Make-ahead Cheesy Ham-mushroom Egg Bake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese or 2 1/2 cups swiss cheese, divided
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 lb fresh sliced mushrooms
• 1 small chopped yellow onion (or use 6 green onions, chopped)
• 1 small green bell peppers or 1 small red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
• 2 cups fully-cooked cubed ham
• 8 large eggs
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 3/4 cups half-and-half cream or 1 3/4 cups milk
• 1/4 teaspoon seasoning salt or 1/4 teaspoon salt
• fresh ground black pepper (to taste)

Recipe

• 1 grease a 13 x 9-inch caserole dish.
• 2 sprinkle 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese or swiss cheese into the bottom of the casserole dish.
• 3 in a skillet melt butter over medium-high heat.
• 4 add in mushrooms, onion and and bell pepper; cook stirring until softened and the mushroom loose their moisture, then stir in chopped ham.
• 5 sprinkle the mixture over the cheese.
• 6 in a medium bowl whisk together the eggs with flour, half and half cream or milk, salt and pepper; pour over the ham mixture.
• 7 cover and refrigerate overnight.
• 8 remove from fridge 30 minutes before baking.
• 9 set oven to 350 degrees f.
• 10 bake uncovered for 35-40 minutes or until a knife inserted into the middle comes out clean.
• 11 remove from oven and sprinkle about 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese on top and allow to melt.
• 12 let stand 10 minutes before slicing.