OT: Breakfast recipe help!

My husband just volunteered me to host a breakfast for 10 on Saturday morning -- and my day tomorrow is full. I've done many evening and afternoon meals... but very few AM -- so my recipe stash is quite limited.

If you have a fail-proof breakfast recipe -- especially if it can be prepared ahead... would you share?

Thanks!

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Kate in MI
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There are lots of recipes here. Some that can be mixed the night before and refrigerated.

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I have done one with cubed bread, eggs, and sausage that sits overnight but can't find it.

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maryd

Easy, Kate. No problem. Do we get to get the guests a little snookered? Bloody Marys and cranberry daiquiris are a great start. Also coffee and fruit juices. Then - secret weapons from all directions. Get some cinnamon buns and or blueberry muffins from the bakery or deli; pick up some sliced ham while you're there. Go to a fried chicken place and buy some really fine biscuits - or you could bake them. Bacon and sausage can be done Friday night and heated in the oven Saturday morning along with the breads. That would only leave you with scrambling some eggs - sprinkled with a tiny few sliced green onions or crumbled bacon. Of course, I would have to add a cheese grits production but I know, that's a southern thing. If I haven't already loaded you down, frozen hash browns are no trouble at all. How does any of this sound? Polly

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Polly Esther

Me not being an American and all.....you guys are king of breakfast dishes ! But why not try 'wifesavers Christmas' dish. You put it together the night prior. I'm sure alot of you folk know it. Its delish.

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Bronnie

Howdy!

Pizza; deep dish, preferably. It's a little "exotic" for breakfast/brunch, and there are never any leftovers. ;-P We did this at an in-home quilt retreat a few years ago and everyone agreed it was the most sensible idea, letting someone else prepare, cook & deliver it; just re-heat (or not) for brunch. Add some fresh fruit & juice & tea - simple and delish. The iced cinnamon pizza dough sticks are perfect for breakfast. Cheers!

R/Sandy

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Sandy E

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Joanna

Kegeree is good...

Muffins go down well.

Fruit salad is a favourite for breakfast in this house.

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Kate XXXXXX

Kate, My sister does a 'creme brulee (sp) french toast that is to die for. French bread sliced into about 2" thick slices. It's NOT diet food.

1/2 c butter 1 c brown sugar 2 tbs maple syrup 1/2 tsp rum extract 6 eggs 1.75 c 1/2 & 1/2 1 tsp vanilla 2 tsp Grand Marnier 1/4 tsp salt

Butter 9x13 baking dish In small saucepan over low heat, melt butter with sugar, maple syrum and rum. Pour into baking dish. Layer sliced bread into pan, squeezing to fit if necessary.

In a bowl, whisk eggs, 1/2 & 1/2, vanilla, grand marnier and salt. Pour over bread evenly (flip after soaking about 1 hr.). Cover w/ plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.

Let dish set at room temperature for @ 30 min. Bake uncovered at 350 deg for 35-40 min. Serve immediately.

You'll probably need to make 2 batches for 10 people figuring 2 slices ea. It's that rich.

Good luck!

Off to finish packing for vacation #2 in the last 4 weeks!

Kim in NJ

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AuntK

I'd start off with a big bowl of fruit salad....so many fresh things available now. In fact, I did just that last weekend for company. If you include a pineapple, there's enough juice....you don't even need any "dressing".

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Alice in PA

Hiya Kate!

Hubby said that if your hubby volunteered you without checking your schedule, HE should be worrying about cooking....that being said, what about a breakfast quiche, sausage balls, etc. I can dig out the recipes and get them to you if you would like. I will say that quiche does NOT go over well with my children, but the sausage balls are a hit every single time they show up (mainly at MOPs functions where the disappear as soon as they are put on the counter). Definitely a fruit salad, maybe mimosas (champagne and orange juice), some muffins, ......

Larisa

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larisavann

Bronnie, this is a new site for me....thank you! I'll have lots of fun exploring hopefully not on an empty tummy. :)

Donna

Me not being an American and all.....you guys are king of breakfast dishes ! But why not try 'wifesavers Christmas' dish. You put it together the night prior. I'm sure alot of you folk know it. Its delish.

