Ziplock Omelet

My mom found this recipe years ago.  It's an easy way to feed a crowd and ensure that everyone gets what they want.  I've seen similar ideas with mason jars, but I think the Ziplock saves on space for travel.

What to do:

• Have everyone write their name on a quart-sized Ziploc freezer bag with permanent marker (very important).
• Crack 2 eggs (large or extra large) into each bag (not more than 2).  Shake to combine them.
• Put out a variety of ingredients: cheeses, ham, onion, green pepper, tomato, hash browns, salsa, etc.  Each guests adds prepared ingredients of choice to their bag and shake.
• Make sure to get the air out of the bag and zip it up.
• Place the bags into rolling, boiling water for exactly 13 minutes.
• You can usually cook 6-8 omelets in a large pot.  For more, make another pot of boiling water.
• When time's up, open the bags, and the omelet will roll out easily.
• Nice to serve with fresh fruit or bread.

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Hearty Breakfast Bake

This meal is a big hit with our family and friends.  Every breakfast food that you love is included.  Eggs - check.  Hash browns - check.  Sausage - check.  Even better, you dump it into your dutch oven and just let it cook on the coals of your fire.

The downside is that you have to get a fire going and then get the coals hot enough to cook, and then it needs to cook a while.  Basically, you have to plan your breakfast ahead of time or have something for the kids to tide them over until breakfast is ready.  I usually have some zucchini bread hanging around for just this reason.

A tip, get yourself some parchment liners for your dutch oven, like these.  You'll be happy you did when it's time to clean up.

Hearty Breakfast Bake

• 12 oz. bulk pork sausage, browned
  
• ½ c. chopped red onion
• ½ c. chopped red bell pepper
• 2 4-oz. cans sliced mushrooms, drained
• 2 ½ c. frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed
• 8 oz. Swiss cheese, sliced and shredded

Layer into Dutch oven and poor the following mixture over:

• 1 c. Bisquick
• 2 c. milk
• 5 eggs, scrambled
• Pepper to taste

Bake at 400 for 30-40 minutes or til knife comes out clean.