{ Summer Squash Breakfast Bake }

Imagine waking up to these delicious smells wafting through the house, finding mom or dad standing over the stove cooking up a pan of this tastiness. Sounds like the makings of a good morning to me! Potatoes, onion, summer squash, tomatoes, fresh dill– this recipe incorporates so much of that garden goodness (plus farm fresh eggs!) into a one-skillet dish making for a sumptuous breakfast.

You could easily use a regular skillet and sheet pan for this recipe if you don’t have a cast iron skillet! Just cook as per instructions in a regular skillet, and then spread everything on a greased sheet pan before making the wells and cracking the eggs. Then bake in the oven on the sheet pan.

You could easily use a skillet and sheet pan for this recipe if you don’t have a cast iron skillet! Just cook as per instructions in a regular skillet, and then spread everything on a greased sheet pan before making the wells and cracking the eggs. Then bake in the oven on the sheet pan.

Thank you Erin Walker (from A Little Salt blog) for creating this recipe here with our garden veg– such a delish dish. Happy fall everybody!

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Summer Squash Breakfast Bake

Ingredients

  • 4-5 cups summer squash, washed and ends trimmed and diced
  • 1 red onion, peeled, trimmed and sliced down the root into small wedges
  • 1 bell pepper, trimmed, cored and diced
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • Large handful of fresh dill, chopped
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/2 cup tomatoes, diced
  • 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
  • Salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

  • Add oil to a large cast iron skillet over medium-high heat. 
  • When oil is hot, add squash, onion and bell pepper, season with salt and pepper, and sauté, stirring often, until softened, about 5-7 minutes.
  • Move the squash to one side of the skillet and add the butter to the open side of the skillet to melt. Stir the dill and garlic into the butter, and once the mixture barely starts to bubble, toss the squash mixture into the butter mixture, stirring to coat. Spread squash evenly across the pan and then remove the pan from heat.
  • Preheat the oven to 350 F. Make four small wells in the squash mixture, and then crack an egg into each well. Season each egg with salt and pepper, and then carefully put the pan in the oven. 
  • Cook until eggs are desired doneness (15-20 minutes for a runny yoke, 20-30 for a harder yoke)
  • Sprinkle with chopped tomato, feta and extra dill, and serve immediately!