On Thursday, December 21, 2017 at 1:55:55 PM UTC-5, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> leftover broccoli, some chopped onion, a little bit of red bell
> pepper, a couple or three of almost wrinkled mushrooms, a small piece
> of Cabot white extra sharp cheese, shredded, 5 eggs way past the use
> by date and just taking up room, ditto the 3 cups of homogenized milk,
> that half loaf of white bread I froze so that it wouldn't get moldy, a
> half dozen breakfast sausages cut into bite size pieces, maybe a 1/4
> cup of Thai sweet red chili sauce in almost empty bottle, and salt and
> pepper. Here's the idea. Of course I re-imagined it. ;-)
> Ideally I let the casserole sit in the fridge overnight to fully
> hydrate the bread. Today it will only get 6 hours in the fridge. This
> is good hot or cold,
>
> EASY EGG CASSEROLE
> Jimmy Dean
> 1 pkg Jimmy Dean regular flavor pork sausage roll
> 8 eggs
> 3 cups milk
> ¼ tsp black pepper
> 8 cups bread cubes
> 8 ounces shredded Cheddar, divided
> 13x9 pan
> 350F
> Cook sausage, drain. Beat eggs, add bread, stir gently, add sausage
> and 1 ½ cups cheese
> Pour into 13x9, sprinkle with remaining cheese
> Bake 45 minutes
> Janet US

We're having something like that for breakfast Christmas morning.
Trifling variations on the cheese and sausage, but basically the same.
That's the real tradition for my husband: breakfast casserole after
opening presents. Fruit salad makes a nice contrast to all of that
richness.

Cindy Hamilton