Breakfast Bakes - perfect to freeze and reheat on those “busy” mornings
1 lb sausage, ham or bacon, cooked & drained
9 eggs
½ cup cheese, shredded (cheddar, pepper jack, colby, your choice)
Cubed bread, croutons or frozen hash browns
¼ bell pepper, diced
2 green onions, sliced
Whisk together all ingredients and use the Large Scoop to put one scoopful into the brownie pan. If using hash browns put those directly into the brownie pan first then pour egg mixture on top. Bake at 350 for 17-20 minutes.
Recipes
Company Chicken
This recipe is the ultimate dinner to make for company because it's absurdly simple and tastes like a restaurant meal. We topped ours with a simple garlic buttermilk gravy, but it would be equally delicious with a mushroom or sundried tomatoes. Feel free to add 1/4 cups of chopped mushrooms or sundried tomatoes to the cream buttermilk gravy, if you prefer. Or, nix the gravy and just offer up the moist, tender chicken. Serve alongside rice or mashed potatoes and a green salad for the ultimate quick-and-tasty dinner!
Serves: 6
INGREDIENTS:
6 strips Bacon, cut into 2" pieces
1 1/2 cups Buttermilk
1 packet Zesty Italian dressing mix
6 Chicken breasts
2 cups Italian-Parmesan panko breadcrumbs (or Italian Breadcrumbs)
For the Buttermilk Gravy:
1 Clove garlic
1 tbsp Butter
1 1/2 cup Buttermilk
1 1/2 tsp Cornstarch
1 tsp Sugar
Fresh ground pepper
Salt to taste
DIRECTIONS:
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2) Spread the bacon strips along the bottom of a 9x13" pan.
3) In a medium bowl, whisk together the buttermilk and Zesty Italian dressing mix. Dip chicken breasts into the buttermilk mixture, coat completely, then dredge in breadcrumbs.
4) Transfer to baking dish and place on top of bacon. Bake, uncovered, in preheated oven for 25-30 minutes, or until the center of the chicken is cooked through.
5) In a small pot, melt butter over medium heat and add garlic. Cook for 1 minute to soften, then add buttermilk and immediately whisk in cornstarch. Heat over medium heat, whisking constantly until thickened. Add sugar, then whisk in pepper and salt to taste. Drizzle over baked chicken.
Serve over spinach, arugula, or baby kale, if desired.
Citrus Cream Mini Cupcakes
What You’ll Need
Cake
•1 package of your favorite white cake mix
•2 tablespoons orange extract
•1 tablespoon orange food coloring
Filling (optional)
•1 1/2 cups lemon juice
•1/4 cup orange juice
•Lemon zest from 3 lemons
•Orange zest from 1 orange
•1 tablespoon of cornstarch
•1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
•6 eggs
•6 tablespoons unsalted butter
•3/8 cup heavy cream
•2 cups heavy cream
•1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar
•2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
Frosting
•4 cups powdered sugar
•1/4 cup milk
•1/3 cup butter
•2 teaspoons orange extract
Let’s Do It
Cupcakes
•Add the orange extract and orange food coloring to the cake mix and bake in mini cupcake pans according to the package
instructions
Filling (optional)
•Combine lemon juice, orange juice, lemon zest and orange zest in a small bowl
•In a separate bowl mix the cornstarch into the first measurement of sugar
•In a heavy stainless steel saucepan, beat the eggs and the sugar mixture until just combined, and then add in order: the
juice mixture, the butter and the first measurement of heavy cream
•Use medium heat to bring mixture to its scalding point, stirring constantly to make sure it doesn’t come to a boil.
Strain immediately and place in the refrigerator uncovered to cool, 20 minutes
•While the lemon cream cools, take the second measurement of heavy cream and beat in an electric mixer for 30 seconds
•Then add the second measurement of sugar and the vanilla extract, and beat to stiff peaks
•Remove lemon cream from refrigerator and fold into the whipped cream, to taste
•Poke small holes in the still-warm cupcakes, fill a piping bag full of the lemon whipped cream (or snip the corner off a
Ziploc bag), and then fill your cupcakes with the cream mixture
Frosting
•Beat the powder sugar, milk, butter and orange extract, and then mix until smooth, scrapping down the sides often
•Place the frosting in a piping or Ziploc bag and frost cupcakes
•Garnish with a light dusting of edible glitter
pineapple soda poured over a punch bowl of lime sherbet. (It smokes and foams and still tastes good). Soda and sherbert flavors can be varied for different effects. Gummy body parts can be added if desired, but they melt pretty quick so wait until the last minute.