Totally low stress so you can focus on the important stuff (i.e tequila and coffee). Lately, I’ve been really into throwing together big make-ahead breakfast casseroles that you can just bake off in the morning before everyone arrives. In addition to being my favorite meal to eat, brunch is also my favorite meal to host. It doesn’t hurt that spring also has so many brunchy holidays: Easter, Mother’s Day, Random 70 Degrees and Sunny Tuesday. I suspect this is because I have no desire leave my apartment when it’s below 50F, but as soon as the warm weather hits, I want to be out and about, nibbling on a Nutella donut appetizer with the sun on my face and a bloody Mary in both hands. I always feel like spring brings out the bruncher in me. You can have dessert for breakfast, breakfast for breakfast, lunch for breakfast…or ALL OF THE ABOVE. Really, though, brunch is just good old-fashioned FUN. Which I love because it is pretty much my favorite meal of the day. It’s the perfect make-ahead meal for a brunch or lazy weekend breakfast. If the Monday blues has got you down, day dream about this little number till you make it to the end of the week.This vegetable and cheddar strata is a savory bread pudding made with eggs, cheese, and LOADS of veggies. Other cheeses that work well: provolone, mozz, and Monterey jack. I love using smoked gouda in this recipe but that can get really expensive really quickly! I found that my grocery store sells smoked jack cheese (which costs ½ of what the gouda does) and tastes almost exactly the same in this casserole. This savory french toast bake is easily customizable to your liking!Īlso to be noted, gluten-free bread will work just fine for this breakfast casserole so my GF friends, rejoice! In such cases, crumbled cooked sausage or mini pepperoni sprinkled throughout the casserole will surely please such eaters. I get that there might be a meat-lover or two in your life that may not agree with my meatless breakfast casserole ways. And in the morning, just a quick 35 minutes of oven lovin’. Ideally you want to prepare this the night before so the flavors really soak in. Gone are the days when you need to toast your bread, scramble eggs perfectly, or whatever else your brunches usually consist of. It’s a hearty, filling meal that requires you to beat a few eggs with some milk, and drizzle it all over day old bread. What I love the most about this breakfast bake is that it’s all cooked in one dish. Side note: my basil plant is still alive (barely) but it is! ? I was completely out of fresh basil when I made this casserole so I popped in a palmful of dried basil and guys, along with the cheese and the bread, all the flavors reminded me of a good margarita pizza. The sun-dried tomatoes lend so much bright tomato flavor to this and the basil helps give it that pop of freshness. Plus, it’s completely a happy coincidence that this breakfast casserole tastes like pizza. For summer, I love sun-dried tomatoes and basil together. For me, it contains a lot more of the flavors I enjoy in the fall or winter. And though I love that version, I have to admit it, it is a little time consuming. The first time I made a savory french toast casserole, I loaded it up with caramelized onions, feta, and sautéed spinach and guys, between the two of us, we licked the entire casserole dish clean. And ahem, did I mention it’s super easy to put together, requires hardly any work, and is the ideal make-ahead breakfast casserole? Sun-dried tomatoes, aromatic basil, bread, eggs, milk, parmesan, and cheese all in one breakfast casserole that i’m pretty convinced tastes like the pizza of your dreams but comes together in a sophisticated, brunch appropriate package.Ĭall this a breakfast strata, a savory french toast casserole, or a breakfast bake, it’s the perfect brunch item to share with friends and family this summer. Then have this tomato + basil breakfast strata on Monday again for lunch or dinner with a side salad and realize that this breakfast casserole is more of a breakfast pizza that would taste good with or without meat and is simply the kind of meal that keeps on giving. I want to say this breakfast bake is so good you may want to cancel on your brunch guests and hunker down with the entire dish yourself. Yes, i’m bringing you a breakfast casserole on MONDAY so that you can dream about it all week long and then prep it on Friday and binge eat it over the weekend. The leftovers make for a delicious weeknight dinner when paired with a simple salad!įirst thing first. Just toss it all together the night before and bake it for your sunday brunch or weekend get togethers. Sun-dried tomatoes and basil are the cornerstones of this breakfast casserole.
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