The tradition in our house has always been that you decide the supper menu on your birthday.Dana picked Christmas Morning Wife Saver for her birthday dinner. This dish is a tradition in our house for Christmas morning and we rarely think about making it at other times of the year. If you are interested, this is the recipe:
Ingredients:
16 slices white bread, crusts removed
16 slices Canadian back bacon
16 slices processed cheese
6 eggs
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. dry mustard
1/4 cup minced onion
3 cups milk
1/2 cup butter
crushed Corn Flakes
Instructions:
Set 8 pieces of bread into a 9" x 13" buttered, glass baking dish. Cover bread with slices of back bacon. Lay slices of cheese on top of bacon and then cover with remaining slices of bread to make it like a sandwich.
In a bowl, beat eggs and pepper. To the egg mixture add dry mustard, onion, and milk. Pour over the sandwiches, cover and let stand in fridge overnight.
In the morning, melt butter, pour over top. Cover with crushed Corn Flakes. Bake, uncovered, 1 hour at 350 deg.F. Let sit 10 minutes before serving. Serve with fresh fruit and cinnamon rolls.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups Oreo cookie crumbs
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup melted margarine
1 8 oz package cream cheese, softened
2 2/3 cups cold milk
3 1/2 cups Cool Whip Whipped topping, thawed
2 pints frozen sliced strawberries
1 package (6 serving size) Jell-O Instant Pudding and Pie Filling, Vanilla flavor
Combine: Crumbs and 1/4 cup of the sugar. Mix in margarine. Press mixture evenly onto bottom of 13 x 9 inch pan. (If desired bake at 375 degrees for 8 minutes. Cool on rack.)
Beat: Cream cheese with remaining 1/4 cup sugar and 2 tablespoons of the milk until smooth. Fold in 1/2 of the whipped topping. Spread over crust. Arrange strawberries in even layer on cream cheese mixture.
Pour: The remaining milk into medium bowl. Add pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk until well blended, 1 to 2 minutes. Pour over strawberries. Chill 4 hours or overnight.
Spread: Remaining whipped topping over pudding just before serving.
Because the casserole Dana picked for supper is the type that you make ahead and store in the refrigerator, we were able to spend the entire day shopping without worrying about meal prep. Dana's present from us (Mom and Dad) was a day of clothes shopping. We picked up Grandma in the morning and the three girls--Grandma, Dana, and myself spent the day shopping for clothes in Langley. This is Dana with all her loot!
Happy Birthday to Dana! Way to shop too--what a haul! What a lovely girl and so thoughtful of her to let you use her laptop or the time minus computer would have been interminable!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the recipes too. I am going to check to see what we need to try them both out. It looks like the breakfast dish could easily be halved for the two of us or do you know if leftovers can be frozen? I can't imagine not liking cake but it looks like Dana chose a good dish that held some candles anyway.