New Year, New Recipes.

I know, it's been a looong time. But, things have been busy in our household. First off, we bought our first home!! We spent a lot of time and effort in getting it move in ready (cleaning, paint, small repairs) and almost all of our energy went into that, which means that we've been eating a lot of frozen food, and throw together meals.

However, I just had to share my new obsession. One day I was reading IGE and she had this delicious bagel breakfast sandwich...sweet bagel with egg, bacon and cheese on it. I thought that looks good and sorta forgot about it. Last week, I went to Target to pick up some things and they had a loaf of Apple Fritter Bread in the bakery area. The first night, I made some toast out of it, and it was perfect, sweet and crunchy with some soft apple pieces. It was heavenly.

The next night (I usually don't eat breakfast at home) I decided that I wanted an egg. (Side note--A lot of you that know me will be like WHUUUUT! She does NOT eat eggs!! Ever!! But I've been eating them lately and decided they're not all that bad...most of the time. I still do not like them scrambled unless they have potatoes in them.) I made it sorta fried with a soft yolk on the inside and decided to toast some more Apple Fritter bread with it. I was like, why not? And tossed the egg on the bread and placed a slice of cheese on top.

It.
Was.
AMAZING.

The crunchy sweet of the bread mixed with the slightly melted cheese with the egg was perfect. It was so yummy. My only complaint was that egg was a little too runny for a sandwhich and I ended up with yolk all over.

Saturday I wanted to finish up the loaf of bread, so I made the sandwiches for J and I. This time, however, I scrambled up the eggs and made it more like you would for an omelette, then folded the cheese in the egg and also used slices of the Oscar Mayer Canadian Bacon. Also very good, and much easier to eat than the runnier one.

Overall, new favorite :)

We've got a couple new recipes to try this week, I'll try to keep you all updated :)

Breakfast Casserole

The other night Spencer had leftover spaghetti that he wanted (Sketti, Mom? pweeease?) so I needed to decide what to make for J and I. I wanted...NEEDED something quick, made of stuff we had on hand and yummy. After a quick survey of what we had around, I decided to make a breakfast casserole. Mom used to make these when I was younger and I refused to eat them, mostly because of the eggs. I'm slowly coming around to them tho, and this was a perfect start.

Ingredients:

Southern Style Hash-browns (I used the chunks, you could also use shreds, or even potatoes O'Brien)
6 eggs
Splash of Milk

The rest is really up to you. I made mushrooms and bacon and cheese in it, baked until mostly done, then sprinkled cheese on top.
However, you could add any omelet type toppings you would like:

Sausage, ham, mushrooms, onions, peppers, cheese, tomatoes, spinach, you name it.

Preheat the oven to about 350, pray an 8x8 pan with cooking spray, then fill the pan about 1/3 of the way with the hash-browns. Toss them in the oven and then stir them every once in a while, you basically want them cooked enough, they're not going to clump together in a little ball.

While those are cooking, mix your eggs, milk and fillings together, then pour over the potatoes when they are mostly done.

I usually bake around 15 minutes, give or take, depending on how thick the casserole is, the most important part is you want your eggs to be done. Once it is done, top with cheese and bake until melted and then serve.

It's also pretty easy to prepare the night before, just put in the fridge until time to bake, then just bake accordingly. This might take longer if you don't precook your hash browns first, but it's still yummy and also good to take to a breakfast or lunch potluck.