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My friend Tricia saw this and thought of me. (Thanks, Tricia!)

"Breakfast Casserole" (6 quart pot) The original recipe is HERE.

~1 (26 ounce) bag southern style frozen hash browns
~12 eggs
~1 cup milk
~1 tablespoon ground mustard
~16 ounces zesty Italian sausage
~1 t salt
~dash pepper
~16 ounces shredded sharp cheddar cheese

Grease crock pot.
Evenly spread hash browns at the bottom.
Crack 12 eggs in a large bowl and whisk.
Add milk, mustard, salt, and pepper to eggs.
Add mustard, salt, and pepper to mustard
Brown sausage and drain.
Pour sausage crumbles on top of hash browns.
Add cheese.
Stir to mix.
Pour egg mixture into crock pot.
Cover and cook on low for 6 hours.

8 servings.

It's really hard to make this look pretty, but it sure does taste pretty. Even more amazing? My little helper loved it! OK, 'amazing' is probably not the right word. But LOOK! He willingly ate something I crocked for the first time in...WAY TOO LONG. Too bad it's pretty much a heart attack on a plate. I'd crock this every day just for him! It made a ton, though, so he should be happy for awhile...maybe? If not, my other half and I still will be. Nomnomnom.

You're the oates to my hall.

Since my other half is out of work and I'm "The Best Wife Ever", I thought it'd be nice to crock him breakfast. (Thanks for the recipe, Ruth!)

"Raspberry Mango Oatmeal" (6 quart pot) The original recipe is HERE.

Oatmeal:
~1 1/2 c steel cut oats
~1/2 t ground ginger
~1/2 t cinnamon
~1/2 t sea salt
~1/4 t nutmeg
~2 c almond milk
~4 c coconut milk
~2 c frozen mango
~1 c fresh raspberries
~1/4 c coconut flakes
~1/2 c brown sugar

Sauce:
~2 c frozen raspberries
~sugar to taste
~water

*Topping:
~walnuts

Add all of the oatmeal ingredients to crock pot and mix well.
Cover and cook on low overnight. (Mine was 9 hours, I think.)
Add sauce ingredients to pan and bring to boil.
Serve sauce over oatmeal.
*Top with walnuts.

8 servings.

*Ok, so...for some reason the website was down this morning I had to put the sauce and topping together. I remembered the ingredients, mostly, but not what to do with them. AND then, of course, I forgot to add the walnuts altogether.

Mmm...not overly sweet. Slightly on the liquidy side of oatmeals, so if you're more of a fan of firm oats, this is probably not your bag. We dug it. Well...the big kids did. My little helper refused to even try it.