Farmer's Casserole

Ingredients

3 cups frozen, shredded hash browns
3/4 cup Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
1 cup cooked ham, diced
1/4 cup green onions, chopped
4 eggs
12-ounce can evaporated milk
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

Directions

Place hash browns in 8"x8" baking dish. Sprinkle with cheese, ham and onions. In a mixing bowl, beat eggs, milk, salt and pepper together; pour over hash browns. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 55 minutes to one hour or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

Makes 6 servings

**This recipe comes out of Gooseberry Patch's Recipes For Comfort cookbook.**

Bacon and Swiss Quiche

Ingredients

1 (9-inch) frozen pie crust, thawed
1 pound sliced bacon
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
1/2 teaspoon spicy brown mustard
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 cup all-purpose flour, or as needed
1-1/2 cups shredded Swiss cheese

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prick bottom and sides of pie crust and bake 10 minutes, until lightly brown; set aside to cool.

Place bacon in a skillet over medium-high heat and cook until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.

In a bowl, mix eggs, milk, mustard and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, toss bacon with flour to lightly coat. Spread 3/4 bacon mixture and Swiss cheese over bottom of pie crust. Pour egg mixture over bacon mixture. Top with remaining bacon mixture.

Bake 1 hour until knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before cutting to serve.

Yields 8 servings

**Thoughts~Tasty**