Eggs, Cheese, Sausage, Tomato = Yummy Breakfast

I found this recipe years ago while browsing the web for a breakfast casserole-type dish. I found it on bbonline. I absolutely loved it the first time I made it, and it is always a hit when I make it. It's called Sherri's Frittata. The link to all their recipes is to the right (click on innkeeper's recipes).
The 13 x 9 size is too big for my family of four, so I just half the recipe and use an 8 x 8 or 9 x 9 pan.

I also brown some Jimmy Dean sausage and add that to the mix. I just thought it would give it extra flavor.

In case you don't want to click on the link above to get the recipe, here it is.


Sherri's Frittata


12 eggs

2 c low fat cottage cheese

1 c Swiss cheese, shredded

1/4 c feta cheese, crumbled

1/2 t. salt

2 or 3 large tomatoes, sliced

3/4 c Parmesan cheese, grated
5 cloves garlic, minced

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease 13" x 9" baking dish. Whisk together eggs, cottage cheese, Swiss cheese, feta cheese, salt, and garlic. Pour into prepared baking dish. Slice tomatoes and lay on top of egg mixture. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Bake at 375 for 45 minutes or until mixture is set.

Makes 10 large servings.

If you want to add sausage, I just brown 1 package (I think it's 1 pound) of Jimmy Dean sausage (you know, the same way you would brown ground beef--I just break it into bite-sized pieces, brown it, and add it to the egg mixture before adding the sliced tomatoes and Parmesan.

This recipe is very versatile. For example, I rarely have cottage cheese on hand. This morning I happened to have cream cheese, so I just substituted cream cheese for cottage cheese. I'm in no way insinuating that cream cheese is any kind of substitute for cottage cheese (in fact, I highly doubt it), but in this recipe it works. I didn't have feta cheese, so we'll just do without it this time. I accidentally added the Parmesan (actually, it's Romano cheese) with the egg mixture. It's all good.

I like to serve it with fresh fruit (this morning we have fresh sliced strawberries and Ranier cherries. If it's a brunch, you can serve it with your favorite muffins, fruit juice--for an extra special brunch you could even serve it with sparkling cider, mimosa, or any of the many fancy breakfast drinks that I don't even know exist. A fancy salad might be nice as well. And if you have meat-loving young males in your house that scowl upon seeing the casserole and ask (in a grouchy voice), "What?! Why couldn't you just make sausage for me?"--you might want to break out the extra sausage and make a few sausage patties. :) Sage advice from a woman who's been in that position. What is it with men and their meat?! :)