Biscuit wafles stuffed with omelets

Biscuit waffles stuffed with cheesy omelet

What I had:

• Pillsbury Grands biscuits
• 9 eggs
• shredded cheese - I used taco style
• red onion chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• paprika
• garlic
• salt and pepper to taste
• butter

What I did:

• Melted butter on griddle
• sauteed garlic till entire 3300 square foot house smelled of garlic
• added onions till soft
• added crumbled bacon (because I don't need an excuse to bacon)
• beat eggs with salt, pepper and paprika and added to griddle
• cooked till it somewhat resembled a large omelet
• put biscuits on a baking sheet
• cut them 3/4ths of the way
• put a piece of omelet inside each biscuit, topped with some cheese and then closed it up
• placed 4 on each side of my waffle maker (it's 2 sided, we are fancy that way)

• once they were done, placed them back on the baking sheet, added more cheese (because it's cheese)
• broiled them in the oven for 5 minutes till cheese was melted and tops were even more brown (because it's cheese and burned cheese is even better)

• ate them with condiments of choice
• Jeff had none
• Oli used ketchup
• I used my previously made Jamaican Jerk marinade as salsa

 Notes for future: as you can see from the top photo, I totally could have stuffed it more (that's what she said ....)

Strata

I found this idea when I was searching for vegetarian options for a brunch I was hosting. A strata is a  layered baked dish of eggs, bread, cheese, and often sausage, vegetables, and herbs, according to dictionary.com.


As part of my healthy eating initiative, I've been making breakfast items with egg whites over the weekend for the whole week. So, I'll make omelets, or a quiche and divide it into servings to last through the week. I figured baking a breakfast strata would be a wonderful way to change things up a bit.

What I used:

• 7 slices Italian bread, torn into bite sized pieces
• 1/2 cup chopped bell pepper
• 1/2 cup chopped red onion
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 10 slices hot sopressata cut into quarters (you can use your favorite meats)
• 2 cups 2% milk
• 2 cups egg white
• greased 9X13 glass baking dish

 What I did:

• Layer half the bread at the bottom of the pan. Spread the bell peppers and half the meat over the bread. Sprinkle half the cheese over this.
• Layer rest of the bread over the cheese. Spread the onions and the rest of the meat. sprinkle with rest of the cheese.
• Whisk milk and egg whites together and pour over everything in the pan.
• Cover with aluminum foil and refrigerate for at least 12 hrs. I left it in till the next evening.
• Bake covered at 350 for 45 minutes. Remove the foil and bake another 20 minutes. the initial recipe had called for 35 covered and 15 uncovered, but the eggs were still runny so I let it go another 15 minutes.
• Enjoy with your favorite hot sauce!

I didn't even use any salt or pepper, and it tasted delicious. You can add seasonings if you want but the hot sopressatta I used provided enough seasoning.