It’s nearly indisputable that Sunday brunch is the best meal of the week, and what is brunch without eggs? Maybe you don’t think about your eggs a lot, but Nellie’s Free Range Egg company does!
Nellie’s Free Range Eggs come from the first Certified Humane farm in the country where the hens have as much, or as little, access to outside as they want. I definitely care about where I get my eggs from!
I was raising my own backyard chicken for about 7 years. My chickens were always free-range and cage free, and they always provided my family with plenty of eggs. I had to give away my sweet chickens last September (to another cage-free farm) after our neighbors called the police on us for the fact that our chickens wandered onto their property and were in their mulch pile. Can you believe it? I can’t either! I refuse to have chickens if they have to be in a cage. They don’t deserve to be locked up.
This is my favorite and most loyal egg layer, Gloria
As for cheese? The best tasting and most luxurious cheeses come from Cabot. I love them all!
Both Nellie’s Free Range Eggs and Cabot Creamery Co-operative are B Corporations , meaning they meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance. That is why I have decided to use them together to create a delicious Sunday brunch meal.
For Sunday brunch, I always try to create a main dish that includes both eggs and cheese. My favorite is a ham & egg casserole that my grandmother always made, and my family loves it. I decided to create it using Nellie’s Free Range Eggs and Cabot Cheese. The recipe is below.
Ham and Egg Sunday Brunch Casserole
*image courtesy of https://www.incredibleegg.org
Ingredients:
12 Nellie’s Free Range Eggs
1 carton (15 oz) cottage cheese
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
12 ounces Cabot Farmhouse Reserve Cheddar, shredded (about 3 cups)
½ cup Cabot Shredded Mozzarella Whole-Milk
2 cups chopped cooked ham (8 oz.)
1/4 cup minced green onions
Directions:
- HEAT oven to 350°F. BEAT eggs in large bowl until blended. ADD ricotta cheese, flour and baking powder; mix well. STIR IN Cabot shredded cheese, ham and green onions. POUR in greased 13 x 9-inch glass baking dish.
- BAKE in 350°F oven until puffed, golden and knife inserted near center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. LET STAND 5 minutes.
Enjoy!