I was on the hunt for a quick and easy tea for the kids that would fill them up without involving lots of cooking.
You know those days when you need to eat straight from school and work so you can dash off to football sessions, scouts or music lessons?
Perusing the fridges in the supermarket, I decided that a nice warm quiche with salad and jacket potatoes might be the way to go.
But the quiches really seemed to vary in price, with the most expensive - Higgidy - costing a whopping £4.60 per pie.
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They were all 'ready to eat' but we chose to heat them up in the oven as directed. Each quiche is said to serve four people and could be frozen. Here's what we found.
Higgidy Smoky Chorizo & Roasted Red Pepper Quiche
Higgidy Smoky Chorizo & Roasted Red Pepper Quiche costs £4.60 for 400g, which worked out to £1.15 per serving. It had a huge list of ingredients, including 8% red peppers, mature Cheddar cheese, 5% chorizo, nutmeg, oregano, medium fat soft cheese, cannellini beans, slow-roasted red pepper tapenade, 1.5% 'Nduja paste, whipping cream, butternut squash, linseeds, poppy seeds, paprika, cayenne pepper and garlic puree.
The nutritional values were 264 kcal, 5.8g saturated fat, 2.9g sugars and 0.85g salt per serving.
This quiche looked amazing. Served in a cute round cardboard tray, it looked like it was sprinkled with crumble - like a savoury pud. You eat with your eyes, right? Wrong.
I was quite surprised to find the taste didn't match up to the way it looked. The pastry was good as it was sprinkled with seeds and I liked the way the peppers added a little bit of spice.
But the egg custard was bland and the chorizo cubes were miniscule. I couldn't taste the chorizo so I picked one off the top to eat on its own and found it had no flavour. It was almost like a veggie quiche that had the tiniest bit of meat in it. We gave it 2 out of 5 stars.
Morrisons Quiche Lorraine
Morrisons Quiche Lorraine cost £2.75 for 400g, which worked out to 63p per serving. It had a six-day shelf life. This one was made with 19% smoked reformed bacon with added water, single cream and 6% extra mature Cheddar cheese and Dijon mustard.
Per serving, it contained 282kcal, 8.9g saturated fat, 1.1g sugars and 0.79g salt, and it took 20 minutes to cook in the oven.
It had a nice fluted edge which made it look pretty. The egg custard was really creamy but there wasn't much bacon in the filling. It had a tasty topping that went golden in the oven. We gave it 4 out of 5 stars.
Lidl Quiche Lorraine
The Lidl Quiche Lorraine cost £1.99 for 400g, which worked out to just under 50p per serving. It had a six-day shelf life. Described as 'smoked British bacon, mature Cheddar cheese and medium fat hard cheese with a creamy egg custard in a shortcrust pastry base', this quiche contained 273kcal, 8.2g of saturated fat, 2g of sugar and 0.82g of salt per serving.
It contained 19% smoked reformed bacon with added water, 11% egg, 10% single cream, 7% mature Cheddar, 7% medium fat hard cheese and white pepper, and took 20 minutes to cook in the oven.
This looked tasty and had a seriously creamy egg custard base and yummy pastry that was crispy at the edges. There was plenty of bacon bits but they tasted like processed ham or gammon at a push. We gave it 3 out of 5 stars as we wouldn't bother again.
M&S Quiche Lorraine
M&S Quiche Lorraine cost £4 for 400g, which worked out to £1 per serving. You can pick up three for £8, which makes it better value. It had a shelf life of just two days and took 20 minutes to cook in the oven.
Described as 'Extra mature Cheddar cheese, British maple cured streaky bacon with creamy free-range egg custard, it contained 282kcal, 10g saturated fat, 2.3g sugars and 0.88g salt per serving.
The packet said it was 'crafted in Nottinghamshire' so not too far from home and the bacon came from 'British outdoor-bred pork'. It contained 17% extra mature Cheddar cheese, 12% maple cured smoked bacon, 7% whipping cream, 3% dry cured streaky bacon and dried mustard.
The pastry was thinner than all the others and the egg custard had a really solid texture which made it look more like a cheesecake. It looked processed but the smoky bacon was flavoursome. We gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars.
Sainsbury's Bacon & Cheese Quiche
There wasn't a Quiche Lorraine available in Sainsbury's so I bought a Bacon & Cheese Quiche as it seemed like pretty much the same thing. It had an eight-day shelf life.
Made with 12% smoked reformed British bacon with added water, 8% extra mature Cheddar cheese, single cream, 3% red Leicester cheese, Dijon mustard and white pepper, it contained 271kcal, 8g saturated fat, 2.3g sugars and 0.65g salt per serving.
This quiche had lovely crisp pastry that tasted old-fashioned, reminding me of the pies my nan used to make. So it was disappointing to find that the filling didn't come up to scratch.
The egg custard was very solid and the meat didn't taste like bacon, more like processed cubed ham. We gave it 3 out of 5 stars.
Tesco Quiche Lorraine
Tesco Quiche Lorraine cost £2.50 for 400g, which worked out to 63p per serving. Each serving contained 256kcal, 7.2g saturated fat, 2g sugars and 0.65g salt.
It was made with 19% Beechwood smoked reformed bacon with added water, extra mature Cheddar cheese, double cream (no percentages given) white pepper and nutmeg. The quiche took 20 minutes in the oven.
This one smelt great as it was cooking in the oven. There was lots of smoky bacon which tasted as good as it smelt. The crispy pastry had a homemade flavour to it and the topping went beautifully golden.
We really liked the creamy egg custard too and gave it 4 out of 5 stars.
Aldi Quiche Lorraine
Aldi Quiche cost £1.99 for 400g, which worked out to just under 50p per serving. It had a five-day shelf life. This quiche contained 301kcal, 9.8g of saturated fat, 1.9g of sugar and 0.86g of salt per serving.
Made with British pork, it contained 19% smoked reformed bacon with added water, 11% egg, single cream, 7% mature Cheddar and 7% medium fat hard cheese and took 20 minutes to cook in the oven.
It had a beautiful fluted edge and the pastry was delicious although it didn't crisp up as much as the others. That said, it looked homemade and was the most moreish. The egg custard was really creamy and very cheesy. We gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Asda Quiche Lorraine
Asda Quiche Lorraine cost £2.65 for 400g, which worked out to 66p per serving. It had a five-day shelf life.
Made from 14% smoked reformed bacon with added water, 8% mature Cheddar cheese and 8% medium Cheddar cheese, Dijon mustard and white pepper, it suggested 25 minutes in the oven to heat up.
This was the only packet that gave air fryer instructions although it took just as long - 25 minutes - in the air fryer.
Per serving, it contained 272kcal, 7.6g saturated fat, 2.1g sugars and 0.52g sat. This one looked like it had the most bacon of all, but that was only because it was all sprinkled on the top.
As a result it went crispy and wasn't too tasty. The pastry was pretty dry. We gave it 2 out of 5 stars.
Overall verdict
We didn't think the M&S and Higgidy quiches were worth twice the price of some of the cheaper options. For us, the best ones were the Tesco and the Aldi quiches, with Aldi just taking the top spot due to the great price point at less than 50p per serving. It made for a satisfying and super-quick tea for the kids after school, and at just £1.99, I'm adding it to my weekly shopping list.