VEGETABLE--- CHEESE STRATA

Stratas are made the night before and cooked for break fast.you can alter this vegetable strata with any vegetable you like and i use broccoli and mushroom and you can substitute them with bell peppers and zucchini and coliflower and i use sharp- cheddar and jack and you can substitute any other cheese you like.This will be a great weekend brunch i feel hope you all like this.

Broccoli ----- 1 small flower

Mushrooms ---- 100 gms

Carrot --- 1 medium size

Sweet corn kernels --- 1 cup

Red chili flakes --- 1 tab sp

Oregano --- 1 tea sp

Grated extra -sharp cheddar cheese --- 1 cup

Grated jack cheese --- 1 cup

Large eggs --- 4(or you can use 1 cup egg substituteor you can just remove the eggs)

Milk --- 2 cups (i use skim milk you can use full cream or soya milk also)

Dijon mustard -- 2 tab sp

Wheat bread --- 8 slices(i use my home made wheat bread slices you can use any bread slices)

Onion --- 1 medium sliced

Olive oil -- 1 tab sp

Salt to taste

Butter for greasing the bakind dish

METHOD:---

Cut broccoli in to small flowerets and soak in salted warm water for 5 min remove and wash in cold water and leave a side

Slice onion and chop mushroom s in to small pieces and carrot in to thin slices

Heat olive oil in apan and add sliced onion and fry for a second then add carrot slicesfry for some more time then add chopped mushroom,corn kernel s, and broccoli ans stir fry for few seconds and add half red chiliflakes and oregano mix well and remove from fire and leave a side

Now beat eggs in a bowl add milk and mustard to egg s and beat well add salt and remaining red chili flakes and oregano mix well

Now arrange bread slices in agreased baking dish,distribute vegetable mixture on bread slices now pour the egg mixture over the vegetable mixture.

Mix both cheeses in abowl and sprinkle cheese evenly on egg mixture and cover the dish and refrigerate at least 4 hours or preferably overnight.

Preheat the oven and bake the strata at 375 degree till slightly browned and puffed it will take almost 30 - 40 min.

Remove and stand for 10 min. then serve

Serves 4

Enjoy your break fast