Country Breakfast Strata

Recipe Rating:	1 Rating5
Categories:	Breakfast Casseroles, Eggs, For Kids, Healthy, Meat Breakfast
Keywords:	Christmas, Casserole, Brunch, Egg
Serves:	6
Prep Time:	20 Min
Cook Time:	40 Min

Ingredients

CRUST
2 c	day old cubed bread
1 tsp	garlic powder
3 Tbsp	melted margarine or butter
EGG MIXTURE
5	eggs
1 1/4 tsp	ground mustard
1 tsp	worcestershire sauce
2 pinch	red pepper flakes
2-3 pinch	black pepper
TOPPINGS
2 c	chopped veggies
1 c	chopped breakfast meats
1/2 c	frozen hashbrowns
1 tsp	garlic & season salt if desired
2 pinch	black pepper
2 c	shredded cheeses

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Dawn Whitted

Lightly Salted

Spearfish, SD (pop. 10,494)

dawn01

Member Since Aug 2011

Dawn's Notes:

Strata is a great way to use up leftover things from the fridge. The stale bread makes a crust and soaks up the seasoned egg mixture and any combination of chopped veggies, breakfast meat and cheeses that make this hearty cheesy and yummy! I love that you can switch up the bread, veggies meats and cheeses to your preference.

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Coat a casserole dish with non-stick cooking spray.

Cube approximately 2C. day old (stale) bread and place in casserole dish. (I used 3 whole grain english muffins that were drying out)

Melt margarine in microwave and pour over cubed bread and lightly season with garlic powder.

Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes till it starts to get golden brown. (Make it quicker: broil for 5 minutes - watch it closely so it doesn't scorch)

Meanwhile get the egg mixture into a mixing bowl and scramble well. Set aside.

*dried thyme or sweet basil works in this too...

Chop veggies & meats (my combo was baby spinach, chopped broccoli, mushrooms, green onion, deli ham & sausage)

After bread bcomes browned pour egg mixture over it and top with 1/4 shredded cheese, all the veggie & meat mixture, then another 1/4 cheese & finally frozen hash browns (season if desired).

Bake for 30 minutes.

*to crisp up hashbrowns broil for last 5 minutes or pre fry on stovetop*

Remove casserole from oven and top with remaining cheese blend (my combo was colby jack & pepper jack)
bake for 5 minutes to melt cheese then let stand on stovetop for 5 minutes.

Cut into squares and serve immediately.
Great for Brunch or even a lighter dinner.