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Bobbie Sews More

Aha. I wondered if anyone would notice that breakfast is a great event here. People who skip breakfast to lose weight are making a mistake in many directions. Do you suppose it's the 4 doughnuts and a diet coke at 10 am that's the problem? Polly

"Bobbie Sews More" Dear Polly, your breakfast sounds wonderful, especially with the grits.

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Polly Esther

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Bobbie Sews More

That sounds divine to me! I do cinnabon type rolls in my bread machine. Make the dough the night before and put them together in the fridge to raise and bake fresh in the morning. House smells delish and everyone loves them. Dad does the big pot of grits for a crowds. The kids all eat them up like crazy. Lots of cheese and smoked sausage for those. There are lots of recipes around for strata too that you make ahead. Lots of fruit. I never met a donut I didn't like either. Taria

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Taria

Ah, yes, Polly - breakfast is our favorite meal of the day - every day. Many of our family get togethers are for brunch instead of lunch or dinner. We're considering crowning my sister Queen of Breakfast Dishes!

And grits! That's my favorite part about traveling south - I can have grits for breakfast every day! Want to share the recipe for your cheesy grits concoction?

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Louise in Iowa

oh, yes, grits of course! No cheese, just a little pat of butter, and pepper on mine, please. Grits 'n eggs, biscuits with sausage gravy, good strong coffee [max 2 cups for me, please]. What time should I be there?

G> Easy, Kate. =A0No problem. =A0Do we get to get the guests a little snooke= red?

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Not really a recipe, Louise. Just good stuff stirred in a pot of cooked grits. A cup of grated cheddar, a half teaspoon of California garlic powder (I have no idea what California garlic powder is doing in my kitchen but it is special) and a half teaspoon of the plain old jar mustard that you put on hot dogs for little kids. (None of those wild blends.) Maniacs like Paula Dean would cook the grits in whole milk and add 3 or

4 pounds of butter but we don't do that here. One day, one day a cardiologist is going to have a little talk with that precious but misguided lady. Polly

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Polly Esther

When the young ones descend on our house for breakfast I typically have about 10 minutes notice so there's no time for preparation. They're pretty game group and happily settle for whatever I can find in the refrigerator. We've found that a huge favorite is breakfast burritos. Easy to make:

chop up some bacon or sausage (or both together) and cook in a big skillet. Get it good and done/crispy and drain off most of the oil. While the meat cooks, beat up a huge amount of eggs. Pour that into the skillet after you drain off some fat. While that cooks, chop up some little onions, grate a mountain of cheddar cheese and warm some flour tortillas in the microwave. If you've got frozen hash browns in the fridge, that goes good too but it's not necessary.

While the eggs cook (nab a helper to stir the eggs while you work with the tortillas), turn on the oven and make a good half dozen cheese covered tortillas (quesadillas). Cut the quesadillas into pie shaped pieces, put a fistful of cheese into the egg mixture and stir it in as you turn off the heat. Put the skillet filled with cheesy, meaty eggs in the middle of the table and give each hungry one a hot flour tortilla and get out of the way.

Hot coffee, orange juice, milk -- grownups can have mimosas if they want.

It sounds a little complicated, but it's really easy and quick.

Polly, I have to tell a grit story: one summer when I was a young teenager, my folks fell on really hard times. Money for food was almost non-existent. We ate grits. Breakfast, lunch, supper -- every day. There were a few other things now and then (my dad was a pretty good fisherman), but the main sustenance for us that summer was grits. I loved them as a little child but have never been able to look a grit in the eye since that summer. LOL So I think I'd have to feed the grits to the gators when I come to your house for breakfast.

Sunny (just had dry toast and hot tea for breakfast -- ah but the reading was good ;P)

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onetexsun

Mmmmmm! I think I just added some things to my shopping list (do you think good ol' Iowa garlic powder will work?). I seldom cook grits (don't know why - they're easy enough), but I think this weekend might be one of those times. And then Ginger had to mention biscuits and sausage gravy - another favorite that just isn't very good for me, but maybe if I have just one??? Or is that even possible?

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Louise in Iowa

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