Breakfast Egg Bake

This is the perfect recipe to make for a Sunday morning and save the rest for quick and easy breakfast options throughout the busy work week. Fun Fact: I don’t eat eggs… BUT… everyone who I make this for tells me it’s delicious – so here we go!

I love the versatility of this recipe since you can empty out your fridge and chose whatever vegetables, meats or cheeses you want to add. The base is the same – Eggs, cheese, meat and veggies smashed together and cooked in perfect harmony. I love doing this recipe in my cast iron, because it only takes one pan to throw it all together for the most part!

Ingredients:

• 12 eggs
• 1 white or yellow onion
• 1 pack of chicken sausage (Quantity 5 total)
  • (Can substitute for 1/2lb of ground meat here or pork sausage.)
• 1/2 tablespoon of garlic
• 1 cup of broccoli florets, diced
• 1 cup of zucchini or yellow squash, diced (Can substitute for many other veggies here!)
• 1 bell pepper, diced (Pick whatever color you prefer. Red and orange are so yum!)
• EVOO
• salt and pepper
• 3 tablespoons of italian seasoning
• 1/4 cup of cottage cheese (Optional but brings in extra protein and you can’t taste it!)
• Some milk
• 2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese
• 1/3 cup panko bread crumbs or equivalent

Instructions:

• Preheat your oven to 350F and grease a 9×13 baking casserole sheet.
  • Disregard this step if you are cooking in a pan that is oven safe – then you can spare on dishes and simply transfer from stove top to oven.
• Combine eggs with cottage cheese and add a splash of milk. Add Italian seasoning and mix well. (You can do this by hand or use an electric mixer)
• Heat up your sausages or meat – depending on what you are using. If you are using sausages, make sure they are diced small and brown easily. 2-3min for sausage. 6-8 for the ground meat.
• Add your onions and garlic and cook on medium until onions are translucent, stirring often so garlic doesn’t burn.
• Add your vegetables and cover your pot on medium to let them simmer. Turn occasionally.
• Once meat and vegetables are cooked, add your egg mixture to the pan and remove the lid
• Add 1 cup of cheese into the mixture and stir everything until it is well combined
• Take the other cup of cheese and mix it with 1/3 cup of bread crumbs and then sprinkle on top and put in the oven.
• Bake for 35-45min and check it to see if the edges are set and you can pull a toothpick out of the center without egg stuck on it.

Leftovers can be stored in the fridge for 3-4 days and you can reheat them in the air fryer oven feature or microwave!

Please note: There are so many varieties that you can do with this recipe.

Here are some vegetable options: Broccoli, squash, zucchini, spinach, peppers, mushrooms, potatoes, tomatoes etc.

Here are some meat options: Ground chicken, ground turkey, ground beef, ground pork, chicken breast cubed, chicken/pork sausage, bacon etc!

Some folks even add some cubed stale bread in it (1-2 slices) just to kick it up a notch. Totally up to you! Let me know what variety you try and enjoy!