Recipe #2 out of Mediterranean Refresh cookbook.  I thought it was very heavy.  Not as good as it looks, but better than the spinach quiche from Costco.  To get all the water out of the package I recommend using a white kitchen towel and squeezing the water out of the spinach.  Some will recommend a paper towel, that never works for me.  They rip.  The other thing I dislike about this cookbook is the writing is in light gray.  Hard to read.

Ingredients:

10 oz. pie crust (I used the regular Pillsbury that is around 7 oz. and just stretched it up the side.)

1 T Dijon mustard

1/4 C butter

9oz. package frozen spinach, thawed and well drained

1/2 C red onion

1/4 C Sun-dried tomatoes, without oil (I had with and used it.)

1 t Italian dried herbs

1/2 t friend oregano leaves

1/4 t garlic powder

1/4 t salt

4 eggs beaten

2 C Mozzarella cheese, shredded

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 450 degrees F.
2. Prepare pie crust according to package directions for one-crust baked shell using 10” spring form pan.  (I own 2 9” spring form pans and I used it.)  
3. Place prepared crust in pan, and press into the bottom and up the sides.  Spread mustard over bottom of the crust and bake for 9-11 minutes or until crust is lightly browned.
4. Reduce oven to 350 degrees F.
5. Melt the butter in large skillet over medium to low heat.
6. Add spinach, onion and tomatoes.  Cook and stir for 5-7 minutes or until onion is crisp tender.  Remove from heat, then add the Italian seasoning, oregano, garlic powder and salt.  Mix well.
7. In a large bowl, combine the eggs and cheese.  Mix well.  Stir in cooled spinach mixture until well combined.
8. Spoon evenly into partially baked crust and bake for 25-35 minutes or until golden brown on top.  
9. Allow to stand for 10 minutes before removing from pan and slicing.

Nothing puffed up like it would boil over in a regular pie pan, so not sure why they wanted a spring form pan.  We had a zoom cocktail party with the opera at 5:00 PM, called Behind the curtain.  We had one of the female singers on the zoom who is in the One Vote Won opera movie.  It was very interesting.  I baked the shell, mixed the cheese and egg, and cooked the vegetable mixture.

The mixture cooled while on the zoom call.  I combined the vegetable and the egg cheese mixture after the meeting and baked it.