For the days you crave a savory, hearty breakfast but still want to make smart choices, look no further than our Tomato Spinach Breakfast Strata made with Lifeway Kefir and Farmer Cheese. This one pan egg bake recipe is packed with protein, provides fiber and nutrients from fresh veggies, and has a rich, hearty flavor you’ll adore.
While strata recipes are usually heavy on the bread and light on the protein and veggies, ours allows you to indulge in this classic brunch recipe while still nourishing your body. Lifeway Kefir and Farmer Cheese are both easy to digest, and their natural live and active cultures help keep this strata tender, soft, and moist. Their natural protein content also helps increase satiety and supports stable energy levels.
Fresh veggies in this strata recipe make every bite come alive with flavor, offer a wealth of nutrients, and provide complimentary textures to the soft sourdough bread and hearty, creamy richness of the eggs.
For the ultimate final touch, Lifeway Farmer Cheese is dolloped on top so every square of this strata you serve gets a little boost of extra protein and rich, creamy texture. Grab the ingredients for this recipe and head to the kitchen to bake it up with us!
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The Benefits of Cultured Dairy for Better Health:
Research continues to show the importance of eating healthy foods, including cultured dairy such as kefir, for optimal digestion and gut health, a strong immune system, and to support the microbiome. Fermented foods like kefir hold important value in this line of research due to the link between the gut-brain axis and overall health. Specifically, kefir has been shown to help diversify the microbiome, improve digestion, reduce inflammation, support healthier blood sugar levels, and improve satiety since the bioavailable protein it contains triggers the release of GLP-1.
Lifeway Kefir is packed with a variety of vital nutrients important for overall health, including bone and muscle health; these include vitamin D3, K, calcium, and vitamin B12. Along with our probiotic-rich kefir, Lifeway also offers artisan-made Farmer Cheese, a creamy, high-protein cheese made with live and active cultures to support healthy muscles and a healthy microbiome. Lifeway Farmer Cheese is easy to spread, free of gums and thickeners, and contains no added salt or sugar for optimal health benefits.
Prep Time: 2 hours - overnight Servings: 6Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup Organic Whole Milk Plain Kefir
- *or any of our whole milk plain varieties of kefir
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. pepper
- 4 cups cubed sourdough bread
- 1/4 cup diced yellow onion
- 1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 1 clove of garlic, minced
- 2 cups fresh baby spinach
- 3 slices of cooked bacon, sliced
- *or sub 3/4 cup sautéed mushrooms for a vegetarian option
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes
- 1/2 cup Farmer Cheese
Directions
- Whisk eggs, Lifeway Kefir, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Set aside.
- Place cubed bread in a 9 × 9 inch (or 1.5 quart) casserole dish.
- Sauté onion in oil until softened. Add garlic and spinach and cook for 1 minute. Spoon this on top of bread.
- Pour egg mixture in casserole dish. Add bacon or mushrooms and stir. Top with tomatoes and evenly distribute dollops of Lifeway Farmer Cheese on top. Cover and refrigerate for one hour or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 375°F and bake uncovered for 15 minutes. Cover with foil and bake another 15-20 minutes.
- Once it's fork tender and done, remove from the oven, let it cool in the pan around 10-15 minutes, then serve and enjoy!
