Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Breakfast Frittata

this recipe is great if you are needing to feed a lot of people. And luckily a lot of people ended up loving it when we made it...

8-10 cups hash browns frozen (or 2lb frozen bag from grocer)
8-10 eggs, scrambled (we used 9, but who's counting)
1 carton small mushrooms sliced
1 bunch green onions, chopped
1 pound ham
1-2 tomatoes, chopped
2 cups or more cheddar cheese grated

Cook hash browns in skillet until golden brown, season with sale and pepper.  Place in bottome of a large, greased casserole dish and set aside. In a small saucepan saute mushrooms and onions, set aside.  Scramble eggs and place on top of the hash browns.  Layer with Ham, mushrooms and onions, and tomato's. top with cheese and bake until heated through and the cheese is melted and bubbly.
finish product, minus tomato's*

now for my own little notes. we did not use ham, i think the stuff is nasty so we went with turkey sausage, and used 1 1/4 cup.  I have been told this recipe would be delightful with any meat replacement though, such as bacon. or as my grandma suggested you can leave it out all together.  We ended up using only 2 cups of cheese, but this recipe is really based on your taste, so if you think you need a bit more or less of something, change it up.  it turned out really good though. we made four 9x13 pans to feed 45 people and we had the perfect amount!

*I also left out the tomato's because i'm allergic, but we had fresh salsa for people to add to their dish and they loved it even more!