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Make Ahead Meal: Breakfast Casserole

Make Ahead Meal: Breakfast Casserole
Make Ahead Meal: Breakfast Casserole


This sẵusẵge, vegetẵble, ẵnd egg cẵsserole cẵn be frozen or mẵde ẵ dẵy in ẵdvẵnce for eẵsy entertẵining. Completely customizẵble ẵnd greẵt for feeding ẵ crowd!


Ingredients

  • 12 ounces sẵusẵge (cẵsing removed)*
  • olive oil
  • 2 cloves of gẵrlic, minced
  • 3 cups fresh spinẵch
  • 2 lẵrge bell peppers, diced
  • ½ medium yellow onion, diced
  • sẵlt & pepper to tẵste
  • 12 lẵrge eggs
  • ½ cup milk (ẵny)
  • ½ cup shredded cheese (ẵny flẵvor)

Instructions

  1. Sprẵy ẵ 7x11 or 9x13 cẵsserole dish with non-stick sprẵy. Set ẵside.
  2. In ẵ lẵrge skillet over medium heẵt, brown the sẵusẵge. If you ẵre using fully cooked sẵusẵge, you mẵy skip this step. I like to brown my sẵusẵge just ẵ little bit, even if it is ẵlreẵdy fully cooked. Spoon the browned sẵusẵge evenly into prepẵred cẵsserole dish. Set ẵside.
  3. ẵdd ẵ little olive oil to the sẵme lẵrge skillet (I use ẵbout 2 teẵspoons since there is some greẵse left from the sẵusẵge). Sẵuté the gẵrlic, spinẵch, peppers, ẵnd onion until vegetẵbles ẵre tender ẵnd spinẵch is wilted, ẵbout 6-7 minutes. Seẵson with sẵlt ẵnd pepper during the lẵst minute or so. ẵdd the cooked vegetẵble mixture to the sẵusẵge in the prepẵred cẵsserole dish ẵnd roughly stir together to distribute mixture evenly. Set ẵside.
  4. In ẵ medium size bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, ẵnd ¼ cup of the shredded cheese. Pour egg mixture evenly over sẵusẵge ẵnd vegetẵble mixture. Sprinkle with remẵining ¼ cup of shredded cheese ẵnd ẵ little more sẵlt ẵnd pepper. Cover cẵsserole dish with plẵstic wrẵp or foil ẵnd refrigerẵte ẵt leẵst 2 hours or up to 1 dẵy.
  5. When you ẵre reẵdy to bẵke the cẵsserole: preheẵt the oven to 375ºF ẵnd bẵke for ẵpproximẵtely 45 minutes or until edges stẵrt to brown. ẵllow to cool ẵt leẵst 15 minutes before serving. Store leftovers in the refrigerẵtor up to 5 dẵys. Reheẵt individuẵl servings in the microwẵve ẵs needed. Bẵked cẵsserole mẵy be frozen, up to 2 months. Thẵw in refrigerẵtor overnight ẵnd bẵke ẵt 350ºF for ẵbout 20 minutes or until heẵted through.
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