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we typically keep christmas eve totally casual. we like to order pizza and rent a movie. It is just the four of us, plus my mom. Christmas day I usually cook prime rib or beef tenderloin.
For Christmas Eve I will do a beef tenderloin with a red wine and bleu cheese sauce, a lettuce wedge with homemade bleu cheese dressing, green bean bundles topped with sliced almonds, and homemade scalloped potatoes, with rolls. Red velvet cake for dessert.
For Christmas morning I will do two make aheads: a sausage egg cheese casserole and also a baked french toast. Assorted fruit tossed in sugar.
For Christmas Day I will do a spiral honey ham, mixed greens salad with a homemade raspberry dressing, homemade macaroni and cheese (sons request), a cranberry fruit jello salad that is my Mothers famous recipe, make ahead mashed potatoes and rolls. Rum cake for dessert.
I would appreciate the recipe for the sausage/egg/cheese casserole.
Ingredients:
6 - 8 pieces of bread (your choice on type and thickness, you want to cover the bottom of your dish)
6-8 eggs (I use 6 if the bread is thin or 8 if it is thicker)
1 lb pork sausage (mild, regular or hot - your choice)
1 onion, chopped fine (omit if you want or add green pepper)
3 cups of shredded cheddar cheese (you could get by with 2 cups)
1 1/2 cups of milk
1/2 cup of half and half
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp dry mustard
Grease a 9 x 13 pan, set aside. Toast the bread. If you like, cut the crusts off of the bread.
Brown the pork sausage, halfway through add the onions and cook both until the pork is done and the onions are translucent. Set aside to cool.
Whisk together the eggs, milk, half and half, salt, pepper, dry mustard.
Place toasted bread in pan, place half of the shredded cheese on top, then layer the sausage and onion mixture on top (make sure it is cooled), then place the remainder of the cheese on top, then give the egg mixture a final whisk and pour over top of the entire pan. Make sure that the egg mixture coats the entire casserole.
Cover well and tightly with plastic wrap. You may want to add some weight on top to make sure all of the egg mixture is completely absorbed. Place in refrigerator overnight.
The next day take out the casserole 30 min prior to baking to allow it to come to room temp. Uncover the casserole. Preheat oven to 350 and bake for 45 min to 1 hour, depending on your oven. Enjoy!
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Thank you...looks like it will be delicious.
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