Christmas breakfast food porn!

Look, I swear this is not a food blog. I just blog about food sometimes. Having said that, we have some breakfast food porn that I served the morning of Christmas Eve. It's easy to fix and can be done the night before and shoved into the oven straight from the fridge -- quick and easy in the morning.

You will need a pound of bacon, 6 eggs (beaten), 2 cups of shredded cheddar, 1-1/4 cup of shredded swiss or mozzarella, 1 onion chopped, 4 cups of shredded hash browns and 1-1/2 cup of cottage cheese:

Shred those potatoes and chop that onion:

 Cook the bacon and onion in a skillet, and add the shredded potatoes. Depending on your bacon's fat content, you might want to drain the fat about halfway through the onion-bacon cooking, then add the potatoes at that point. Or, leave it. Fat makes things taste good.

Meanwhile, you have beaten your eggs. This remains legal everywhere except New York and Illinois:

 Time to combine a bunch of ingredaments. Into the bowl containing the beaten (but still defiant) eggs, add the various cheeses you will. (Gotta love cooking with Yoda):

Mix it up right, people:

Now stir in the onion-bacon-hash browns mixture:

Any time now, feel free to salt and pepper to taste. I prefer to leave that to the consumer. Pour that mix into a big ol' casserole dish:

Preheat the oven to 350, bake for 35-40 minutes until the mix is set firm and bubbly. Let it sit for 10 minutes once out of the oven, then serve and enjoy:

Do everything but bake it the night before, easiest damn breakfast you ever ate. Next time I make it, I might try diced hash browns instead of shredded, for more texture. Still up in the air on that. Either way, freaking excellent. Bon appetit!