Bone Healthy Recipe: No Crust Spinach Pie

Updated: February 26, 2019

Packed with bone building vitamins and minerals

This no-crust spinach pie is a healthy and simple recipe to put in your lunch or dinner rotation! Spinach provides a fully loaded, nutrient-rich package in a small amount of calories. Dark leafy greens such as spinach are important for skin, hair and bone health and also provide iron and vitamins and minerals.Spin-Mush-Crustless-Quiche-close-300x2251

If you are worried about spinach being high in oxalates, don’t be. While there have been studies indicating that oxalate foods such as spinach inhibit calcium absorption, the reduction is quite small and should not prevent you from eating spinach. The many valuable nutrients it contains far outweighs this concern. If you would like an alternative though, you can use kale instead, which also is a nutrient-dense vegetable boasting high amounts of calcium and vitamin K.


Packed with bone building vitamins and minerals

No Crust Spinach Pie

Monica Straith
packed with bone-building vitamins and minerals.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Main Course
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tbsp olive oil cold-pressed extra virgin
  • 1 cup mushrooms organic, sliced
  • 1 cup red bell pepper organic, sliced
  • 1 lb ricotta cheese
  • 9 ounces spinach frozen, organic, drained
  • 4 eggs organic
  • 1 cup grated cheese blend

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Heat oil in a heavy nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
  • Sauté mushrooms and peppers 5-7 minutes, or until softened.
  • Let it cool.
  • Blend all ingredients together and season with salt and pepper to taste.
  • Pour into a buttered pan and top with cheese blend.
  • Bake for 40 minutes.
  • Enjoy!
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  1. laurel

    September 24, 2014 , 9:35 am

    looks great but the pic shows a crust and there is no crust in the recipe

  2. Monica

    September 24, 2014 , 9:47 am

    Hi Laurel,

    You’re correct, the picture does show a crust! Unfortunately the picture we took for this recipe didn’t turn out very well quality-wise and so we used a different one. Apologies for the confusion.

    – Monica @ Algaecal

  3. SKM

    October 8, 2014 , 9:28 pm

    Well, then please post one that looks good so we can see what this looks like? Or, give us the recipe for the one with the crust.

  4. Monica

    October 9, 2014 , 9:58 am

    Hi Laurel,

    The picture has been updated for the no-crust spinach pie.

    – Monica @ AlgaeCal

  5. Patty

    July 12, 2017 , 2:09 pm

    How much potassium is in each serving?

  6. Monica

    July 12, 2017 , 2:20 pm

    Hi Patty,

    Pulling the ingredients into http://nutritiondata.self.com/ each serving has about ~650 mg of potassium. It will fluctuate depending on the type of cheese blend and mushroom you use. I looked at white mushrooms in this case.

    – Monica

  7. Dee

    July 2, 2018 , 10:36 am

    To make a crust for this spinach pie recipe…. just add this:
    In a coffee cup place a tablespoon of self-rising flour, one egg and about 1/4 c. milk, mix till smooth and add this to the recipe. Let me know what you think!

  8. Monica AlgaeCal

    July 2, 2018 , 1:12 pm

    Love that, Dee! Thanks so much for sharing.

  9. Judy

    April 24, 2019 , 4:15 pm

    I live a whole food plant based lifestyle. Any good potassium rich breakfast recipes coming?

  10. Jenna AlgaeCal

    April 29, 2019 , 11:01 am

    Hi Judy,

    We do have a breakfast recipe coming up so keep an eye on our blog! For now, we have a fantastic post covering potassium-rich foods here. You’ll see some great breakfast foods including avocado and yummy fruits!

    – Jenna @ AlgaeCal

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