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15 November 2006
9x13 Breakfasts
O.K., due to popular demand, I'll give you a post about these. For those of you that know me, you know that I'm a handful of this, glob of that, scoop of something else...plus I cook in enormous quantities! I'll give you these to get you going, and then I'll try to post some "real" recipes and reasonable sizes. I call them 9x13 recipes, but I don't ever use a pan smaller than about 14x22 in my family!
Some of these are beyond simple and you can just use your own regular recipe:
1) Cornbread, cut in squares and served sometimes with butter and syrup, plus fruit
2) Baked oatmeal. I do have a great recipe for this.
3) Breakfast "bars" individual frozen hashbrowns on bottom layer, cooked bacon, sausage or cubed ham, any veggies you want, mix about a dozen eggs with a little milk, salt & pepper, and pour over. Cook until set at 350 and then cover with shredded cheese and melt. I've used other meats (even chicken) and have also used cut-up leftover potatoes, but it cuts best with the hashbrowns.
4) Susan's breakfast strata...this is similar but uses cubed up bread on the bottom, sausage, cheese next, then egg mixture with salt, pepper, and dry mustard.
5) Fruit & "granola" use apples, canned or fresh peaches, pears, berries, or a mixture and place in the pan. Then make a crisp-type topping by mixing about a stick of butter, 1/2 cup brown sugar (not too sweet or this is like dessert!), 3-4 T flour, and probably 1/2 -3/4 cup rolled oats. It should resemble cookie dough in texture. Add cinnamon if it "goes" with the fruit you're using. If the fruit is super tart I sometimes sprinkle it with cinnamon sugar. If I use frozen fruit or berries I sprinkle them with flour before adding the topping. Bake at 400 about a half hour...a little longer with fresh apples. Serve with plain or vanilla yogurt, or milk/cream/half & half. You can also use ready-made granola for the topping if you wish.
6) Biscuits & gravy I brown bulk pork sausage and drain. I add milk, flour, lots of pepper, and sometimes other spices if the sausage is bland and heat until thickened. Pour the sausage mixture into the pan and then make a recipe for about a dozen "drop" biscuits and plop them on the top. You can use biscuit mix, or homemade, whole wheat works fine, too. Refrigerate overnight and bake in the morning.
7) Egg quiche with rice crust...I make this when there is leftover rice. Use about 2 cups of rice, 2 eggs, 2T minced onion and press against the bottom and sides of the pan. Bake at 450 degrees for about 10 minutes...watch to make sure it doesn't overbrown. While baking, mix eggs with some milk and grated sharp cheddar or swiss. Add whatever types of meats and/or vegetables you like or have leftover. I've done ham/swiss/broccoli or turkey/asparagus, or leftover brats, onions, peppers. Then pour a dozen beaten eggs (with a a little milk, salt, pepper, spices) If you don't have rice, you can add about 2 cups of milk to the eggs and about 1 1/2 cups of baking mix (like Bisquick...I prefer Jiffy). It sinks to the bottom and makes "crust".
8) Breakfast pizza...put bread dough in the bottom of the pan (or refrierated biscuits), and cover with toppings. I usually make a garlic-parmesan white sauce for this, but you don't have to have any....just try a smear of butter and a mixed garlic/herb spice blend and a shake of parmesan cheese. We add crumbled sausage or bacon or ground beef (or at our house more likely venison or elk) scrambled eggs, sometimes a leftover potato, onions, peppers, mushrooms, etc...cover with cheese and refrigerate overnight. The refrigeration slows the development of the yeast...but doesn't stop it altogether...so make this later in the evening, and use less yeast than usual if you're making it from scratch. Or enjoy a giant breakfast puff...science at the breakfast table...what a great way to start the day!
9) French toast casserole...cube a 1 1/2 pound loaf of bread and place in the pan. Mix an 8 oz package of cream cheese (softened) in a mixer, add about 1 cup of maple syrup, 2t cinnamon, 8 extra large eggs (more if they're small), and enough milk to make it pourable. This one has to soak overnight. Sprinkle with brown sugar just before baking at 350. A knife will come out clean when it's done...about 40 minutes, I think. A good use of a stale loaf of bread.
10) Puff Pancake...I had never had good luck with these, but my friend Natasha says that her kids love her recipe, so I'll get it and post it here.
11) Giant Muffin "Cake" - simply double your favorite muffin recipe and bake in a 9x13 pan. Or use any coffee cake recipe.
In the winter I also make homemade tapioca in the crockpot which is a big hit on cold mornings. Another good plan if you have bits of leftovers is to throw it all in a pan (potatoes, onions, peppers, other veggies, leftover taco meat or beans, chicken) and scramble with eggs, throw it on a tortilla with cheese, salsa and sour cream and call it breakfast burritos. And, you can ask Julie about my other weird breakfast recipe that I made up called "lazy mom's french toast". Maybe she'll post the recipe, I'm out of time!
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When I was a young mother and homeschooler over 20 years ago, I searched for a mother of many as a mentor. I found a few women along the way that helped me with parenting, but I was blazing my own trail for the most part with homeschooling. I see now how God used that situation to draw me closer to Him. It also forced me to develop my own vision and legacy of homeschooling, rather than simply copying the plans of another.
Other than simple teaching experience, I have been mostly heavily influenced by the philosophies of Charlotte Mason and Thomas Jefferson Education (Oliver DeMille). I have read extensively about all kinds of homeschooling, and have enjoyed or endured brief forays into other methods.
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Posted by Anonymous 
17 August 2007 - Can we have your oatmeal recipes?
Thanks,
homeschooling mom to 4...more to come!