Delicious! A real treat. I served it for brunch with a fruit salad. Used frozen spinach, old white Cheddar and crusty French loaf (day old). Added 6 green onions and assembled the night before. It's a keeper!
This was the bomb at my very large family's Easter breakfast! The only addition was I carmelized an onion and mixed it into the spinach layer. Folks asked for seconds & the recipe! Annnd no leftovers! Going to have to make 1 1/2 next time! Yum!
I used 2 cups half and half and 1/2 cup heavy cream. Be sure the bread soaks up just about all the liquid. It was the first time I made a strata, and it was a big hit. Delicious!
I enjoyed this dish very much. Couldn't get my picky two year old to touch it but the free spirit 1 year old dived in!
This was excellent. I made half a recipe and only subbed in sausage for the bacon. I really liked the spinach layer as a nice change up from the typical breakfast casserole recipes. And the cheese amount was just right; not too much and not too little. I put mine in a 9 by 7 inch casserole dish and it was a little "tall" but it didn't really affect cooking time. I baked it covered and then broiled it for 4 minutes. Delish!
Great recipe. I chose to make this breakfast strata...because I have weanie kids who won't eat so many things. I only did spinach on one half but put extra bacon on the other. Other than that followed the recipe. Turned out amazing.. Even for picky boys. Have also tried it since using mushrooms onions and peppers diced and sautéed for a few minutes in olive oil. Added it on top of fresh chopped baby spinach. We used some peper jack this time with the cheddar cheeae...and broiling for 1 to 2 min at the end was worth it.
My family absolutely loves this. I double the egg mixture because we like a lot of custard and add chives and dehydrated onion flakes to the egg mixture. Thank you for this recipe. You can get creative with this. Sometimes if I have broccoli instead of spinach I will use that.
I cut the recipe in half since I had not made it before. I used half and half rather than heavy cream and had to use frozen spinach because I was out of fresh (squeeze out all of the water). Also did not add bacon because I'm a veggie so I added some green onions. The recipe doesn't say to cook covered or not. I cooked it with the lid on. Glad I did because i think it would have dried out otherwise. It was pretty good way to use leftover bread and eggs from our chickens. -Thanks
* I thought I'ld add if you reheat this the next day in the toaster oven it's even better -
Made meat -free. Added 3 eggs to the 12. Added carmelized one large yellow onion instead of meat spread over spinach. Used combo of 2 cups half and half and 1/2 cup heavy cream. Was definitely creamy enough. Added a little more salt because no bacon. It was a HUGE hit. Will make again for sure!
Substitute spinach with banana chillies
