Farmer's Breakfast

"My grandmother used to make this for my granddad. She always believed in hearty breakfasts. I only make this about once a year because it is not very healthy but nonetheless, it is delicious."
 
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Ready In:
50mins
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Fry bacon in a medium skillet until crisp; remove bacon, reserving 2 tablespoons drippings in skillet.
  • Set bacon aside to drain on papertowels.
  • Add green pepper, onion, and potatoes to skillet; cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes or until the potatoes are browned.
  • Sprinkle cheese over potatoes, and stir until cheese melts.
  • Pour eggs into skillet; cook over low heat, stirring gently, until done.
  • Season to taste with salt and pepper.
  • Sprinkle with bacon, and serve immediately.

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Reviews

  1. This recipe brought back so many memories of my Dad making this on a weekend morning. He made it the way his grandma used to make it for him which is quite similar to the recipe. I made this for a lazy weekend dinner using your recipe as a guide and substituting for things I remember Dad putting in. This used to be a meal where you used up the leftovers from the night before to make a hearty breakfast for the farmers. It's really good with leftover roast pumpkin and potato from the roast dinner the day before with a few peas thrown in for good measure. I made it with potatoes as stated in the recipe, it always had potatoes, and sub peas for the peppers. Great recipe, thanks for posting it!
     
  2. This is a winner! My hubby, who loves anything with bacon grease in it, wolfed it down. Cooking the potatoes first, really made them tender and easy to brown. This will be a weekend brunch recipe for us. Thanks,Nurse Di.
     
  3. This is a must keep recipe...Made it this AM for company...No left overs..I did not change anything. Served with fresh fruit.I think we can this for dinner one day also. Thank You
     
  4. I made this last weekend for breakfast. So wonderful. Exactly what I would imagine an old-fashioned country breakfast to be. I used just a litte seasoned salt and pepper. My family wolfed it down. Very hearty and filling. Thanks!!
     
  5. This was Wonderful!! I especially loved the ease of cooking it all in ONE pan too! The first time I made it exactly like the recipe said, the second time I was short on time so I substituted frozen o'brien potatoes which already have bell pepper and onion added, it was delicous too! Thanks NurseDi, I look for all of your recipes now and they are all great!
     
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Tweaks

  1. delicious meal...sometimes I use breakfast sausage in place of bacon. I love this alot so I sometimes precook the meat and freeze, pre dice up the green pepper and onion and freeze. cube and season the potatoes, bake and cool and freeze. Each is in its own bag in freezer and ready when I want an easy meal (almost like breakfast skillets by jimmy dean) I take a handfull of meat, some potatoes and put in skillet 1st, after they start to soften I add a small handful of peppers and onion. after a couple of minutes you can add your egg and cheese! Nice having it all prepped.
     
  2. This recipe brought back so many memories of my Dad making this on a weekend morning. He made it the way his grandma used to make it for him which is quite similar to the recipe. I made this for a lazy weekend dinner using your recipe as a guide and substituting for things I remember Dad putting in. This used to be a meal where you used up the leftovers from the night before to make a hearty breakfast for the farmers. It's really good with leftover roast pumpkin and potato from the roast dinner the day before with a few peas thrown in for good measure. I made it with potatoes as stated in the recipe, it always had potatoes, and sub peas for the peppers. Great recipe, thanks for posting it!
     

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