Easy, tasty, healthy and budget-friendly mini vegan quiches made with chickpea flour! One of my favourite snacks to make and easy to switch up with different fillings and flavourings.
35 calories! I know, right?
Not only are these mini quiches low calorie but they are fat-free, gluten-free, grain-free, vegan and a good source of protein.
Oh, and they’re DELICIOUS.
The sun-dried tomatoes give a slight bacon-y flavour, that reminded me of a quiche Lorraine.
SO good. If you can get hold of smoked tomatoes -even better.
These quiches are:
- Only 35 calories and fat-free
- Gluten-free and grain-free
- Vegan, dairy-free and eggless
- Soy-free
- Good source of protein
- Portable, freezer-safe, can be eaten hot or cold
- Takes 8 mins to prepare and 20 mins to cook!
So what are these mini quiches made of, if not eggs?
The secret ingredient is chickpea flour.
And don’t worry – this is a very easy to get hold of ingredient.
It’s sometimes called Gram or Besan flour and can be found in Asian food shops or in the supermarket in the Asian food section.
A bit like making socca, the chickpea flour is combined with water which creates a firm “cooked egg” texture.
Combined with nutritional yeast and some black salt (if you can get hold of it) you can also create a classic egg taste too.
📖 Recipe
Mini Vegan Quiches
Mini quiches that are perfect for on-the-go breakfasts and snacks. Vegan, gluten-free, low-fat, low-calorie and virtually guilt-free!
Ingredients
- Cooking spray, I used low calorie olive oil spray
- ½ cup chickpea flour
- ¾ cup water
- 3 tbsp nutritional yeast
- A pinch of black salt, optional*
- 1 tbsp dried mixed herbs
- 8 sundried tomatoes, chopped into small chunks**
- ½ medium onion, diced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 220C / 430F and coat a muffin tin with cooking spray.
- In a bowl, whisk together the chickpea flour, water, nutritional yeast, black salt, herbs and sun dried tomatoes.
- Coat a frying pan with some cooking spray and fry the onion and garlic for a few minutes until softened and beginning to brown. Remove from the pan and add to the bowl.
- Add salt and pepper, to taste.
- Pour the mixture into the muffin tin. You should get 8 mini quiches.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes until the quiches are firm and browned on top.
- Serve warm, freeze for later or keep in the fridge for up to 5 days. Enjoy!
Notes
*Black salt gives an "eggy" taste but is completely optional.
**If using sun-dried tomatoes in oil, you can rinse them in water and use a paper towel to soak up any leftover oil.
Nutrition Information
Yield 8Amount Per Serving Calories 35Carbohydrates 4.8gFiber 1gProtein 2.5g
Tanya says
I don’t have a herb mix… what do you recommend putting in if I am just using several different single herbs? Thanks!
Aimee says
I usually just put in some basil, oregano and parsley but rosemary is also delicious in these! Hope you enjoy
Tanya says
Thanks!!
kirsten says
These are delicious! Thank you so much for the great recipe Aimee!
Aimee says
Pleased you enjoyed them! Thanks Kirsten :)
Aimee says
So glad you enjoyed them, Kristen! :-)
Maia says
I usually buy sundried tomatoes in a pouch already cut up. About how many cups does 8 sundried tomatoes make?
Kelly says
Probably about a packed 1/4 cup based on my estimate from making these today.
Marion Davidson says
What do I use if I am unable to obtain Bragg’s Nutritional Yeast please
Marion
Maia says
If you cannot find nutritional yeast in stores near you (it tends to be at health food stores), and you can’t order it online, you can get regular activated yeast (for baking bread). What you do with that is you toast it for a few minutes on a dry skillet. This deactivates the yeast. Doing this doesn’t have the same benefits as commercial nutritional yeast because commercial nutritional yeast tends to be fortified with vitamins. However, if you are in a pinch, this is a good method. I’ve had to do it before.
Irene Binyon says
First of all these are fantastic! So many things I’m thinking to throw in next time, spinach, coconut bacon, etc. BUT did I mess up? Mini quiche was I suppose to put them in mini cupcake pans? I doubled the recipe and it made only 11.