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Tucked in my slightly dusty recipe box are a bundle of hand written cards. Randomly sized and decorated, aged approximately sixteen years, some of them are beginning to fade. Dozens of women, precious to my life, wrote out their tried and true favorites to share with me a month before I married. My grandmother gathered them all in one place and served brunch while I was initiated into a tribe of wisdom. Then they filled the box with their best tips, ingredient lists, and careful instructions. Most of the cards are alphabetized and with the rise of Internet recipes, many have been forgotten. But in the front section of my recipe box reside the most frequently used cards, the recipes we love the most and the culinary guidance I seek most often.
Enter my friend Roxann’s Egg Casserole recipe. Sweet Roxann poured into my life along with her husband Mike, my Sunday School teacher for decades. I probably learned more about faith, marriage, grace, and generosity from the two of them than from any other non-family member in my life. More than one Easter, I can remember feasting with Mike and Roxann at brunch and this egg casserole being served. Each time I gaze at the recipe card’s petite hand writing, my soul floods with gratitude and I am reminded to be the type of person who cares deeply for others, who invests dollars and hours, who loves even when most would think love is not required – just like Roxann.
Because of those lessons of generosity and the eggs, I knew that this was the perfect recipe to share with you in coordination with the #HATCHForHunger initiative. Right now, with every dozen medium eggs you purchase at participating Kroger stores in Indiana, HATCH will donate one to local food banks in need. It’s just another great way to show how you can easily change the world buying something you need anyway. Fight hunger one egg at a time!
What I love most about this recipe is its versatility. You can choose your breakfast meat favorite – sausage, bacon, ham, chicken apple sausage – and it will taste delicious. You can punch things up with salsa (might I suggest Mango for a little sweet savory kick?). You vary your cheese or add chopped veggies or keep things nice and plain. You can use gluten free bread as the toast if you need to and both whole wheat and white bread work in the recipe as well. You can also easily halve the recipe to make a smaller version for fewer people. Best of all, the recipe is best if you make it overnight and then pop it in the oven in the morning or pitch it together in the morning and bake it to have breakfast for dinner, a regular occurrence in the Queendom.
Without further ado . . .
Roxann’s Egg Casserole
Ingredients:
12 Medium Sized Eggs (or 8 Large)
2 Cups Milk
3 Slices of Toast Cubed (Remove Crust)
1 Teaspoon of Salt
1 Cup of Shredded Cheddar Cheese (I typically use double because, cheese)
1 Pound of Sausage
Brown and drain sausage. Beat eggs, milk, and salt together. Gently add the cubed toast and stir. Add the cheese and sausage next and mix thoroughly, being careful to not tear up the bread. Pour the mixture into a buttered 9×13 pan, cover, and refrigerate overnight. Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes uncovered. If you’re fixing a half version of the recipe for 2-4 people, use an 8×8 pan instead.
Serve with the Holiday Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole and fresh fruit for a filling and delicious meal your family will love no matter what time of day they eat it.
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