If you need something filling, quick and nourishing, you can’t go past one of these frittata or quiche recipes. They’re packed full of protein, and the flavour combinations are endless. In this list there are classics like ham and cheese, and salmon and spinach. Plus, there are also creative flavour combinations like chorizo and fetta, as well as chicken and brie. And the best part? These versatile dishes can be enjoyed hot or cold for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
These quiche and frittata recipes make brilliant work or school lunch box snacks, particularly the mini or individual quiches in this recipe list. Also, the mini quiches are great for entertaining, making an ideal finger food.
Mini chicken & asparagus quiches
A filling entree or easy to make canape.
Savoury eggplant and haloumi quiche
This delicious vegetarian quiche is packed full of flavour from the salty haloumi, hearty eggplant and divine golden crust. Cut yourself a slice and enjoy warm or cool.
Salmon and spinach quiche
Packed with healthy salmon and superfood spinach, this quiche is the ideal work or school lunchbox. Pop in a salad and you are good to go!
Green power mini frittatas with spinach and feta
Easy, freezable mini frittatas are an idea make-ahead breakfast option, packed with vitamin-rich greens and protein-rich egg and feta.
Pea and zucchini frittata
The ideal spring dish.
Mega vegie and haloumi frittata
This mega vegie and haloumi frittata is designed to be prepped early.
Pumpkin, feta and basil quiche
This quiche can also be made in a 23cm quiche pan. Bake for 35-40 minutes. Note
Roast vegetable quiche
Don’t discard the baking paper used for rolling out pastry. Use one to bake pastry blind, the other to line the tray for roasting the vegetables. Quiche is cooked when a knife inserted at centre comes out clean. Note
Mini crustless quiche with bacon & tomato
Bacon & eggs on the go!
Spring quiche
This recipe is made with frozen shortcrust pastry, making it an easy, family-friendly budget meal.
Asparagus & fetta frittata
Breakfast, lunch or dinner – a fresh frittata is sure to deliver.
Chorizo & potato frittata
Eating in the great outdoors doesn’t get easier or more delicious than this frittata – all done in one pan over the glowing coals of a campfire.
Air fryer frittata carbonara
When two favourites combine.
Coronation quiche
The King and The Queen Consort’s alternate recipe for the Coronation Big Lunch.
Quiche Lorraine
With bacon and gruyère cheese, what’s not to love?
Smoked salmon and asparagus quiche
This smoked salmon and asparagus quiche makes a brilliant dinner that works just as well the next day as well for leftovers.
Leek and pumpkin quiche
Make on Sunday and eat all week.
Asparagus frittata
Make the most of summer asparagus with this easy, quick frittata. You could add a handful of thinly sliced swiss brown mushrooms when you cook the asparagus.
Quiche primavera
This spring vegie quiche will soon become your new go-to lunch.
Mini quiches
Bite-sized morsels of fun and flavour.
Easy cheesy leek quiche
Easy by name, easy by method.
Breakfast frittata
Breakfast worth getting out of bed for.
Spanish frittata
This traditional Spanish frittata is packed full of flavour from the potatoes, tomatoes and fresh herbs. This dish makes a healthy lunch or dinner. Enjoy it warm out of the oven or chilled for a lunch time snack.
Quick three-cheese frittata
Nothing beats a frittata for a quick and nutritious meal. With three types of cheese and rocket and silverbeet this one is also ridiculously tasty.
Prawn, pea & broad bean frittata
This veggie-packed fritatta is full of fresh spring flavours.
Silverbeet quiche
Rich in both flavour and texture and delicious hot or cold, enjoy this quiche with a side salad. For a milder version, substitite the greens with English spinach.
Breakfast frittata
A delicious savoury breakfast option with fresh ingredients.
Bacon and mushroom quiche
Frozen pastry makes this bacon and mushroom quiche quick to whip up for any family meal, lunchbox or party. Serve with a salad for a complete meal.
Kale and quinoa frittata
This kale and quinoa frittata recipe is featured in Dr Joanna McMillan’s book – Brain Food. This dish is an excellent way to load up on healthy green veggies, loaded with Vitamin A and caretenoids for eye health.
Pumpkin, spinach and fetta frittata
It’s eggs-actly the lunch you are after.
Tuna and spinach quiche
If liked, add some crumbled feta cheese and chopped semi-dried tomatoes. Note
Bacon, pea and corn frittata
Perfect for a satisfying midweek dinner, relaxed brunch, or work day lunch – this tasty bacon, pea and corn frittata also uses only 4 ingredients and is good to go in under half an hour.
Baked potato, ham and cheese frittata
Whip up these cheesy frittatas for a lovely light lunch at home or pack in a lunchbox with salad to take to work.
Smoked chicken & asparagus quiches
Making finger food often seems fiddly and time consuming, but the ability to buy ready made pastry cases and good quality chicken mean that these dainty smoked chicken and asparagus quiches will be ready before you know it.
Filo salmon quiche
Made with golden, crumbly pastry, these delicious flaked salmon and brie quiches are wonderfully light and tasty. Packed full of nutrients and wonderful flavours, this savoury dish can be enjoyed any time of the day.
Leftover roast vegetable quiche
We’re using up those pesky odds and ends of roast vegetables by turning them into a delicious quiche. You could also use leftover grated cheddar or crumbled feta to scatter over the top of the quiche.
