Biscuits, Sausage and Gravy Egg Bake

The holidays are upon us, my friends, and you know what that means?  Family and friend sleepovers.  Let's be honest with ourselves, if you are a Nana or someone like me (still in my 20's might I add but this applies to everyone), you will have people staying over at your house.  Have kids that live far away  ? They will be staying at your house.  Host a kick ass party and people drink to much? Those slobs will be at your house.  The moral of the story is, there will be sleepovers.  

And, there is nothing better than a hot egg bake to enjoy while the little ones run around, or while you nurse your hangover.  I think this one will be a real crowd pleaser this holiday season.  

Start by cracking a few eggs and sprinkling in some Seasoned Salt.  This is my favorite kind.

Pour in some milk and give it a good whisk.

Scramble as you normally would...low heat, keep stirring, stirring and scraping. Just until they are fully cooked but not dry!

Meanwhile, add a few sausage links to a frying pan.  These were precooked turkey sausages but I wanted to add a bit of color to them.  Either way, cook up some sausage till it is no longer pink.

Enlist a strapping, freckle-handed man to assist in the cutting...and set aside.

Next, melt some butter in a pan

Add in some flour and let it cook for a few minutes

Pour in some milk and stir until it thickens.

Meanwhile (my assistant helped with this) take a few refrigerated biscuits and cut them each into four pieces.

Once the white gravy has thickened, add the salt

And a good amount of black pepper

Spray a baking dish and place the biscuits on the bottom of the pan

Layer with the eggs

Sausage

And pour the gravy over the whole shootin' match

It will look a little something like this.

Pop it into the oven and it will come out looking like this.  The little biscuits will have risen and everything has become acquainted with each other.

That is some serious breakfast comfort food

To curing all hangovers!

Cheers.

Biscuits and Gravy Egg Bake
(serves 6 in a 9x9 pan)

5 eggs
1/4 teaspoon seasoned salt (this is my favorite kind)
1 3/4 cups milk, divided
Cooking spray
1 1/2 cups cooked sausage (I used precooked turkey sausage)
1 7.5 oz can of refrigerated biscuits
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
Salt and Pepper, to taste

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Combine the eggs, seasoned salt and 1/4 cup of the milk in a small bowl.  Whisk to combine.  Pour eggs into a frying pan, sprayed with cooking spray.  Cook the eggs on medium low, stirring, stirring and scraping the whole time until no longer wet and fully cooked.  Set aside for now.

Cut each biscuit into 4 pieces and place in the bottom of a sprayed with cooking spray 9x9 pan.  Set aside for now.

Get to work on the gravy.  Start by melting the butter in a sauce pan on medium heat, once melted, add the flour and cook for 2 minutes or so while stirring.  Pour in the milk and whisk until it thickens.  Season with salt and lots of black pepper.

To assemble, add the eggs on top of the biscuits, then add the cooked sausage.  Pour the gravy over the top and pop it in the oven for about 35 minutes or until hot and bubbly.

Remove from the oven and serve immediately!

Enjoy!

Recipe by: Mrs. Schwartz

PS. This recipe does not re-heat very well. Just an FYI. Eat all of it the day you make it.  That shouldn't be a problem.

Jalapeño Popper Egg Bake

This week I had the brilliant idea to give up carbs...for the week....of Halloween.  Let's just all say together "What were you thinking?"  Between the gobs and candy and festive treats hanging around it's been a challenging week.  Oh yeah, and it's only Tuesday.  Lord help me.   Last night I asked Mr. Schwartz, who is also doing the no carb thing this week, "Is candy a carb?" and he responded with a "Umm yeah."  Bummer.

Well, Jalapeño Popper Egg Bake really doesn't have anything to do with Halloween, candy or carb free week but it does have to do with delicious.  I'm pretty sure you could make this carb free if you skip the milk and cheese too.  Might be worth a shot this week.

Start by thinly slicing a jalapeño.  Set it aside for now

Crack a few eggs

Pour in a splash of milk

Sprinkle in some seasoned salt, this is my all time favorite kind.  

A good amount of cheese

Some cooked bacon

And give it a stir to combine

Pour it out into a baking dish that has been sprayed with cooking spray.

Then, break of little chunks of cream cheese.  I didn't think this would really make a difference but boy did it! Seriously such a good touch to this dish

And lastly place the jalapeños on top.  Bake at 350 for about 20 minutes or so

Or until it comes out looking like this.

Slice it up

and serve

I have to say, this is one of my favorite egg bakes.  Salty, slightly spicy (really not as spicy as I had thought) and creamy with that cream cheese.  I'm pretty sure you will love it.  

Now, where's my cupcake with a side of pasta?!....ugh...

Jalapeño Popper Egg Bake 

1 Jalapeño, thinly sliced

5 eggs

1/2 milk 

1 teaspoon seasoned salt (this is my favorite kind)  

1 cup cheese (I used shredded cheddar)

1 cup bacon, cooked 

2 tablespoons cream cheese 

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Start by whisking together the eggs, milk, seasoned salt, cheese and bacon.  Pour this mixture into a baking dish that has been sprayed with cooking spray.  Pull of little chunks of cream cheese and place them around the top of the egg mixture.  Do the same and place the jalapeño slices on the top as well.  

Bake in the oven for about 20-25 minutes depending on how big of a baking dish you are using.  

Remove from the oven and serve.  

Enjoy!

Recipe by: Mrs. Schwartz 

Bubble Up Breakfast Bake

On weekends that we are home, Mr. Schwartz and I typically eat a large breakfast later in the day and have a nice dinner.  This Bubble Up Breakfast Bake was the perfect example of this.  I whipped this hardy breakfast up in just a few minutes with what I had on hand.  You can easily do the same with whatever you have on hand.  

For mine, I started with browning up a pound of reduced fat breakfast sausage.  Once it was fully cooked (aka no longer pink in the middle) I drained it on a paper towel lined plate.

Then I cut up a few refrigerated biscuits

And tossed them into a baking dish that I sprayed with cooking spray

Tossed on the cooked sausage

Topped with cheese

And diced green chillis for some spice

Next I cracked a few eggs (6 not 4 as pictured) and seasoned them with salt and pepper.

A splash of milk and give them a good whisk

Pour the egg mixture over everything in the baking dish.  Into a 350 oven it goes for about 30 minutes

Oh yeah, it will come out all gooey and puffy like so.

There is some serious flavor in there

Breakfast perfection.

Bubble Up Breakfast Bake

1 pound of reduced fat breakfast sausage
1 tube of refrigerated biscuits
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 small can of diced green chills
6 eggs
Salt and pepper to season
1/4 cup milk

Start by preheating the oven to 350 degrees.

Add the sausage to a medium skillet on medium high heat.  Cook until no longer pink in the middle.

While cooking the sausage, cut each biscuit into 8 pieces and place in the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.  Add the sausage to the pan, on top of the uncooked biscuits.  Sprinkle cheese on top of that, along with the green chillis.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg, salt and pepper and milk.  Pour the egg mixture over everything in the baking dish.

Place in the oven for 30 minutes or until a knife comes out clean in the middle of the dish.  Be careful, the cheese might make it seem like it's uncooked egg but it's just cheesy goodness.

Serve with hot sauce and enjoy!

Recipe by: Mrs. Schwartz