Christmas Eve Egg Bake

Merry Christmas Eve everyone!!! Mom and I are all snuggled up on the couch watching Christmas movies and playing games today. I hope that you having a nice day with your family and/or friends today!

During my time at home this last week I have loved being able to do lots of extra cooking and this morning was no different. I decided that a holiday egg bake would be a great treat for us this morning. We had made some delicious melt sandwiches earlier in the week with some fresh Italian bread, after lunch that day I decided I wanted to experiment with the the bread so I left several slices out to dry for the next few days. The ham in this dish is left over from a great Christmas dinner I had with my grandparents last night I decided to add it at the last min and it turned out to be a wonderful addition.

After reading other recipes before making up my own for this dish I noticed that many others have the mixture soak in the fridge for several hours, I did not do this but feel free to try if you want to.

Ingredients

5 slices of Italian bread (set out to dry for 2 days)

½ a log of Jimmy Dean regular pork sausage

Thick slice of onion; diced (about 1/4 cup)

Thin slice of butter

3 small baby bell peppers (yellow, orange, red)

1 slice cooked ham; chopped

4 eggs

2 spoon-fulls of cottage cheese

2 spoon-fulls of sour cream

1/4 cup of milk

Pinch of salt and pepper

2 shakes of Johnny's Seasoning salt

Pinch of Garlic Powder

Hand full of Italian cheese mix

Hand full of cheddar cheese

1. Preheat oven to 325F
2. Cut dry Italian bread into 1/2 inch chunks
3. Sautee onion and peppers with the butter along with with the sausage. Once all cooked/browned add the chopped ham
4. In a bowl mix together eggs, cottage cheese, sour cream, milk and spices
5. In a large bowl combine bread and cooked mix. Poor the egg mixture over the top and stir well
6. Stir in all of the Italian cheese and most of the cheddar cheese. Poor entire mixture into a baking dish and sprinkle with remaining cheddar cheese.
7. Bake for 30-40 min until knife coms out clean. Let stand for 10 min prior to serving.

Enjoy and Happy Holidays