Breakfast Tortilla Strata

I saw this recipe out in the blog hopping...but I changed the original recipe quite a bit so here's my version!

Breakfast Tortilla Strata
1 lb breakfast sausage
1 red pepper, chopped
4 eggs
1 cup milk
1 container greek yogurt(i think it was around 5.8 oz, but up to 8 oz is fine)
2 cups shredded cheese(I used 4 cheese italian blend)
10 corn tortillas, cut into strips
salt and pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Brown and crumble sausage, drain.
Mix together eggs, milk, yogurt, salt and pepper, whisk to combine well.
Lay 1/3 of tortillas in a greased 9x11 baking dish. Layer in half the sausage and peppers. Top with 1/3 of the cheese. Repeat layers, ending with tortillas(save a bit of cheese for the top) Pour egg mixture over the top and sprinkle with cheese. Bake for about 30 mins until top is golden brown and eggs are cooked through.

**This was EXCELLENT! It would make a great potluck or brunch dish! Even my 4 yr old ate it! I loved the flavor the sausage lended to the dish and the pop of color and freshness from the peppers!

2 Quiches-one meat, one meat freer!

Not sure if you have ever gone out to eat on Mother's day, but it's usually crazy busy! So we opted to stay home and have our friends over instead! I had the meat quiche on the menu for this week, but our friends are meat freers...no big deal as quiche is easy to adapt to vegetarian. So I made one of each!

I'm not usually a quiche fan, but this one sounded really good and I'm always looking for new ways to use Italian Sausage.

Italian Sausage, Tomato, and Cheddar Quiche-Woman's Day Magazine
1 pie crust
6 oz italian sausage(I used 3 links, 2 sweet, 1 hot),casings removed
1 pint grape tomatoes, quartered
1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
1 onion, chopped
4 eggs
3/4 cup sour cream
1/2 cup milk
salt and pepper to taste

Preheat oven 425 degrees.
Place pie crust in pie plate and bake for 12-15 mins until golden brown. Remove from the oven and drop temperature down to 375.

Place sausages in pan and brown, breaking up meat as you go. Add onion and cook about 5 mins. Remove from pan and drain.

In a large bowl mix together eggs, sour cream, and milk. Season with salt and pepper. Fold in sausage/onion, cheese, and tomatoes. Bake for 35-45 until knife inserted into middle comes out clean.

**This was pretty good, at first it wasn't cooked long enough as I don't have 2 pie plates so this was thicker than a regular pie would be. But after cooking for another 15 mins or so, it was finally done. I did notice it was a bit wetter, but I think this was from the tomatoes, so the crust wasn't as crispy as I would like. But those of us who ate it all enjoyed it...although we liked the flavor of the vegetarian one better. So next time I'll add in a bit of shredded parmesan cheese to this one as well!

Vegetarian Quiche-my own creation, using the base of the above recipe!

This quiche you can use anything you would like to go in it! Broccoli, spinach, peppers, onions, zucchini, etc. 

1 pie crust

Base of above recipe(eggs, sour cream, milk, and cheese)

leftover steak fries, chopped

1 jar roasted red peppers, chopped, drained well

1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese

Directions, see above! Just put in the potatoes, parm cheese, and peppers in place of the sauage/tomatoes!

**We all LOVED this one! Even my husband who is usually against anything vegetarian(although he will eat it) liked it better than the sausage one! He is a huge sausage fan, so this was a surprise for me!

Brunch Pizza

I saw this recipe somewhere...but then I couldn't find it when I went to look for it! So I quickly looked up another recipe. I had the basic concept in my head but  I wasn't sure how long to cook it or at the temperature. I could have guessed, but I had company and we were hungry!

Brunch Pizza-Taste of Home
1 tube crescent rolls
1 lb breakfast sausage, cooked, crumbled, drained
8 eggs
1/4 cup milk
leftover roasted seasoned potatoes(optional)
1 cup shredded cheese

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Place crescent rolls in 9x11 inch pan, spread out into pan sealing the seams, have the dough come up the side of the pan a bit. Sprinkle on sausage and potatoes. Scramble together eggs and milk. Pour over sausage, sprinkle with cheese. Place in oven and bake for 20-25 mins until eggs are set.

**This came together very quick and easy! It was delicious too! We had this for lunch but would work for every meal!