Thursday, March 13, 2014
Uptight Ladys Strata
Have you seen The Family Stone? Its this amazing movie with SJP and Luke Wilson. Oh, Diane Keaton is in it too. And Rachel McAdams. Claire Danes is in it too, but who cares? Anyway, its this movie centered around Christmastime (hello, seasonal reference!) and Diane Keatons matriarch character intimidating SJPs tightly wound Meredith, would-be fiance of eldest Stone boy, Everett. Anyway, its an emotional rollercoaster of...emotions. Youll laugh, youll cry--youll UGLY cry. Its serious. Seriously.
Anyway, theres a scene in the movie where SJPs relentless efforts to be accepted into the Stone family result in her attempt to make the perfect Christmas morning breakfast: The Morton family strata.
When I saw this movie, I had no idea what a strata was, but from Merediths Martha Stewart-esque description, its basically a fancy way of saying "breakfast casserole." I mean, its eggs, some cheese, meat, and, in this case, stars of bread. My mom used to make something really similar, minus the star-shaped bread (we just tore it into chunks). Breakfast casserole was a kind of special treat in our house, like french toast or extended curfews, so we didnt have it often, but when we did, I generally had a serving, or three.
Even though Ive brainwashed myself on the evils of bread and all things glutenous, I still find myself craving breakfast casserole, especially on the weekends. Its incredibly easy to pull together, serves a ton, and, of course tasty. So this weekend, I "challenged" myself to make a paleo version. I use the word "challenge" loosely, as my idea of making something with bread or potatoes paleo is to swap it out for cauliflower. And so thats exactly what I did.
Breakfast Casserole (otherwise known as Uptight Ladys Strata)*
Makes 9 large servings
- 12 eggs
- 1/2 head of cauliflower, cut into small chunks
- 1/2 pound pork sausage
- 1 yellow onion, diced
- A couple handfuls of mushrooms
- A few fresh sage leaves
- Goat cheese
- salt and pepper to taste
1.) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2.) In a pan, saute diced onion in olive oil or butter until translucent. Add sausage to brown. Set aside.
3.) In a medium sized bowl, whisk eggs with salt, pepper, and chopped sage. Pour onion and sausage mixture and mushrooms into a 9x13 inch casserole dish, then add the cauliflower. Pour whisked eggs on top of that. Top with crumbled goat cheese.
4.) Bake for 20 minutes, or until eggs have set.
*You can use any combination of ingredients here. Try green chilies, spicy chorizo and mozzarella for a southwestern flavor or artichokes, sundried tomatoes, and feta for a Mediterranean flavor. The skys the limit! And dont let any uptight ladys tell ya any differently!
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