Breakfast casseroles are one of my favorite ways to eat breakfast. This Cheesy Vegetable Breakfast Casserole brings together the best of all the worlds!
Cheesy Vegetable Breakfast Casserole uses fluffy eggs with broccoli, bell pepper, onion and cheese to make a delightful breakfast that is perfect for feeding a crowd!
What happens when you need to make breakfast for a group, but you didn’t go to the store? You take all the stuff you have in the fridge and prepare and delightfully easy, tasty and semi-healthy breakfast casserole with Cheesy Vegetable Breakfast Casserole!
My usual go-to breakfast when we have house guests or on special occasions is my family recipe for Chile Relleno Casserole, but on this occasion, the house guests were unexpected.
Use any leftover veggies you can scrounge from your refrigerator, cover in cheese and then egg.
The Cheesy Vegetable Breakfast Casserole went so fast, I only got a little corner (a delicious crusty corner) and ended up making it again the following weekend.
Since I didn’t have a house full of folks, I cut the Cheesy Vegetable Breakfast Casserole into single size servings and then froze them individually to take to work for breakfast.
Many people may not know that the trick to fluffy restaurant-style scrambled eggs is flour or pancake mix. Some use powder mix, like Bisquick, and others use the prepared batter.
I tend to use flour and on this date happened to have whole wheat. Flour helps give the eggs body, keeps them fluffy and improves on the flavor, leaving you with a towering slice instead of a limp, thin slice.
You can add a bit of flour to any scrambled egg mixture, but you can also easily leave it out if you choose.
There are two other ways to make your eggs super fluffy. The first is to whip them really well. Not just a few whisks, I am talking an immersion blender or whisk attachment on an electric mixer and beat until frothy.
The second way is to separate the yolks from whites and beat them separately. Whisk egg whites until thick, frothy and nearly doubled in size. Gently fold these into your egg yolks.
Milk or half & half prevents your eggs from drying out, although with this recipe it can easily be omitted since the vegetables added will also emit liquid while cooking.
Flour can also be omitted and the recipe will stay the same, just will lack a tiny bit of height.
If you’d like to learn about freezing casseroles, check out this guide!
If you liked this easy breakfast recipe, check these out:
- Cranberry French Toast Casserole
- Ham and Cheese Egg Souffles
- Cannoli Pancakes
- Overnight Breakfast Casserole
Easy Monkey Bread Recipe
Goat Cheese Quiche Recipe
Dutch Honey Syrup (Vanilla Butter Syrup Recipe)
Cheesy Vegetable Breakfast Casserole
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1/2 medium yellow onion chopped
- 1 cup assorted bell peppers chopped
- 1 cup broccoli florets only, chopped
- 2 cups cheddar cheese shredded, divided (I used 1/2 white cheddar)
- 10 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
- 1/2 cup half and half
- 1/4 cup whole wheat flour or white flour
- Cooking spray
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Coat 9×13 baking dish with cooking spray.
- Toss onion, bell peppers, broccoli and 1 cup cheese into cooking dish, spreading evenly.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk eggs, ground mustard, half and half and whole wheat flour. Pour mixture over vegetables and cheese.
- Bake uncovered for 45 minutes. Remove and top with remaining 1 cup cheese. Return to oven for 10 minutes.
- Allow to rest for 5-10 minutes before serving. Enjoy your Cheesy Vegetable Breakfast Casserole!
- If you’ve tried this recipe come back and let us know how it was!
This is the perfect casserole for when guests come over! Thank you!!
I plan to make this casserole for a brunch on Saturday. Can I bake it the night before? And if so, how do I reheat it? Also, what would you suggest as a substitute for the bell peppers (which don’t agree with a lot of people)? Thank you!
Hi Jay, you can just leave the bell peppers out and double the other veggies.
Bake it the night before, wait until it is fully cooled, cover and refrigerate, then reheat at 300°F for about 15-20 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 145°F.
How would I make this in a crock pot?
You can follow the instructions for this recipe using the vegetable casserole ingredients, however I have never tested it using a crockpot so I can’t vouch for it. Please come back and let us know how it goes! https://www.savoryexperiments.com/crockpot-breakfast-casserole/
Good morning,
Just wondering…. why the mustard and flour? Does the mustard add flavor and does the flour thicken?
Thanks in advance
T
Hi Tiffany! Yes, mustard adds flavor and flour makes it fluffier, like it does for cake or cookies. You can omit either, the casserole will just be a little flatter.
Jessica,
Could I make this casserole the night before I cook it?
You sure can!!!
You got me at broccoli and cheese! I love this combination so much! Also, red bell pepper is my favorite kind of pepper, so this recipe is truly fits my taste! Adding whole wheat flour is a great tip, thanks for that! – Love, Anna
Thank you, Anna!
Thanks for getting back to me. So, do you think I should do exactly 1/2 of each ingredient?
Yep, but I’d add a little more veggie if it were me.
Can I half this recipe and put it into an 8×8 pan?
Nancy, You sure can! It might not need the entire 55 minutes to bake though, it will depend greatly on the depth of your pan, just keep an eye on it. I have also made a whole batch and then frozen the rest in single servings so I could take them to work for breakfast.
Why the whole wheat flour?
Good question, Megan! Many people may not know that the trick to restaurant style scrambled eggs is flour or pancake mix. Some use powder mix, like Bisquick, and others use the prepared batter. I tend to use flour and on this date happened to have whole wheat. Flour helps give the eggs body, keeps them fluffy and improves on the flavor, leaving you with a towering slice instead of a limp, thin slice. You can add a bit of flour to any scrambled egg mixture, but you can also easily leave it out if you choose.
I’m going to add this information to the post body since I’m sure you aren’t the only one who is curious. Thanks!
Ficou bem apetitoso e adorei as cores 🙂
Bjs
Thank you! I love the colors too!