On Sunday’s I make a breakfast for us to warm up for the week. This week we have an Italian sausage,mushroom and spinach strata with a German brown bread.

4 cups of cubed bread

1/3 lb Italian sausage

1 Tbls Olive oil

1 package of sliced mushrooms

10 oz of fresh spinach

1 1/2 c of half and half

8 eggs

1 Tbls of dijon

6oz of grated Swiss

Toast bread in the oven at 350 about 10 min. Just until crisp. Brown sausage in a large skillet, pour sausage onto a paper towel lined plate. Add 1 tbls of olive oil to the skillet and saute the mushrooms until brown, add spinach and cook out most of the water add the sausage back to the mix. Whisk the eggs, half and half and dijon together and add salt and pepper to taste. Spray a 9×13 baking dish with non stick cooking spray. Put in 1/2 of the bread, add 1/2 of the mushroom mixture and 1/2 of the cheese and layer again. When everything is in the dish pour over the egg mixture. Let soak over night or at least 2 hours. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes.