Bacon Cheese Strata

I AM BACK, and I just know you are jumping for joy that I finally have something to blog about after being gone for almost two months! If you read A Girls Gotta Nest Facebook page then you already know that I have spent a little over a month in Ohio helping my out parents. Thank-you for the support and prayers! For those who do not know, the day after Thanksgiving my mom fell and fractured her arm in two places, one of areas being the top of her humerus. Though she is in a great deal of pain at times, I am happy to report she is healing very well and is going to therapy three days a week, a long road to full recovery but she is getting there.

 

Onto cooking....

I had some week old ciabatta bread that I did not want to waste so I searched the web for a recipe and came across  Martha Stewart's Cheese Strata Recipe. Now you know I just had to change it up and make it my own.

 

 



Bacon Cheese Strata

 

 

Ciabatta Bread, cubed (about 11-12 slices)

3+ Cups Cheddar Cheese (Cabot, Private Stock Classic Vermont Cheddar Cheese)

Bacon, cooked and crumbled

2 Green Onions, chopped

2-3 Tbl. Butter, Melted (Organic Unsalted)

4 Eggs (Organic Large Brown)

2 Cups Milk (Organic 2 %)

Salt and Pepper, to taste

 

Directions:

Butter 8 inch oven safe dish.

Line dish with half of the cubed ciabatta bread, half of the cheese, bacon and green onion then layer again in same order with the remaining.

In medium bowl whisk together milk, melted butter and eggs, pour over the top, cover and refrigerate 6 hours or overnight.  (I refrigerated mine for 8 hrs)

Bake at 325 for 40 minutes until golden, remove and allow to stand for 10 minutes before serving.

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