WWTK - Food!

Today for WWTK, Crazymama wants to know about food:

1 - What is your favorite go-to breakfast recipe for special occasions or company?

This breakfast casserole is hands down the best I have ever had, and we have it frequently for family breakfasts or brunches during the holidays:

Breakfast Casserole

Ingredients:

10 eggs                                                 1 pint small curd cottage

½ cup flour                                              cheese

1 teaspoon baking powder                     ½ cup melted butter or marg.

½ teaspoon salt                                     ¾ lb Monterey jack cheese

1 4 oz can chopped green chiles (opt.)  1/3 lb swiss cheese

1 cup sliced fresh or canned mushrooms          

1 cup diced ham or fried bulk sausage

Directions:

Grate all cheeses.  Beat eggs until light and lemon colored.  Add flour, salt and baking powder.  Beat in cottage cheese until smooth.  Fold in grated cheeses, butter, chiles and other ingredients.  Pour into buttered 9x13 baking pan.  Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until inserted butter knife comes out clean.  (Can be made ahead of time and refrigerated overnight.)  This is also good if you spread a can of cream of mushroom soup over the top before cooking.

It is seriously delish, y'all.

2 - What is your policy for kids that don't want to eat what you are serving?

Haha, you hit a sensitive subject for me with this one! I'll tell you why after I answer the question.  We have a policy that you eat what is fixed.  My kids are required to at least eat a small portion of the food that is prepared.  If they are willing to do that and they are still hungry afterwords, they can fix themselves a bowl of cereal or a sandwich.  But I don't fix something special for people who don't like what is being served.

It is important to me that my children learn to be able to eat most things for a couple of reasons.  First, I believe it is good manners to try some of everything that is prepared and served at someone's home when you are a guest for a meal.  Second, I married a boy who is his mother's "golden boy", and was (and still is!) doted upon.  Whenever his mom was fixing something he didn't like (and there are LOTS of those things), or that had a particular ingredient he didn't like, she would prepare something "special" for him to have that was just his own.  As a result, when we married, he was THE pickiest eater who had never learned to try, or re-try new things.  I don't want my kids spouses to have to deal with what I did when we were first married!  Luckily he has changed his ways.  He is still picky, but has learned to like (love, even) quite a few things that he used to hate, and even to eat some things that he doesn't like.

3 - Do you take treats to neighbors?  What kind?  

I do take treats to neighbors and friends.  I have 2 usuals:  My famous brownies, or good ole chocolate chip cookies.  I always make the cookies in bar form, because I'm lazy and stuff.

4 - What is your most used spice in your cupboard (besides salt and pepper)?  

Probably cinnamon

5 - What is your favorite fruit?  Do you have a favorite veggie?  

I actually like veggies more than fruit.  My favorite fruit is probably watermelon.  Favorite veggie is a tie between asparagus and summer squash.  At least today!

Bonus question:

6 - It was tax day here in the U.S.  Did you get a return?  How do you spend it?

Being  small business owners, we ALWAYS have to pay.

Want to play along?  Just click the button!  Also, to everyone whom I haven't visited this week - I'm sorry!  Things are crazy, but I hope to get caught up soon!