This breakfast/brunch strata can be prepared in advance and has cheese, eggs, and spinach for nutrition.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 55 mins |
| Additional Time: | 8 hrs 35 mins |
| Total Time: | 9 hrs 45 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 ½ cups finely chopped yellow onion
- 3 pinches herbes de Provence, or to taste
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
- butter-flavored cooking spray
- 8 cups cubed Italian bread
- 1 cup shredded reduced-fat mozzarella cheese, or more to taste
- 9 large eggs
- 1 cup skim milk
Instructions
- Melt butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add onion and saute until soft, about 5 minutes. Add herbes de Provence, salt, and pepper; continue to cook for 1 minute more. Stir in spinach, remove from heat, and set aside.
- Spray the inside of a 3-quart (9×13-inch) baking dish with cooking spray. Layer the bottom of the dish with 1/3 of the bread cubes. Top with 1/3 of the spinach mixture and 1/3 mozzarella cheese. Repeat these layers twice more with remaining bread, spinach mixture, and cheese.
- Combine eggs, milk, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl. Whisk together until blended. Pour evenly over the bread and spinach layered in the baking dish. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least 8 hours, up to 1 day.
- Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking to allow pan to get to room temperature.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Bake, uncovered, in the preheated oven until puffed, golden brown, and cooked through, 45 to 55 minutes. Let stand at least 5 minutes before serving.
- You can substitute 2 to 3 shallots or leeks, minced, for yellow onion. You can use fresh or frozen, thawed spinach. Feel free to use French bread instead of Italian.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 298 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 26 g |
| Cholesterol | 230 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 19 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 485 mg |
| Sugars | 4 g |
| Fat | 14 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |