As-You-Like-It Breakfast Casserole

By Anne545

Easy-to-make breakfast casserole, with eggs, cheese, milk, and bread, baked with your favorite mix-ins - sausage, bacon, ham, mushrooms, veggies.

The ingredient proportions are estimates. The more eggs, the firmer, and less likely to deflate, the casserole will be. Mushrooms tend to hold a lot of moisture, so if you use a lot of them, you may want to sauté them first to release some of their water. Sausage should be browned and cooked through first. You can also uses spices such as curry and cumin.

Ingredients

• Additions:
• 6-10 eggs
• 2-3 cups grated cheddar cheese
• 6 slices bread, cut into cubes
• 2 cups milk
• Salt
• Pepper
• 1 cup corn (cooked or frozen)
• 1/2 cup chopped broccoli (cooked or raw, raw will turn out crunchier)
• 1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
• 1/4 cup sliced green onions
• 1 cup cubed ham and/or cooked Italian sausage
• A few slices cooked bacon, chopped
• 1 tsp. herbes de provence, or other dried herbs, or a Tbsp of fresh chopped herbs such as basil, rosemary, or thyme

Details

Servings 8
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 65mins
Adapted from simplyrecipes.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F. Beat eggs in large bowl. Mix in milk & cheese. Add bread & carefully stir until all pieces are moistened (don't over mix or bread may disintegrate).

Add additions of your choosing. Add salt & pepper to taste (if using Italian sausage, you won't need either.) If you have a lot of additions, you might need a couple more eggs to make sure that everything is at least touching some egg mixture. Just whisk in 2 Tbsp. milk for every beaten egg you add.
Butter 13 x 9 inch casserole dish. Pour mix into casserole dish.

Bake 50-60 min., until top is browned & center springs back when touched. Remove from oven & let cool 10 min. before serving.