Individual Brunch Casseroles

I’m still making a nice Sunday breakfast every week.  I’ve been doing it since the first of the year and I’m really liking that time with my family.  I know the kids don’t really appreciate it yet but I’m hoping they will enjoy it some time down the road.  This was a fun little recipe that was pretty easy to put together.  I didn’t have all the ingredients the recipe called for, nor do I like some of the items they suggested so I tweaked it a little bit and it turned out great.  So this is definitely a recipe that can be adjusted to your liking.

Individual Brunch Casseroles

Ingredients: 

3 c. shredded hashbrowns

¾ c. diced onions

½ c. diced celery

½ c. diced green pepper

2-4 T. vegetable oil

4 eggs

½ t. salt

¼ t. pepper

1 c. shredded cheddar cheese

½ lb sliced bacon, cooked and crumbled

1 can mushrooms stems and pieces, drained

Directions:

In a large skillet, sauté the potatoes, onion, celery, and green pepper in vegetable oil until vegetables are crisp-tender.  If necessary, add more oil to prevent sticking.  Remove from heat.

In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, salt, pepper.  Add cheese, bacon, and mushrooms; mix well.  Stir in potato mixture.  Pour into four greased individual baking dishes.

Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.  Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

In my test kitchen:

I loathe celery and I didn’t have any green peppers OR mushrooms.  I’m terrible, I know.  But I did have some crumbled pre-cooked turkey sausage that needed to be used.  So I sautéed the potatoes and onions (I minced my onions and probably only used ¼ c. and then added 1 c. turkey sausage.  Because I was using the sausage I did not put bacon in the egg mixture.  Instead, I cooked up 3 slices and crumbled them and sprinkled it on the top of the casserole just before putting it in the oven to give the casserole a little crunch.  I think the green peppers and mushrooms would be a nice addition to the dish but they weren’t missed by my family. 

~Happy Cooking!