Breakfast Strata With Spinach and Swiss Cheese
With Swiss cheese, onions and spinach, our oven-fresh breakfast strata is a savory morning treat and healthy, too.
Difficulty Rating: Easy
Recipe From: Tennessee Home and Farm
Ingredients
- 9 slices white bread
- 2 tablespoons margarine
- ½ cup onion, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 (10-ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
- 1 ¼ cups grated Swiss cheese
- 2 cups milk
- 1 ½ cups Egg Beaters (or 6 eggs)
- Salt and black pepper
Tips & Notes
Two 1-pound boxes of powdered sugar works great as a weight to press onto the layers.
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Toast bread slices in a single layer until dry and crisp, about 30 minutes, turning over after 15 minutes. When cooled, spread margarine on one side of bread.
2. Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Sauté onion until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add spinach and salt and pepper to taste, stirring until combined. Transfer to a bowl and set aside.
3. Spray an 8-inch-square baking dish with cooking spray. Arrange some of the bread slices, margarine side up, in a single layer in dish. Spread half of spinach mixture and ½ cup cheese over bread slices. Arrange bread in another layer over cheese. Spread remaining spinach and ½ cup of cheese over bread.
4. Whisk Egg Beaters with milk, 1 teaspoon salt and pepper to taste. Pour over spinach and bread layers. Lay plastic wrap directly on top of the layers and place weight on top. Refrigerate covered at least 1 hour or overnight.
5. Remove from refrigerator and let stand on counter 30 minutes. Heat oven to 325 degrees. Uncover casserole and sprinkle remaining ¼ cup of cheese over top.
6. Bake uncovered 50 minutes or until center is puffed and set, and edges pull away from pan on sides.
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