What to Eat with Breakfast Casserole

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What to eat with breakfast casserole? Something cold, something sweet and something to drink. These 37 sides run from fruit and cinnamon rolls to breakfast meats, potatoes, toppings and salads.

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What is already in the pan

A strata, the layered casserole made for brunch, is mainly bread, eggs and cheese, sometimes with meat or vegetables, and is served warm.

Fill the gaps

Add what the casserole leaves out: a meat if it has none, a potato if it is made with bread. Then one cold fruit and one sweet bake. For a late brunch, a salad turns it into lunch.

Set the toppings out in small bowls and let everyone dress a square.
Casserole put together the night before? Choose sides that are ready ahead too: fruit salad, parfaits and muffins.

Questions and answers

What sides go with breakfast casserole?

Fresh fruit salad, crisp bacon or sausage links, hash browns, and cinnamon rolls or blueberry muffins for something sweet.

What fruit goes with breakfast casserole?

Mixed berries or melon wedges, served cold. Grapefruit halves and yogurt parfaits with granola can be made ahead, one for each person.

What do you serve with breakfast casserole for brunch?

A green salad with lemon vinaigrette or a strawberry and pecan salad, a basket of croissants or scones, and hot coffee and orange juice.

What goes on top of breakfast casserole?

Fresh salsa, hot sauce or sliced avocado. Maple syrup is for a casserole with sausage in it.

All 37 sides

Fruit and yogurt 5

Fresh fruit salad Cold and juicy beside a hot, cheesy square.
Grapefruit halves Loosen the segments with a knife and sprinkle on a little sugar.
Melon wedges Cut them ahead and keep them cold.
Mixed berries Rinse them and set them out in a bowl, with nothing added.
Yogurt parfaits with granola Layer them in glasses the night before and add the granola last.

Breads and sweet bakes 10

Banana bread Sliced thick, with butter.
Blueberry muffins Bake them the day before and warm them as the casserole rests.
Buttermilk biscuits Split them and add butter, or use one to push egg onto the fork.
Cinnamon rolls Warm, with the icing still soft.
Coffee cake A crumb-topped square to end the plate.
Croissants A basket of them, with jam close by.
English muffins Toasted and buttered, for a plain bite next to the eggs.
Fruit danish Cut large ones in half so everyone can try one.
Lemon poppy seed loaf Thin slices, for something sharp and sweet.
Scones Split and spread with butter or jam.

Breakfast meats and potatoes 7

Corned beef hash Fried until the bottom is crisp, for a hungry table.
Crisp bacon Cook it on a tray and drain it well.
Ham slices Warmed in a pan until the edges color.
Hash browns Crisp and golden, for a casserole made with bread.
Roasted breakfast potatoes Diced small, with onion and pepper, and crisp at the corners.
Sausage gravy Ladle it over split biscuits.
Sausage links Browned all over. Serve them if the casserole has no meat in it.

Toppings and spreads 7

Apple butter Dark, spiced and thick, spread on anything warm.
Fresh salsa A spoonful on top wakes up eggs and cheese.
Honey butter Beat the two together and set it out soft for the biscuits.
Hot sauce Leave the bottle on the table.
Maple syrup Warm it, for the ones who like sweet with their sausage.
Sliced avocado Cut it at the last minute and fan it over a square.
Strawberry jam For the biscuits, the croissants and the English muffins.

Salads 3

Green salad with lemon vinaigrette Light leaves and a sharp dressing turn a late breakfast into lunch.
Sliced tomatoes Ripe, with salt and pepper and nothing else.
Strawberry and pecan salad Soft lettuce, cut berries, toasted nuts and a sweet dressing.

Drinks 5

Fruit smoothie Blend it thick and pour it into small glasses.
Hot chocolate For the children, and for anyone who does not drink coffee.
Hot coffee Make a full pot and keep it warm.
Orange juice Cold, in a jug on the table.
Spiced chai Milky, sweet and hot, a change from coffee.