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Saturday, May 12, 2012

Simple Every Day. . .

Simple every day. . .

On Crooked Creek. . .I'm afraid NOT!

Most days On Crooked Creek,
it's the usual. . . bowl of Cheerios, orange juice and black coffee!
The weekends ~ now that's quite a bit different! Simple, s l o w Saturday and Sunday!


Beginning with our favorite breakfast fruit. . .Texas Red Grapefruit!


Followed by a new recipe On Crooked Creek,
Cheddar ~ Bacon Wake ~ Up Casserole!


This is one of those "keeper" recipes!
Made the night before. . .
                               pop it in the fridge. . .pop it in the oven. . .
                                                                      simple every day breakfast!




4oz. dry French Bread, cut into 3/4 inch cubes (4 cups).
1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar Cheese




4 slices Bacon, crisp~cooked, drained and crumbled
   (OR. . . 1 cup diced cooked Ham)

2cups Milk
4 Eggs, slightly beaten
2 TBSP. snipped, fresh Italian Flat~Leaf Parsley




1/2 tsp. Mustard
1/4 tsp. freshly ground Black Pepper
1/8 tsp. Onion Powder




In a large bowl toss together the bread cubes, cheddar cheese, and the cooked bacon (OR ham).



In a medium bowl whisk together milk, eggs, parsley, mustard, pepper, and onion powder.



Pour over the bread mixture in the casserole.
Cover and refrigerate at least 8 hours or up to 24 hours.



Bake, uncovered, in a 350 degree oven for 40 minutes or until a knife inserted near center comes out clean. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.
Serves: 6.





Country Home Magazine Dec/Jan 2008
                                                                  stated to Just Add Fruit!

But ~
On Crooked Creek ~
           not only did we add fruit. . .we added Apricot Coffee Cake!




My dear friend, Martha,
                           @ Lines From Linderhof Apricot Coffee Cake!






Now this is the simple every day breakfast
                "Mr. Ed" and I could get use to having
                              On Crooked Creek. . .




Until next time. . .














On Crooked Creek is joining our gracious hostess Yvonne @ StoneGable for On The Menu Monday! Be sure to visit StoneGable for delicious menu choices that are mouth watering for your families menus!

7 comments:

Martha said...

That coffee cake is good, isn't it!! A pretty table and I like your casserole -- it looks yummy! For our special weekend breakfasts I forget about egg casseroles -- you've reminded me that perhaps next weekend, an egg casserole (YOUR egg casserole) should be on the menu at Linderhof!

Miss Gracie's House said...

That breakfast casserole looks so yummy...but then again...anything with bacon is yummmy!
Rene'

Ivy and Elephants said...

I'm going to have to try this next weekend. I get a burst of energy on Friday nights so this will be a great Saturday morning treat! Thanks for sharing.
Hugs,
Patti

Lynn said...

Sounds like a great breakfast! Love mixing the casserole the night before:@)

Confessions of a Plate Addict said...

Now that looks yummy, Pat! I'm passing your casserole recipe to my daughter. She'll love that for a Saturday morning! Have a great week!...hugs...Debbie

Yvonne @ StoneGable said...

I could wake up to Cheddar Bacon Wake up any day! I'm saving this recipe for company next week!
Thanks for being so faithful to ON THE MENU MONDAY! I so appreciate everything you post!

Pinky at Designs by Pinky said...

Oh I love these breakfast casseroles. I will try this one too, and having it with FRUIT sounds perfect to me. I love eggs and fruit. Maybe this coming weekend I will take time to cook this and ENJOY it thoroughly! Thanks for the recipe, Pat. XO, Pinky