GREEN CHILE AND CHEDDAR STRATA
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• 5 slices whole-wheat bread, quartered
• 1 (4-ounce) can mild green chiles, drained and chopped
• 1/2 cup shredded reduced-fat cheddar cheese
• 3 scallions, thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 2 cups low-fat (1 %) milk
• 2 large eggs
• 3 egg whites
• 1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
Directions
1. Spray a 2-quart baking dish with nonstick spray. Arrange the bread pieces in the baking dish, overlapping them slightly; scatter the green chiles, cheddar, scallions, and cilantro on top.
2. Whisk together the milk, eggs, egg whites, pepper sauce, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl until blended. Pour evenly over the bread; let stand, covered, for at least 1 hour or refrigerate up to overnight.
3. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350°F.
4. Bake the strata until puffed and golden and a knife inserted into the center comes out clean, 40-45 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes; serve hot or warm.
Plan Ahead: One of the best things about a strata—a savory casserole consisting of bread, cheese, and/or vegetables, meat, or fish with a custard mixture to bind it all together—is that once assembled, it can be refrigerated several hours or up to overnight and baked the next day.
Nutrition
Per Serving (1/6 of strata): 199 Cal, 9 g Fat, 5 g Sat Fat, 0 g Trans Fat, 89 mg Chol, 451 mg Sod, 18 g Carb, 2 g Fib, 13 g Prot, 261 mg Calc.
Points value: 4.
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