Chase Freedom Rewards 5x Grocery Bonus Sunday Recipe: Quiche

Welcome to the seventh in our Chase Freedom / Trader Joe's series of maximizing Chase Ultimate Rewards points using the Chase Freedom card and Chase Exclusives while eating well for less. Here are the past posts:

We're now up to $1175 in spend via 24 transactions. With Chase Exclusives, that equates to:

1175 base points

4700 bonus points (4x, on top of 1x base)

117 as 10% bonus on 1175 base

240 for 10 bonus points for each of 24 transactions

6232 Total

Today we had beautiful, warm, summery weather in NYC and decided to meet up with some friends at a local playground. Since we were meeting up around noon, I decided to bring some quiche to share. This Bacon Spinach Quiche is a great way to include spinach in a food that many kids will actually eat, at least if they enjoy cheese, omlettes, etc. The quiche far from low-fat, but it really does taste best with the creme fraiche, whole eggs, bacon, etc. Live a little!

Cost: ~$11 for the quiche (prorated cost of ingredients used)

UR Points:

Only 76 points for the prorated $11 spent on two transactions, at Trader Joe's and Whole Foods; but see our total UR points above for total earned to date on grocery spend of $1175

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Total baking time: ~35 minutes

Shopping List, Quiche

1 1/2 cups Trader Joe's white whole wheat flour

1 cup Trader Joe's almond meal

1/2 cup Trader Joe's Presidents Reserve olive oil

1 1/4 cup grated Cave Aged Gruyere (this is probably the most critical ingredient; try to get either this cheese from Trader Joe's or another gruyere that is cave aged at least 12 months)

1/4 cup Trader Joe's shredded parmesan

1 8 oz. tub of creme fraiche

6 Trader Joe's cage free eggs

Pinch Trader Joe's ground nutmeg

1/3 cup Trader Joe's organic half and half

1 1/2 cup Trader Joe's frozen organic chopped spinach

4 strips of Niman Ranch applewood smoked uncured bacon, cubed in small pieces, cooked in a skillet until crispy, drained on a paper towel (bought at Whole Foods)

Chase Freedom Rewards 5x Grocery Bonus Sunday Recipe: Quiche

Bacon Spinach Quiche (makes one 9″ quiche)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix 1 cup almond meal and 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour in a bowl with a pinch of salt. Pour in 1/2 cup olive oil and with a fork, mix well until crumbs form. Pat into pie plate.

Prick crust all over with fork and pre-bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and turn oven temperature to 375.

Meanwhile, while crust bakes, in separate bowl whisk 6 eggs with entire tub of creme fraiche, a pinch of ground nutmeg, pinch of salt, and freshly ground black pepper to taste. Mixture should be quite smooth. Stir in 1/3 cup half and half.

Defrost 1 1/2 cups frozen organic spinach in microwave (about 1 minute) and add to filling mixture

In separate bowl, mix 1 1/4 cups grated Gruyere with 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan; add all but 1/4 cup to filling mixture

Scatter cooked bacon pieces over crust, then pour filling mixture over. Lightly sprinkle a bit more ground nutmeg over top, then scatter reserved grated cheese over top.