I love breakfast casseroles and could eat them on a regular basis! This Breakfast Strata is one of the simplest and most delicious!
Eating Breakfast
One of mine & T’s favorite things to do is going out for breakfast on the weekends. We much rather prefer omelets, fried eggs, & breakfast potatoes when someone else cooks them. Somehow everything tastes better when it’s “out”. But, that being said, I’m always on the quest for a breakfast meal that satisfies us at home because, let’s be real, when you’re raising too always hungry, growing boys…eating out every weekend is not very economically feasible.
This weekend, I took to my recipe box on the hunt for such a recipe. I also had some ham that needed to be used up. I ran across this recipe and I’m not quite sure why it was in my recipe box because I don’t know where it came from or that I’ve even ever eaten this recipe, so we decided to give it a whirl! We were pleasantly suprised and will definitely make it again, so I’m sharing it with you today! I hope you enjoy it too!
Overnight Breakfast Strata
Ingredients
- 8 slices bread buttered & cubed
- 1 lb diced ham
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 8 eggs slightly beaten
- 2 cups milk
- 1 t salt
- 2 t pepper
Instructions
- Grease a 9x13 pan and place your bread cubes in the bottom. Layer the ham and cheese on top of the bread cubes. Combine the eggs, milk, salt, & pepper. Pour over all and refrigerate overnight. Bake uncovered at 325 degrees for 1 hour. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.
Baker’s Note: We decided a few things while enjoying this Strata.
- We are going to use bacon crumbles and ham next time (sausage would be good for those who enjoy sausage, but I don’t).
- T has also requested that I add some onions and maybe peppers. (I don’t like peppers, so I will probably be making the next batch into two small batches, one for each of us).
- Enjoy!
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This looks SO yummy!! (minus the ham. lol) I may use this recipe for the day after my wedding as we’re having a family brunch.
Bacon or sausage would be good too!
That was the strata recipe used for Easter Breakfast at Trinity!
Good to know! Thanks Mom!
Ooooo Katy! This is a classic, yours looks like it has great texture! I am in with the ham, and bacon!
Thank you so much! I will say that I do love the texture of this one and you can never go wrong with ham & bacon, right?! Thanks for stopping by!!