Potato, capsicum and spinach frittata
This potato, capsicum and spinach frittata is done in no time – full of flavour and nourishing goodness.
Bacon, chive and potato quiche
This delicious quiche combines crispy bacon, hearty potatoes and fragrant herbs to create a delicious family meal, perfect for weeknight dinners. Enjoy it warm from the oven with a side salad, or serve cool as a lunch-box snack.
Chorizo, spinach and fetta quiche
Feed the family this hearty, wholesome, super-tasty chorizo, spinach and fetta quiche – so simple and delicious, this will quickly become a family favourite!
Smoked ocean trout ricotta quiche
You can use reduced-fat dairy spread and light sour cream in the pastry if you prefer, however it will change the flavour and texture. To make a sweet version of this pastry, add ¼ cup (40g) pure icing sugar to the flour and the seeds scraped from 1 vanilla bean. Note
Tomato and fetta quiche
Fresh and light, this fetta and tomato quiche is perfect with a green salad for a complete meal.
Mini tomato and cheese quiches
Easy to make and wonderfully tasty, these quiches are brilliant enjoyed hot out of the oven with a fresh side salad or as eaten cool as a tasty school lunchbox snack.
Mushroom quiche
Light and tasty, this mushroom quiche makes a perfect brunch or lunch served with salad.
Mushroom and spinach quiche
This delicious quiche uses frozen puff pastry, making it an easy budget weeknight dinner. And any leftovers can be eaten cold for lunch the next day.
Impossible quiche
This crustless quiche is impossibly quick to make, hence its name. Try it, you’ll love it!
Chicken, mushroom and brie quiche
This is a great way to use up leftover roast chicken. Note
Basic ham and cheese quiche
The classic ham and cheese quiche has long been a favourite in French cuisine, which has filtered into Australian cooking. The combination of a crumbly, golden crust with a fluffy cheese, egg and ham filling makes this savoury tart a brilliant family dish.
Caramelised onion & goat’s cheese quiches
These exquisite quiches are great for picnics, platters or simply as a snack.
Mini ham and corn quiches
Perfect for an after school snack, or school and work lunches these mini ham and corn quiches are easy and tasty and appealing.
Baby rocket quiche
Serve this beautiful green quiche with salad for a light lunch or dinner.
Spinach quiche
Perfect for a lazy lunch with friends, this spinach quiche is quick and delicious. For something rather different, you could use sorrel leaves in place of the spinach.
Roast pumpkin and zucchini frittata
Perfect as lunch, a light dinner, afternoon tea or in a lunch box, roast pumpkin and zucchini frittata is a healthy, delicious and flexible dish.
Chorizo, potato and herb frittata
To reheat, place frittata pieces close together on a baking-paper-lined oven tray in a preheated 160°C (140°C fan forced) oven for 25 minutes or until heated through. Note
Zucchini flower and tomato frittata
Healthy and filling, this zucchini flower and tomato frittata is an instant classic.
Bacon, leek and potato frittata
An egg-based Italian dish with bacon, leek and potato from Australian Women’s Weekly.
Wild mushroom and green onion frittata
You need an ovenproof frying pan for this recipe as it goes into the oven; or cover the handle with a few layers of foil to protect it from the heat. We used a mix of oyster, shiitake, swiss and portobello mushrooms. Note
Tomato, feta and pancetta frittata
Delicious little tomato, feta and pancetta frittata from Australian Women’s Weekly.
Leek and speck quiche
You can also make the pastry using a food processor. Process flour and butter until crumbly; with motor operating, add the water and process until ingredients cling together. Or, you can buy ready-made frozen shortcrust pastry. Take leftover quiche to work the next day for lunch. It is great served either cold or warm. Note
Potato, capsicum and olive frittata
Give your usual potato frittata a gutsy flavour kick by adding capsicum and olive. Serve it warm from the oven with a green salad or take it on a romantic picnic.
Asparagus, tomato, ricotta and basil frittata
This colourful, veggie-packed frittata is delicious hot or cold at any time of the day.
Tuna and asparagus frittata
You can substitute well-drained canned asparagus for the fresh, if desired. Note
Blue cheese quiche
This quiche is simple, easy and utterly delicious.
Primavera frittata
We used a mixture of parsley, basil and dill for this recipe, but you can use any herbs you like. If your frying pan does not have a heatproof handle, cover the handle with aluminium foil to protect it from the heat of the grill. Frittata can be served warm or cold. Reheat slices of […]
Quiche recipes for kids’ lunch boxes
Most of the quiche recipes in this list will work in a school lunch box, but our particular favourites are these mini quiche Lorraines and the mini ham and corn quiches. Also, try these tomato and zucchini quiches.
How to tell if an egg is good to use
If you’re unsure if your eggs are okay to use in your frittata or quiche recipe, do the simple float test. Pop the egg into a tall glass of water. If it sinks, it’s good to use. However, if the egg floats, best avoid that one. Read this article for more tips on how to choose and store eggs.
More egg recipes for dinner
For even more inspiration beyond these frittata and quiche recipes, see this list of excellent egg recipes for dinner. From pasta carbonara and protein bowls with hard boiled eggs, to baked egg and mince dishes and salads. Additionally, there are a few breakfast-for-dinner options, because really, breakfast foods can be enjoyed at any time of the day. One of our favourites is shakshuka. Plus this 5-ingredient prosciutto, spinach and egg pie.
Fancy some more 5-ingredient dinner ideas to cook tonight?
