Breakfast Strata (aka Erik Estrada)

This is a great recipe to make for a brunch because you make it the night before, so all you have to do in the morning is pop it in the oven. Strata is one of my husband's favorite things that I make (and he tends to be overly protective with food he likes), so I was really surprised when we had some friends over and Jonathan offered to heat them up some of the left over strata. I have to say I thought it was really sweet that he kept telling his friends, "Oh, man you have to try this Estrada. It's out of this world." It was all the sweeter because he really thought it was called Estrada, and so now it has been renamed after the eponymous Chips character.

Note 1: You need to prepare this the night before you make it.
Note 2: These pictures aren't very good because I took them with my phone.

Ingredients for the Meat Strata (feel free to mix and match)
~1 lb sausage
-2-3 C shredded cheddar cheese
-1 pepper, diced
-1 onion, diced
-8 eggs
-1-2 C milk
-1 loaf day old French bread cut into cubes (it's best if you leave this out to air dry so it gets really crusty, but if you forget to do that you can can toast the bread cubes in the oven
-1 TBSP Worcestershire
-salt & pepper

Ingredients for the Veggie Strata
-1 package soyrizo or other fake meat product
-2-3 C shredded cheddar cheese
-2/3 package fresh spinach
-1 onion, diced
-1 small tub of white mushrooms
-3 handfuls of cherry tomatoes, quartered
-8 eggs
-1-2 C milk
-1 loaf day old French bread cut into cubes (it's best if you leave this out to air dry so it gets really crusty, but if you forget to do that you can can toast the bread cubes in the oven
-1 TBSP Worcestershire
-salt & pepper

Steps
1. Cook your meat (or fake meat). Remove from pan.
2. Saute your veggies in the meal drippings.
3. Layer half the bread cubes in a greased 13X9 pan.
4. Sprinkle half the cheese, half the meat, and half the veggie mixture over the bread cubes.

5. Repeat layers with remaining bread cubes, cheese, and ingredients.
6. Whisk eggs, milk, Worcestershire, salt & pepper together.
7. Pour egg mixture evenly over bread mixture.
8. Cover and let sit in refridgerator over night.
9. In the morning, bake at 325 for about 50-70 minutes or until completely set in the middle.