FREEZER TO MICROWAVE BREAKFAST BOWLS
Need breakfast for busy mornings ? DIY breakfast bowls recipe with eggs, sausage and potatoes are perfect! Just 45 minutes to make breakfast all week. Plus 8 delicious variations so you never get bored.
Equipment
- 8 Freezer safe food storage bowls or BPA free plastic containers
Ingredients
- 1 28 ounce bag seasoned frozen potatoes or fresh equivalent
- 1 pound breakfast sausage
- 1 medium onion chopped
- One dozen eggs well beaten
- ¼ cup heavy cream optional
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 9 ounce box frozen spinach thawed and squeezed dry
- 2 cups cheddar cheese shredded
Instructions
To pre-cook everything
- To save time we’ll cook the potatoes, sausage, and eggs simultaneously. Pretend you’re on Iron Chef.
- Use the microwave to thaw the spinach. When it's thawed, squeeze out moisture with a clean kitchen towel. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 375°F degrees. Preheat two skillets on the stovetop.
- Place the potatoes in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake, uncovered, for 20 – 25 minutes. Check halfway through and stir the ingredients to ensure even cooking.
- In one skillet, crumble and cook the sausage, add the onion about half way through. When cooked, drain excess fat.
- Meanwhile, in another skillet cook the eggs mixed with cream, seasoning with salt and pepper to taste. If you don’t use cream, don’t substitute milk for the eggs as it doesn’t freeze as well and your eggs will be watery.
- When the eggs are mostly cooked, dump them in with the sausage. Add the thawed and drained spinach and stir to distribute.
- Remove the skillets from the heat. By now your potatoes should be cooked, remove from oven and let cool.
- Allow everything to cool uncovered to allow some steam to scape.
- Once it’s all room temperature it’s time to assemble the bowls.
To assemble
- Now, I don’t know if you’re feeding picky toddlers or ravenous teens so your serving size will vary.
- Start by evenly dividing the potatoes between the bowls, followed by egg and sausage mixture.
- Top each bowl with shredded cheese and put on the lid.
To freeze
- You can just pop them in the freezer now OR to assure better quality; place them in the fridge for two hours until thoroughly cold and then put them in the freezer.
To reheat
- To reheat, remove lid and place in the microwave for 90 seconds, stir and heat for an additional minute. Microwaves and serving sizes vary so you’ll need to experiment.
Notes
Here are some ridiculously good variations on the breakfast bowl to keep it from getting boring. Just remember everything must be completely cooked before you freeze the bowls.
I didn't list amounts because as long as you like it, there's no wrong way to do this.
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