I like making these nice, quick pie quiche-like dishes and of late I have started making them with a crumbly, crunchy cracker base. After experimenting with a few different types of crackers I've found simple saltine crackers to be the best. I bash them up in a small ziploc with a pestle and then mix the crumbs with a bit of olive oil and pack them tightly into the base of the baking dishes and then fill up the cracker shell with a delicious filling. The recipe below is a nice enough one:
1 medium tomato chopped
1 onion chopped
half a packet firm tofu crumbled
half cup chopped washed spinach
a generous pinch cumin powder
about 2 tablespoons grated cheddar
salt to taste
1 tablespoon flour
1 egg
Saute the tomato and onion in a little olive oil, till soft and mushy, add spinach and tofu and saute couple of minutes. Add cumin, cheese and salt stir well and remove from heat. In a large bowl combine flour and egg and bit of water, mix into a smooth paste and add cooled vegetable mixture. Mix very well and spoon over cracker base. Bake about 25 mins at 180.
Variation: Add other veg to this combination, swiss brown or portobello mushrooms, boiled potato, boiled corn. Eat warm or cold. Delicious!
