Broccoli, Mushroom And Cheeese Breakfast Strata

Total Time: 8 hrs 55 mins Preparation Time: 8 hrs Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 large onion, diced (about 2 cups)
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 3 cups sliced mushrooms
• cooking spray
• 1 whole wheat baguette, crusts removed, cubed (about 5 cups)
• 8 eggs
• 8 egg whites
• 2 cups 1% low-fat milk
• 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
• 10 ounces broccoli, steamed, cooled and chopped (or frozen, thawed)
• 1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 cup thinly sliced sun-dried tomato, reconstituted
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh thyme leave
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper

Recipe

• 1 heat 2 tsp oil in nonstick skillet over meduim heat.
• 2 add onions and saute until translucent, about 4 minutes.
• 3 add garlic and cook another 1 minute.
• 4 transfer onion mixture to a medium bowl and let cool.
• 5 heat remaining 2 tsp oil in the skillet and saute mushrooms until the release all their water, about 6-7 minutes. remove from heat and cool completely.
• 6 spray an oval baking dish with cooking spray.
• 7 arrange bread cubes in the dish.
• 8 in a large bowl, beat eggs, egg whites, milk and mustard until incporporated.
• 9 add mushrooms, onion-garlic mixture, broccoli, parmesan and mozzarella cheeses, sun-dried tomatoes, thyme, salt and pepper and stir to incorporate.
• 10 pour mixture over bread, making sure to saturate bread.
• 11 cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight or at least 8 hours.
• 12 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 13 remove plastic wrap and bake for 55-60 minutes or until center is set.