Breakfast casserole method

I like to make a breakfast casserole at least once a week. Pretty much a giant fritatta. We can eat it for a couple days and the babies love to eat them for lunch or dinner. They are a great use up of any meats or veggies you already have. I love to put one diced sweet potato and diced onion in almost every one I make. Some of my favorite ingredient options include: sweet potato, onion, spinach, mushrooms, zucchini, kale, bell peppers, tomatoes, bacon, hot links, sausage, (you could do chicken but I'm still not a chicken for breakfast person, maybe one day). I always add some spice to it. Salt and pepper are a must. I also like sage, chili flakes and rosemary depending on the veggie/meat combo.

Here's the basic method with the ingredients I happened to use today but mix it up to what you have on hand.

Ingredients:
1 sweet potato peeled and diced
1 onion diced
2 hot link sausages
1/2 tsp dried sage
8 eggs beaten (When serving this, I like to cut it into 8 slices -Yeah I'm crazy like that and it helps me with serving sizes)
S and P

1. Preheat oven to 350. Saute diced veggie, meats and spices until veggies are just soft and meat is slightly browned. It will all cook a little more in the oven.
2. Grease a 13 x 9 casserole with coconut oil.
3. Place veggie/meat mixture in the greased pan.
4. Pour beaten eggs on top and mix around until everything is evenly distributed and mixed well.
5. Bake in oven at 350 for about 20 minutes or until eggs are set.

Tastes great room temp and reheats well. Do it do it!!!

Whole 30 Round 2

Happy New Year!!!!!!
We are back at it today! We are going to complete a Whole 30. We are both looking forward to it as we strayed pretty far off plan when we were on vacation in Mexico. Those tortillas were dangerous! If you don't know what Whole 30 is, you should really read the book, It starts with Food. It is an informative, good read and it explains everything. We are basically following a Paleo diet plus no sugar or sweetener of any kind. We eat vegetables, fruits, eggs...lots of eggs...yummm....organic meats and wild caught seafood. We buy almost everything organic and prefer to buy at the farmers market. Costco has some great products now to make clean eating a bit easier. Here is our menu for the first week. I'm going to post links to recipes and post some of my own. I hope this helps you. It really helps me to have a plan written down.

Part or our Costco haul. Organic eggs, beef and chicken. Aidells chicken apple sausage, wild caught canned tuna that is incredible, lettuce, red bell peppers, mushrooms, almond butter, a BIG jar of green chilie!

DAY 1
Dinner: Spaghetti squash and Bolognese sauce. Notes: Make 4 quarts of sauce and freeze.

Lunch: Make veggie soup (I did onions, leeks, carrots, potatoes, 1 can diced tomatoes, kale, garlic, herbs de provance, s and p, a few quarts of chicken stock)

Breakfast: Poached eggs, peppers, and chicken sausage

DAY2
Dinner Perfect Roast Chicken Recipe     Notes: Make overnight broth with chicken bones
I use Ina's recipe. Its the best! I usually place thick slices of lemons under the bird and it gives everything such great flavor. I also leave out the fennel...its growing on me but we're not there yet.

Lunch: Veggie soup

Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with hot dogs, apple

DAY 3
Dinner: Chicken "tortilla" soup

Lunch: Leftover soup

Breakfast: Mushroom, pepper, onion scramble

DAY 4
Dinner: Cauliflower purée with Pot Roast and roasted butternut squash

Lunch: Tuna lettuce wraps

Breakfast: Gordon's Scrambled eggs with tomatoes
Video of method   This method literally changed our lives. I thought I knew how to make them before...I was very wrong.

DAY 5
Dinner: Asian Chicken lettuce wraps

Lunch: Tuna salad

Breakfast: Butternut squash cubes, fried eggs, sausage


DAY 6
Dinner:Green Chilie Chorizo Cauliflower Casserole recipe from Juli of Paleomg and everything she makes is amazing. This is one recipe I havent tried yet. Im excited!

Lunch: Leftover chicken wraps or tuna wraps

Breakfast: Spinach, bacon, sweet potato and egg casserole (There are great recipes for egg casseroles on www.paleomg.com .)

DAY 7
Dinner: Mini beef sliders with guacamole and veggies on sweet pot buns.

Lunch: Leftover casserole

Breakfast: Leftover egg casserole

A few things, yes there are leftovers in there. I have twins and making big batches of food is a must. They will eat everything we eat so we usually make a lot and they are wild, active children so I have to try and save time where I can. I know dinner is fist and breakfast last, but I plan by dinners then work lunch and breakfast around it so there you go. Good luck on any New Year goals or resolutions you may have set. Happy New Year!