Country Breakfast Strata
By
Dawn Whitted
@dawn01
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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.
Ingredients
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CRUST
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2 cday old cubed bread
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1 tspgarlic powder
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3 Tbspmelted margarine or butter
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EGG MIXTURE
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5eggs
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1 1/4 tspground mustard
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1 tspworcestershire sauce
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2 pinchred pepper flakes
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2-3 pinchblack pepper
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TOPPINGS
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2 cchopped veggies
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1 cchopped breakfast meats
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1/2 cfrozen hashbrowns
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1 tspgarlic & season salt *if desired*
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2 pinchblack pepper
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2 cshredded cheeses
How to Make Country Breakfast Strata
- 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.
