and eggs which can be very costly when not on sale--can be out of my budget (therefore expensive to me). This site is all about Thrifty Living and that has a different meaning for everyone.
I'm locking this thread to any new comments because it is becoming too divisive and that is not what ThriftyFun is about. I urge all our members to be kind and thoughtful when making comments on our site. There are many websites that do not moderate comments and they can quickly become unpleasant and unhelpful.
Recipes can be found and shared from any source. All we ask is that a member uses their own words as much as possible and that the photos are original, showing that someone made and enjoyed the recipe they are sharing. It's great to have an entirely original recipe and many of our members do share their own creations but it's not essential.
Please, remember that there are living people behind every single comment, post and question on our site. Disagreements will break out from time to time but civility is key and I will hold or delete any comments that seem to break that rule.
I am no gourmet cook, so I appreciate being educated in the semantics of the title of the recipe I submitted.
As someone who works full-time, I am in the market for quick, easy and healthy recipes. I scroll past those recipes that dont fill that criteria in this season of my life and understand that there are people from all walks of life who visit this website, and are eager to try the same recipes that I have no interest in.
I do invent some recipes, and the rest have been received from others. This particular recipe has been in my family for quite some time. Because it contains Bisquick, it is natural to assume that it was created in the test kitchen of General Mills, the manufacturer.
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