South Western Egg and Hash Bake

1 package Frozen French Fries (2 1bs), or Hash Browns, thawed & cut into cubes

10 breakfast sausage links, cooked and cut/chopped small

1/2 (med/large) onion, chopped, lightly sautee'd

2 cups (or more) cheddar cheese, grated

6-8 whole large eggs, beaten/whisked

1 Rotel 10 oz can, Original (optional)

1/2 cup milk

Sea Salt

Pepper

Onion & garlic powder

Basil

Chives

Butter or EVOO or Butter flavor oil spray

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 2 qt, 13x9 baking dish. Place the potatoes on bottom of dish.

Sautee' chopped onion in skillet. If sausage is not already cooked, cut up and cook with onions. Crumble the sausage. Drain any fat.

Whisk together eggs and 1/2 milk. Add powdered garlic and onion, salt, pepper, whisk and then pour over potatoes.

Layer with half the cheddar cheese. Spread Rotel evenly over top of potatoes. Then evenly distribute the sausage and rest of cheese.

Cover with aluminum foil.

Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour. Remove cover; return casserole to the oven and bake until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, about 10 min. Let stand 5 min before serving.

For added creaminess, make some sunny side up eggs in skillet and place ontop of casserole. When cut into, it should be nice and runny. May also serve with ketchup, some salsa, sour cream & avocados.

Green Smoothie

This smoothie is so customizable. There really is not much to it. Add your choice of fruits, liquids, and optional protein, then put a couple of handfuls of raw spinach into a blender. Blend for about 2 minutes, then pour into a glass and enjoy. It's that easy!


Fruit examples:
Frozen Mixed Berries
Bananas and Strawberries
Mangoes and pineapple
Melons, grapes, and strawberries

Liquid examples:
Milk
Orange Juice
Pineapple Juice
Water

Protein examples:
Yogurt
Greek Yogurt
Protein Powder
Peanut butter

If you use Mixed Berries in your drink, don't be surprise if your end result looks like this:

It still tastes really good.

Fritatta

1 cup chicken sausage (any flavor) sliced (can use any type sausage you want to.
1/4 cup chopped green onion
8 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup sour cream
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese (can use any type cheese)
vegetables: I used spinach, zucchini, mushrooms. You can use any veggies you need to use up or that your family likes.
4 teaspoons olive oil

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk the eggs, cheese, milk,onion, salt and pepper, and sour cream together in a bowl. Heat the oil in a nonstick, ovenproof skillet. Add the veggies and saute until the veggies are softened a bit and coated with the oil. Reduce the heat to medium, pour in the egg mixture and stir quickly to combine. Cook until the eggs are set around the edges, around 5 minutes. Transfer the skillet to the oven and bake until the eggs are set, about 10 to 12 minutes.

Deena Callahan

Sticky Buns

12 Rhoades dinner rolls

½ C. Butter

1 C. Brown Sugar

1 lg. box vanilla pudding-cook and serve

2 T. Milk

1 t. Cinnamon

Mix and heat until butter is melted (Don’t boil). Pour in bottom of 9x13 pan or a bundt pan. Put frozen rolls on top-let rise and bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes.

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