UCreateFoods Dad Does Dinner Challenge #1-- Mike's Favorite Breakfast Pizza



Mike & his favorite breakfast pizza!

 Have you visited UCreate Foods?  I LoVe, love, LOVE it!  Such an amazing site done so well!  Tyra has such a knack of writing and I enjoy all of her advice, ideas, & insight!  Well, on October 30th, she introduced a "Dad Does Dinner Challenge" on her blog!  Of course, all I could think was "I wonder if he would really do it?" Well, it's pretty obvious that I'm the one that does all most of the cooking in our home.  Bradey {my cute 11 yr old boy} likes to make his own macaroni and cheese and ramen noodles rather often.  Makenzie {my adorable 9 yr old girl} loves to help with everything!  But Mike... ummmm.... well he's not interested in doing anything but eating it!  So, you could probably understand how shocked I was when I timidly brought this challenge up to him and he was totally game for it!  I was so shocked I nearly fell to the floor. . .
Well for those of you who know me, you probably are aware that Mike works 200 miles away from home.  That means he sacrifices his time to drive 400 round-trip miles to support our family!  And I have to say... I am soooo grateful for him!  In these times, it's hard to find a job, and after being laid off at his previous job in August 2008, he took the first job he could get his hands on, no matter the sacrifice.  Anyway.... I guess what I'm getting at is that I feel that one way I can show him my appreciation for him, and also make him feel more at home, so it's easier to be gone from home for 3 days at a time, is to prepare meals for him to take.
Every Thursday I dedicate my day to making Mike's meals.  Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks.  Of course, this week he gets leftover Thanksgiving for lunch and dinner, but for breakfast he wanted my famous breakfast pizza, his favorite.  So this was the perfect time for me to get him in the kitchen and enter in the Dad Does Dinner Challenge.  This is just a simple recipe that we all enjoy!  Of course you can change it up to your liking!  If you do, let me know what you do and how you liked it!
Make sure you go to UCreateFoods and visit Tyra!  Tell her I sent you!  Put your hubby in the kitchen and let him do dinner! :)

Mike's Favorite Breakfast Pizza
A From Cupboard to Cupboard original
printable recipe

2 tubes refrigerated biscuits
1 lb sausage (your favorite variety)
6 eggs
3 Tbsp water or milk
pinch salt
pinch pepper
1- 1 1/2 cups shredded cheese (I prefer pizza blend)

Lightly grease or spray a 9x13 or brownie sheet pan (1/4 sheet pan).  Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Brown sausage. Whisk eggs with water or milk in small bowl.  Add egg mixture to browned sausage in frying pan and scramble until cooked thru.  Set aside.  Lay out biscuits in prepared pan and press all biscuits together.  Sprinkle sausage/egg mixture over biscuit crust.  Sprinkle {or cover} with shredded cheese.  Bake @ 400 degrees for 13-17 minutes or until top appears golden.  I bake mine 17 minutes because Mike likes his well-done :)... Let cool in pan on wire rack 5 minutes.  Cut in squares and serve!

Happy Cooking!

Teauna {and Mike :) }

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Breakfast Sandwiches

Buttermilk biscuits.... sausage.... bacon.... melting cheese.....ham.... eggs!  Sounds like breakfast to me!  And an easy one at that! Do you ever just wake up and want to make everyone a special treat but you don't have much time? Well these yummy and versatile breakfast sandwiches are your answer! Whether you like making homemade biscuits or you have a can of refrigerated biscuits, or even a package of whole wheat (for the health-conscious soul)english muffins.... whatever it is that you have, it'll work.  We have the world's best butcher not too far from here and they make the BEST sausage ever!  My family just loves it.  So when I make these biscuits, there is no question what meat is used! It's Theurer's American Style sausage.  But, when I make mine I use turkey sausage and a Whole Grain english muffin. Any way you make them, they're way yummy and very filling. Make them your own!

Breakfast Sandwiches
by From Cupboard to Cupboard
printable recipe

1 can JUMBO refrigerated biscuits {I like to really stock up on these & have them handy in the fridge when they're on sale :)}
Your choice of meat, cooked
Eggs
Cheese of your choice, sliced
First, get your oven preheated and follow the directions on the can of biscuits.  Get them in the oven baking and start cooking your meat.  Cool the biscuits on a wire rack directly after taking them from the oven.  Fry your eggs to your liking.  We don't like runny yolks around here so mine are well done!  Don't forget to salt & pepper your egg to taste:)  Now cut your biscuit in half and simply stack your yummy food.  I place the meat, then cheese, the egg, then another slice of cheese.  We like them this way!  Besides, a little extra cheese just makes my day sometimes, does it yours?

Some different ingredients you can use:
Your own favorite recipe for biscuits...prepared
turkey sausage
turkey bacon
bacon
ham or canadian bacon

You can also mix eggs well and pour them in a pan and let them cook as if you were making an omelet.  Then flip it over and when it's thoroughly cooked, just cut into squares.  Whatever works best for you!

Happy Cooking!
Teauna