Savory Vegetable Strata

If I were to tell you one of my weaknesses, freshly baked bread would probably be high up on that list. On occasion, I love to pick up a loaf from the market to incorporate into our meals, one way or another.

This past weekend I had some leftover bread from another dish I made, so I decided to make a Savory Vegetable Strata for our Sunday brunch. Now some may call it  “bread pudding”, but for this recipe we’re going with Strata. Strata’s are similar to quiche or frittatas and they almost always involve bread, cheese, eggs, and sometimes milk.

Feel free to swap out some of the veggies or even add in veggie sausage which I like to do as well on occasion.

Get the Recipe: Savory Vegetable Strata

Yield: 6 servings

Prep: 15 minutes mins

Cook: 1 hour hr

Total: 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

If I were to tell you one of my weaknesses, freshly baked bread would probably be high up on that list. On occasion, I love to pick up a loaf from the market to incorporate into our meals, one way or another. This past weekend I had some leftover bread from another dish I made, so I decided to make a Savory Vegetable Strata for our Sunday brunch.

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Ingredients

• 5 large eggs
• 1 cup whole milk
• ½ teaspoon fine sea salt, or to taste
• ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
• ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
• ¼ teaspoon onion powder
• ¼ teaspoon smoked paprika
• ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
• a pinch red chile flakes, optional
• 5 cups artisan bread, cut into 1 inch cubes
• ½ cup mozzarella cheese, grated
• 1 small red bell pepper, diced small
• 1 cup mushrooms, thinly sliced
• 1 scallion, sliced
• ⅓ cup parmesan cheese, grated

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• In a medium bowl, whisk to combine the eggs, milk, salt, pepper, oregano, onion powder, smoked paprika, garlic powder, and red chile flakes and set aside.
• Place the bread cubes, mozzarella cheese, red bell peppers, mushrooms, and scallions in a large mixing bowl and pour in the egg mixture and lightly fold it in with your bread. You’ll want to make sure that each of the bread cubes has absorbed the wet mixture. Pour that mixture into a 10-inch casserole dish (or whatever you have). 
• Sprinkle the grated parmesan cheese on top of your dish. Place your baking dish in the middle rack of your oven and bake until golden brown, 50 to 60 minutes. (Your strata will rise slightly like a soufflé and fall a bit after you take it out of the oven so don’t be alarmed.)

  Serve while it’s warm and enjoy!

Notes

If your bread/crust is soft, then it will not need additional soaking time. But if your crust is hard, then you may want to let it sit for 30 to 60 minutes so that the wet mixture can soften your bread. You can also prepare this the night before and refrigerated, just be sure to wrap it up tight.

Serving: 8ounces, Calories: 683kcal, Carbohydrates: 98g, Protein: 32g, Fat: 18g, Saturated Fat: 6g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g, Monounsaturated Fat: 4g, Trans Fat: 0.1g, Cholesterol: 171mg, Sodium: 1350mg, Potassium: 498mg, Fiber: 8g, Sugar: 14g, Vitamin A: 850IU, Vitamin C: 17mg, Calcium: 438mg, Iron: 8mg