More fun with leftovers

My favorite ingredients for an egg bake are whatever I have in the fridge. So this week I am using squash, Spam, and bacon fat along with the spinach, mushrooms, and eggs that I just bought.

This was in my fridge longer than I would like to admit, but let's just say the last time I visited my mom she gave this to me. She had already cooked it, and it was intact so it's probably okay. I cut it in half last night so I could scoop it.

Then I sprayed a pan with coconut oil and spread out the squash. I wish I had added butter to this. It would have been better with some butter spread onto the squash, or melted and mixed into it. Or even just some salt.

A little leftover Spam. Which is pretty much flavorless in the end. But it was in the fridge and I didn't want to throw it away.

Then as much spinach as I could pack in to the pan.

I didn't cook up any bacon for this one, because I thought the Spam would add more flavor than it did. But I had some bacon fat from last week so I sauteed the mushrooms in that fat. Also added some dehydrated onions to this mixture.

On top of the mushroom, I poured in about 2 dozen eggs which were mixed with heavy cream, a LOT of cayenne (I spaced out as I was adding it to the mixture), crushed garlic (from a jar), and black pepper. I skipped the salt because I thought the bacon fat would add more salt than it did. The final thing I added was about 2 cups of shredded cheddar.

I cooked it for 45 minutes at 350, but I probably should have given it another 5 to 10 minutes. It sort of "flopped" on one side which makes me think it wasn't quite cooked all the way. The squash is pretty dense and it had been in the refrigerator.

Oh well, still tasted good! I had some for breakfast today. It could use more salt, but otherwise it's a pretty yummy way to use up some stuff I had laying around!

Getting behind a bit

I made an egg bake last night, and realized I still haven't blogged about my last one. So here we go!

The only unique thing about this one is homemade pork sausage. Well, homemade by my brother the butcher. He knows a guy who raises hogs so it is some really good, fresh sausage. And not very fatty. I'm used to the sausage from the store that is half fat. This stuff was so lean that I didn't even need to drain the grease from the pan.

Other than swapping out bacon for sausage, this is all the same as what I make most frequently.

Sausage!

SAUSAGE!

Once I had cooked up the sausage, I added some sliced mushrooms and sauteed them in the existing fat. I had filled my pan with spinach, so I spooned the sausage and mushrooms on top of that. Then I added about two dozen eggs with heavy cream, cayenne, salt, and pepper added to the mix.

I had part of a bag of shredded cheddar, and part of a bag of mozzarella leftover from something else, so I spread those on top too. The cheese browned up really nicely!

Yummy!

Since I ate one piece right away, I only had 7 more to put into the fridge. These are really handy to pop in the microwave each morning while my coffee is brewing.

I picked up some coffee beans in El Salvador at the beginning of the month. Deeeeelicious! Nothing like fresh ground coffee with some heavy cream each morning! Between that and the protein I get from my eggs, they are a great way to get the brain going before I start work each day.