Sauteed Kale with Balsamic and Bacon

AKA, "My New Favorite Way to Eat Kale."

Well, hello there!  Things have kind of reached a fever-pitch at home, and I'm currently a chaotic mix of crazed cleaning frenzy and trying to find my inner piece.  I'll let you guess which is winning?

Really, tho, I'm getting surgery this Friday to remove a fibroid, and it's got me in a bit of a tailspin.  I've never had surgery before - other than getting my wisdom teeth removed - so I'm trying to prepare myself, but really, I'm very nervous about the whole thing.  So, I'm feeling more than a little spastic and unsettled and of course, I most likely won't be able to blog recipes for a few weeks.  (But you can bet that I'll have worn holes in the pages of my Food Network magazine while I'm forced to be way less mobile than I'm used to.)

Yummy Breakfast Casserole

I'm not sure when it happened...but I have fallen in love with Twitter. No matter what I am looking for online, it seems that someone knows where to find it. When I tweeted this morning that I was on the hunt for a yummy breakfast casserole - @wendyamarie was super gracious to share her: Bite Size Sausage Casserole recipe. Since I didn't have sausage on hand,  I had to improvise with bacon. I loved the mix of herbs and eggs...so yummy and super simple to put together.

Whisk together: 2 cups of milk, 6 eggs, 1 tsp dried oregano, 2 tsp dried basil, a couple dashes of hot sauce and salt/pepper to taste.



Cube 6 slices of bread, cook 10 slices of bacon and shred 1 cup of cheese.



Layer in 9 X 13 dish: 1/4 cup of butter, cubed bread, bacon and egg mixture. Make sure to give the eggs a good stir to evenly distribute herbs right before adding to casserole dish.



Top with cheese and bake for 25 minutes in 400 degree oven. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before cutting into squares.













Enjoy.













Just had to share my Spring Flowers...picked them up with my groceries. I love the touch of color and cheerfulness they add to my table. They are just stuck into a water filled plastic canister.

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