How To Make Spinach and Cheese Strata by Patricia Heaton

cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: reduced-fat cheese

💰Cheaper: monterey jack cheese

Monterey jack is often less expensive and still melts well.

fresh spinach

🥗Healthier: kale

💰Cheaper: frozen spinach

Frozen spinach is often more cost-effective and still nutritious.

milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: water + cornstarch

Water with cornstarch can create a similar texture for baking.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grana padano

Grana padano is a less expensive cheese with a similar flavor profile.

Whisk together 6 eggs in a bowl.

Add 3 cups of milk to the eggs to make the custard.

Tear ciabatta bread into pieces and layer half of it in the bottom of a baking dish.

Add a layer of frozen spinach on top of the bread.

Sprinkle mozzarella and parmesan cheese over the spinach.

Repeat with another layer of bread, spinach, and cheese.

Pour the custard mixture over the layers in the baking dish.

Cover the dish and refrigerate overnight to let it soak up the custard.

Bake in the oven at 350°F until firm.

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