K's Breakfast Casserole

I am a baker. That means I love following recipes...to a T. Cooking, where you make stuff up as you go along, is not my thing. However, I'm finding that the more I cook the more comfortable I am taking some liberties with recipes. Is that a sign of being a grown-up?

I recently hosted a Coffee & Coloring social for some friends. I wanted to offer a food item. At first I was thinking almond poppy seed bread or some other sweet item. But someone else offered to bring banana bread. Then I thought breakfast casserole! So many recipes included hash browns or potatoes which I didn't have in the house. I finally found one that was potato-less. I decided to alter it a little and it came out delicious!

K's Breakfast Casserole

Ingredients
1 lb ground beef
1/4 cup (ish) salsa
2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
6 large eggs
Splash of milk (it was around 1-2 Tablespoons)
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Brown meat in skillet with salsa. (I used a peach salsa which is yum, yum, yum! I also love salsa with pineapple in it.) Drain fat and let cool.

Mix cheese, eggs,  milk, salt and pepper. Stir in meat mixture. Pour into 9 inch baking dish or pie plate. Bake for 45-55 minutes.

Adult Coloring Party

The other night I attended an Adult Coloring Party. As we all know, adult coloring books have been trending as a great way de-stress. This party featured coloring books from Usborne Books. I do not pay much attention to direct sales businesses, especially those that are kid-oriented. But this was a fun party! You could host one yourself through a Usborne rep or purchase coloring books anywhere they are sold and invite your friends over.

There were a variety of books to choose from and I ended up going with the Clothes and Fashion to Color book. It shows fashion from many time periods.

We each paid $10 which included a book and a set of colored pencils. Now that I've tried out this coloring thing, I want to get a bigger set of colored pencils so I have more colors to choose from. 

After a while of coloring, my hand was starting to cramp up. With all the typing we do nowadays, using actual writing utensils for an extended period of time is tiring.

I can't wait to get to the end of the book for the 50's and 60's fashion!