One Dish Recipe for Brunch Casserole with Eggs, Hash Browns and Ham

This brunch casserole with eggs, hash browns and ham is perfect for spring gatherings or mothers day brunch. And the best part is that this one dish casserole combines everyones favorite breakfast foods all in one simple dish.

Brunch Casserole with Eggs, Hash Browns and Ham Ingredients:
2 cups diced ham
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 vidalia or red onion, chopped
4 cups frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed
6 eggs
2/3 cup milk
1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:
Lightly grease a 9x13 dish. Brown the onions in the butter. Stir eggs, milk and 1 cup of cheese in a bowl. Mix in hash browns, browned onions and ham. Pour into the casserole. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes or until middle is set. Sprinkle with remaining ½ cup of cheese. Bake 5 minutes more. Remove & let stand a few minutes before serving.

Tip: If preparing this brunch casserole with eggs, hash browns and ham the night before, cook 20 minutes longer.

Serve with fresh fruit and some muffins or bagels for a nice simple get-together. For more homemade easy recipes, entertaining tips and one really great ham, visit pams-hams.com.

Simple Sunday Brunch Recipes Great for Mothers Day

Sunday brunch is a great way to get family and friends together with limited expense and preparation time. Especially nice for the hostess is a brunch where the main dishes are prepared the night before. So invite over a dozen of your closest friends and join the party.

Night Before Caramel Rolls
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves about 12
(makes two loaves)

Caramel Rolls Ingredients
2 rolls frozen bread dough
½ cup melted butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 package vanilla pudding
2 T. milk

Instructions: The night before, take two rolls frozen bread dough out of the freezer and thaw for about 2 hours. Then snip into bite sized pieces into a well greased 9 x 13 pan. Place the pan in the sink with a couple trays filled with (frozen) ice cubes. Bread dough will rise as the temp rises throughout the night.

In the morning, combine remaining ingredients and pour over the bread dough. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

Night Before Special Eggs
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 40-60 minutes
Serves about 12

Special Eggs Ingredients:
24 eggs scrambled (no milk)
1 ½ cup sharp cheddar cheese, grated
1 can cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
1 soup can full of cooking sherry (or white grape juice)
2 (4 oz.) cans of sliced mushrooms, drained

Instructions: The night before. Grease a 9 x 13 pan. Combine soup, sherry (or juice) and mushrooms. Layer ingredients in the 9 x 13 in the following order: ½ of the eggs, ½ mushroom mixture, ½ cheese, remaining mushroom misture, remaining eggs, and then top with remaining cheese. Refrigerate overnight. Bake at 350 for 40 to 60 minutes until eggs are set and browned on top.

Potato and Onion Casserole
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 1 hour
Serves about 12

Potato and Onion Casserole Ingredients:
2 (2 lb.) packages of frozen cubed potatoes
3 red or Vidalia onions
10 t. vegetable oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions: Chop onions the night before. The next morning, grease two 9 x 13 pans with 4 t. of vegetable oil (2 t. per pan). Layer 1/3 potatoes, ½ onions, some salt/pepper, 1 t. oil, then repeat. Top with the last 1/3 of potatoes, salt/pepper to taste and drizzle with last 1t. of oil. Bake covered at 350 degrees for 1 hour. (uncover for last 10 minutes)

And finally, serve with a large tray or bowl of chopped fruit and a pre-cooked spiral sliced and glazed ham. Since the glazed baked ham from pams-hams.com is best served at room temperature and requires no cooking, it’s a great choice for a simple brunch.

Mothers Day or any Sunday Brunch Recipes

There just never seems to be enough time during the hectic week to spend quality time with family and friends. That is why brunch is a great way to reconnect whether it’s a special occasion or just an available Sunday. And using these homemade easy recipes, even the hosts will be a part of the festivities.

Tip to avoid major cleanup after your brunch. Make the casserole and potatoes in a disposable tin (dollar store, grocery store, warehouse store). Then just scoop them into a pretty serving dish that will be much easier to clean since it wasn’t used for baking.

Pistachio Bread
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 50 minutes
Serves: about 8

Bread ingredients
package Dunkin Hines butter Recipe Cake Mix
1 small package Jello pistachio pudding
1 cup sour cream (8 oz.)
4 eggs lightly beaten
¼ cup of oil
¼ cup of water

Nut mixture ingredients
3 T. brown sugar
2 ½ t. cinnamon
¾ cup chopped nuts (walnuts, pecans or pistachios)

Instructions
Grease and flour 2 bread tins. (better yet, buy the spray that contains both!) Put ¼ of the batter in the bottom of each pan. Put the nut mixture on top. Repeat. Bake at 350 degrees for about 50 minutes.

Breakfast Casserole
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 40 minutes
Serves: about 8

Ingredients
6 slices of bread
1 lb. cooked sausage
6-8 eggs
1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup of milk

Instructions
Layer the ingredients into a 9 x 13 pan in the order shown. This can be made up to 12 hours before and refrigerated. Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes.

Cheesy Potatoes
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 1 hour
Serves: about 8

Ingredients
1 (2 lb). package frozen cubed potatoes
2 cups of sour cream
2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese
1 can cream of celery soup (cream of anything will work!)
Optional: chopped onion

Instructions
Mix well. Spoon into 9 x 13 pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

And finally, serve with a large tray or bowl of chopped fruit and a pre-cooked spiral sliced and glazed ham. Since the glazed baked ham from pams-hams.com is best served at room temperature and requires no cooking, it’s a great choice for a simple brunch.

For other homemade easy recipes, entertaining tips, and one really great ham, visit pams-hams.com.