Strata’s are a great way to feed a lot of hungry mouths without too much effort.

As a bonus, an egg breakfast fills you up more so (as studies prove) you eat less throughout the day.

This recipe is really straightforward, but quite delicious. If you want it to be a little bit healthier, you can take out the sausage and it will still have a nice flavor thanks to the tomatoes and cheese.

Prep time: 20 minutes plus at least 30 minutes chilling time

Cook time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

1 lb. mild pork sausage (optional)

1 small onion, chopped

1/2 green bell pepper, chopped

2 (10 oz) cans diced tomatoes w/ green chiles

8 (10 in) flour tortillas, torn into bite size pieces

3 cups Colby Jack, shredded

6 large eggs

2 cups milk

1 tsp Salt (or to taste)

1 tsp Pepper (or to taste)

Directions:

Cook sausage over medium-high heat, stirring until it crumbles and is no longer pink. Drain and return to skillet.

Add chopped onion and bell pepper to skillet. Saute over medium-high heat 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender.

Stir in tomatoes with green chiles. Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes.

Lightly grease a 13×9 inch baking pan. Layer half each of tortilla pieces, sausage mixture and cheese and repeat layers.

Whisk together eggs, milk, salt and pepper. Pour over layers. Chill up to 8 hours (or at least 30 minutes).

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Bake, lightly covered with aluminum foil for 30 minutes.*

*The aluminum foil ensures it doesn’t get too well browned.

PS. I apologize for no picture … future recipes will all have pictures so you can see how delicious they are. However, this was a sharing of passion (and there are no leftovers!).