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Breakfast

Breakfast Scramble

Ingredients

  • 1.5 – 2 lb homemade sausage
  • 1 cup chopped green onions
  • 1 sweet red bell pepper, chopped
  • 1 can (4 oz) diced mild green chilies
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1 package (30 oz) frozen shredded hash brown potatoes
  • 1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar Cheese
  • 12 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon pepper

Directions

  1. Cook sausage and set aside
  2. In a bowl, combine green onions, red pepper, chilies, and cilantro. Set aside.
  3. Spray the interior of a 5 to 6 quart slow cooker with vegetable cooking spray.
  4. Layer one third of the hash browns, sausage, green onion mixture and cheese into crock.
  5. Repeat layers twice.
  6. In a bowl, beat the eggs, milk, salt and pepper; pour over layered ingredients.
  7. Cover and cook on low for 7 to 8 hours or until thermometer inserted into the center reads 160 degrees F.
  8. Serve.

 

Soup

French Onion Soup

4 large onions, sliced
1/4 cup butter1 tbsp flour
1/2 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese
6 cups (48 oz) beef broth
a few drops hot pepper sauce
6 slices French bread, toasted, or croutons

Cook onions in butter until transparent. Add flour; cook, stirring, until flour is well blended into the butter. Transfer onion mixture to slow cooker. Add beef broth and hot sauce. Cook on low for 6 to 8  hours or high 3 to 4 hours. Ladle soup into oven-proof bowls. Top with bread and some of the shredded cheese. Broil until cheese melts.

Serves 6.

 

Side dishes

Macaroni and Cheese

8 ounces elbow macaroni, cooked and drained
4 cups(16 ounces) shredded sharp Chedder Cheese
1 can (12 ounces) evaporated milk
1 1/2 cups milk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Place the cooked macaroni in crockpot that has been sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Add the remaining ingredents, all except 1 cup of the cheese, mix well. Sprinkle with the remaining 1 cup of cheese and then cover and cook on low setting for 5 to 6 hours or until the mixture is firm and golden around the edges. Do not remove the cover or stir until it has finished cooking.