kdolu Serving breakfast to a crowd this holiday season? Looking for something quick, easy and delicious? Well, look no further! This simple-to-make breakfast casserole will have your guests coming back for more!
The best part about it is that it includes the two most important food groups; meat and cheese. Here is what you need:
- 8 eggs
- 1 cup of milk
- 1 lb of pork sausage (ham or bacon also works)
- 1 bag of thawed tator tots
- 2 cups of cheddar cheese
- salt and pepper to taste
Gather your ingredients and let’s have a little chat about cheese. Cheese is probably the greatest dairy product there is and I include cheese in just about every meal I cook! I can’t get enough of the stuff.
Maybe this is because I am a dairy farmer from Wisconsin?
I dunno.
Cheese is a great, healthy snack when consumed in moderation. A one-ounce slice of cheese provides the same amount of protein as an 8-ounce glass of milk.
The problem is, I haven’t figured out this whole “moderation” thing yet. In fact, the motto in our kitchen is “When in doubt, add more cheese”.
Which is probably why my pants are a bit tight. But, hey, life is short.
Did you know that Wisconsin leads the nation in number of cheese plants and that there are over 600 varieties of cheese made in Wisconsin? For real, over 600 varieties of cheese…mind blown.
Ninety percent of Wisconsin’s milk is made into cheese. In fact, the milk from our farm is made into cheese.
We milk our herd of 550 cows three times per day and fill one of these tankers with milk every day. That comes out to about 95 lbs of milk per cow per day. The milk is harvested from the cow, cooled and directly loaded into the tanker.
Each morning, the milk hauler brings an empty tanker to our farm and picks up the full one( Every day; even on Christmas!). The tanker full of milk is brought to the creamery where it is weighed and tested. A variety of tests –including antibiotic testing– are done to our load of milk to ensure safety and quality.
After passing the safety and quality tests, it is pasteurized and then made into cheese!
It takes 10 lbs of milk to make 1lb of cheese. By providing our cows with comfort, care and quality nutrition they are easily able to exceed the pounds of milk needed to make you a pound of cheese!
Alright, enough cheese talk; let’s get crackin’. Get it, because one of the first steps is to crack the eggs?
I’m hilarious.
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Cook the sausage thoroughly and set it aside.
- In a bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, and 1 cup of cheese. Add salt and pepper.
- Arrange tots on the bottom of a 9×13 pan. Next, add the sausage. Finally pour the egg mixture on top.
- Sprinkle on the remaining cup of cheese. Feel free to add more cheese. Remember our motto, “When in doubt, add more cheese”.
- Cover and bake for about 30 minutes or until bubbly.
This is a simple dish that can be made ahead of time. If you really want to cheat and save time, replace the sausage with precooked and cubed ham! #timesaver
