Christmas tradition in our house for years! Cannot wait to make it this year.
This indeed WAS a wife saver Christmas morning! Easy to throw together the night before. I DID omit the peppers from it only because I'm the only person in the house who likes them. The whole family liked it a lot. Now that I've made it I can see where it could be very easy to play around with it using different meats and such if one were wanting to do so.
I love this my great aunt always makes this!! Instead of the back bacon we use ham and it so yummy!!
Excellent & simple make ahead breakfast casserole. I had no cornflakes or green pepper so I used panko crumbs and upped the red pepper and it was still yummy. Will def make again! Thanks for sharing!
This was just OK in my view. Although I baked it the full time it had an overly mushy and soft texture like it wasn't quite set. Although after sitting for a while and later being refrigerated and reheated, that subsided. The flavor was a bit odd too. I'm not sure if was the mustard or what but it wasn't what I was expecting. Note -- this dish puffs up enormously while baking so make sure you leave plenty of room between it and the upper over rack. Mine actually got so huge while baking that some of it actually spilled over into the oven and caused some burning & smoking in the oven!
This recipe lends itself to customizing. I liked the ratio of egg/milk custard mixture to bread. I used cubed ham and grated cheddar instead of sliced and I reduced the worcestershire sauce to 1/2 tsp. When I make this again I would omit the salt. For my taste the ham added enough salt. I really liked the addition of the onion and peppers for flavor and I enjoyed the crunchy topping of corn flakes. I did reduce the butter also.
This is a great recipe and I have made it frequently in years past for Christmas and for brunches at work. Try using ham and I have had great comments when using herb and spice Havarti cheese. Pimento is another "red" option for festive color.
I used 2 cups of milk due to mushy texture comments. I think the reason it's mushy is the raw onion and red / green pepper also add liquid when cooked. Instead of regular bread I used a loaf of Brioche bread which is richer and more dense. It soaks up the liquid nicely. I also used crumbled turkey sausage as we don't eat bacon. I love red and green pepper and added a little bit more than the recipe stated. It helps to have the wife saver breakfast come to room temperature by having it sit on the counter for 30 min. after taking it out of the fridge. This will eliminate having to cook it longer than necessary. Excellent dish!
I just made this for breakfast! I was looking for a Christmas Breakfast Casserole and decided to try this. It was delicious! The entire family loved it. I also added Chicken Sausage to the Canadian bacon and it turned out great. I put all of the veggies seasonings eggs butter and milk in a bowl and beat it all together poured it over the bread cheese and meats. I didn't have corn flakes so I used Kix instead. LOL. very yummy! Thanks!
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