Breakfast Bake

Breakfast Bake

~60 minutes, 10 servings

Ingredients:

1 dozen large eggs

½ C buckwheat*  

1 lb hot breakfast sausage*

½ bag (8 oz) frozen chopped collard greens*

½ bag (15oz) frozen hash browns, thawed

2 C shredded cheddar cheese*

Cooking Spray

2 TBS kosher salt

2 TBS fresh ground black pepper

2 TBS garlic powder

2 TBS onion powder

*Use what you have on hand. For the buckwheat you can sub farro, quinoa, rice or any other whole grain. Breakfast sausage can be subbed with bacon, Italian sausage, TVP, or any other protein. For the greens you can sub mustard, kale, spinach or any other dark leafy veg. The cheddar can be subbed for swiss, gouda, parmesan or whatever you like.

Directions:

• Set the buckwheat to cook per package directions.
• Heat oven to 375.
• Mix the seasonings in a little bowl.
• Twist the hash browns up in a tea towel over the sink and squeeze out as much liquid as possible.
• Spray a 9x13 glass baking dish with cooking spray.
• Press the hash browns evenly on the bottom of the baking dish, sprinkle with ¼ of the seasoning.
• Stick the hash browns in the oven to crisp up a bit.
• Heat a 10” skillet over medium high heat.
• Add sausage to skillet, breaking it up as you brown it.
• When the sausage is brown and crispy, add the greens to the pan.
• Cook and stir until greens are thawed and heated through.
• Remove from heat and set aside.
• Take the buckwheat off the heat (it should have absorbed all the water used to cook it).
• Remove the hash browns from the oven.
• Mix the sausage, greens and buckwheat in a large bowl with ¼ of the seasoning.
• Dump the mixture on top of the hash browns and spread it evenly in the pan.
• Sprinkle the cheese evenly over the top.
• Crack the eggs into the large bowl and add ¼ of the seasoning.
• Whisk the eggs vigorously until they are fully blended and runny.
• Dump the eggs over the filling in the pan. Give it a little shimmy to distribute the eggs evenly through the filling. Sprinkle with remaining seasoning.
• Cover with foil and bake for approximately 45 minutes, until center is set.