Sausage Potato Breakfast Casserole

 

Sausage Potato Breakfast Casserole

1 Lbs breakfast sausage cooked

1 lbs refrigerated diced potatoes (simply potatoes) seasoned

8 ounce shredded cheddar cheese, divided

7 eggs 

1/2 cup 2% milk

salt and pepper

Pre heat oven to 350.

Cook sausage until cooked and cool

mix eggs and milk until mixed

add sausage and potatoes to egg mixture, add salt and pepper 

mix in 3/4 of cheese, leaving some to top at end of cooking

Spray a 9x13 pan with cooking spray

pour in egg mixture. 

bake for 35 mins

top with remaining cheese and bake another 15-20 mins

**** if you want to make it the night before mix everything except the topping cheese. cover and keep in refrigerator over night. 

Next morning bake longer maybe 40 minutes until almost set,

add cheese and cook another 10 mins

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Creamy Broccoli Cheese Soup

 

1/2 diced onion

1 dice carrot

2 clove minced garlic 

2 packages (10 oz each, total 20 oz) frozen Broccoli rice 

2 cups chicken broth

2 cups milk (2%)

1 tsp salt or more to taste

1 tsp pepper or more to taste

1/4 tsp garlic powder

8 oz shredded raw sharp cheddar cheese

In a 4 qt soup pot add some oil and cook onions and carrots until soft.  Then add in garlic for 1 minute.

Add all the other ingredients except the cheese and cook on low for 30 minutes until the broccoli is tender.

Add in the cheese and cook until melted.

Blend it all with an emersion blender or transfer to a blender. Blend until blended.

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I bought this cheese in a block and shredded it. 

I bought 2 bags of this frozen riced broccoli and added it to my soup frozen.

 

Bread Pudding

  8 oz Cinnamon Bread 

3 eggs

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup white sugar

1/2 cup whole milk

1 cup heavy cream

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 tsp cinnamon 

1/4 tsp nutmeg

Optional: (2 TBLS white sugar plus 1 tsp cinnamon Optional) sprinkle in between half the mixture and then on top of mixture in pan before baking

optional: mini chocolate chips sprinkle in middle and some on top

Mix all the ingredients together except for the bread. Tear the bread in pieces and add the to custard ingredients. Let sit for 20 minutes.

Pour into a greased (with lots of butter) 8x8 pan.  

optional: I poured half the bread mixture in the pan, sprinkles some of the cinnamon sugar over the top, then added the rest of the bread mixture and sprinkles some of the cinnamon sugar mixture on top. I did not use all of the cinnamon and sugar mixture. Use as much as you like. 

I also sprinkled mini chocolate chips in the middle and top of bread mixture.

Bake 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes until center set. I cooked for 50 mins in 8x8 pan. 

you can double the recipe to Make a 9x13 pan. recipe called for 5 eggs. but you could try 6 eggs. 

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Cabbage Roll Soup

 

1 lbs 100% grass fed ground beef

1 onion finely diced onion

2 carrots diced (or replace with thick sliced zucchini)

2 gloves garlic, minced

4 cups chopped white cabbage

4 cups beef broth (kettle and fire are best ingredients for broth)

2 cans (15 ounce) of crushed fire roasted tomatoes, organic (or 28 oz whole tomatoes blended)

1 bay leaf

2 TBLS parsley chopped

2 tsp italian seasoning

2 tsp garlic powder

2 tsp onion powder

1 tsp smoked paprika

1/2 tsp powdered chipotle (optional)

salt and pepper to taste (lots of pepper)

in a soup stock pan brown hamburger, drain

add onions, carrots and cabbage, cook a few minutes

add garlic 1 minute

add broth and tomato sauce and seasoning.

Bring to a simmer, cook for 25-25 minutes. 

remove bay leaf, enjoy

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Banana Bars with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

BANANA BARS

1/2 cup melted butter

1 cup dark brown sugar

1 egg

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup flour

1/2 cup mashed banana  

1/4c-1/2 c semi sweet chocolate chips (as many as you like)

Preheat oven to 350 degree 

grease 8x8 pan then line with parchment paper

Melt butter in large bowl, mix in brown sugar until combined

Add in egg, mix

add vanilla 

add mashed banana

In a small bowl add flour and salt, mix

add flour to wet ingredients. 

Add in chocolate chips

Mix until combined

Pour into prepared 8x8 pan

Bake for 30-35 mins until light brown and toothpick comes out clean.

Cool completely, then frost

FROSTING

 4 oz soft cream cheese

2 TBLS soft butter

1/8 cup 100% real maple syrup 

1/2 tsp vanilla

Mix all frosting ingredients in a bowl. Whisk until creamy.

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Rice Pilaf

 

1 TBLS butter

1 TBLS olive oil

1 small diced onion

1 clove minced garlic

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp ground coriander

1/2 tsp ground cumin

pinch of nutmeg

1 cup jasmine rice (not instant)

1 cups of chicken bone broth 

1 bay leaf

melt butter and olive oil in pot with lid. 

Add diced onion and cook for a few minutes until soft

add garlic for 1 minute

add salt, coriander, cumin and nutmeg, cook for 1 minute

add rice and brown for 2 minutes

add broth and bay leaf

bring to a boil, cover and turn temp to simmer

cook covered for 15 minutes until rice is cooked

you can garnish with parsley

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Korean Meatballs

 

MEATBALLS:

1 lbs ground beef

1/2 cup breadcrumbs

1 tsp ginger (from a tube)

1/2 tsp pepper

1/2 tsp salt

3 green onions, sliced

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 egg

1 TBLS sriracha sauce

SAUCE:

1/2 c apricot jam

2 TBLS rice vinegar or champagne vinegar

1 TBLS soy sauce

1 tsp sriracha sauce

GARNISH WITH 1 GREEN ONION CHOPPED OR SESAME SEEDS

Mix all the meatball ingredients together. Form in balls. Bake 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until done. The size of your meatball determines how long to cook it. 

Mix all the sauce ingredients together. Microwave for 1 minute or until hot. 

Add meatballs and sauce together. Serve with rice and garnish with sliced green onions or sesame seeds. 

Or just eat meatballs by themselves as an appetizer. 

You can cook meatballs, then cool and freeze. Then add them to a small crockpot and add sauce over the top and thaw and cook in crockpot for a party. 

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IF YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO MAKE THE MEATBALLS, GET THESE KOREAN MEATBALLS IN THE FROZEN SECTION OF TARGET. THEY FIT PERFECTLY IN A MINI CROCKPOT, THEN MAKE THE SAUCE AND POUR OVER THE MEATBALLS, COOK ON HIGH UNTIL THEY ARE WARMED THROUGH OR LOW IF YOU AREN'T IN A HURRY. 

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