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I find these recipes for this authentic English meal online.  I hope the recipes I chose were truly authentic.  Anyway...our family loved our meal!  I definitely plan on making this again.  I didn't have any course mustard for the gravy so I left that out. Toad in the Hole 6 medium sized sausage links (my dear friend told me that bratwurst was a good equivalent.  I got uncooked) 1 c. flour 1/2 tsp. salt (to 1 teaspoon) 2 eggs 1 c. milk 4 tbsp. oil (or 2-3) Cook your sausages in a skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally until cooked through. Blend flour, salt, eggs, milk together until very smooth, scraping bowl occasionally (a blender also works well for this). Heat oven to 450 degrees. Measure oil into 8 x 8 x 2 inch square Pyrex pan. Heat for 2 minutes. Add sausages to oil in bottom of pan (be careful-- the oil may spit) Pour batter into pan and bake for 20-30 minutes. Do not open door. Serve immediately, with gravy if desired. (ma...

Picture taken from Jimmy Deans link below. Now and then I will pick up a Jimmy Dean breakfast skillet recipe because of lack of time in the mornings on the weekends. Today I decided to make my own:) I usually pay between $4 and $5 for each frozen bag. Then to that you add 6 scrambled eggs. Well, not anymore. Here is a cost comparison for you:) Cost and ingredient break down. This will make 3 frozen bags of breakfast skillet starter. 1lb sausage or turkey sausage $2 (on sale) 2 peppers - $.58 (again on sale) 2 onions - $.20 1/2 bag frozen hashbrowns - $.75 Total - $3.53 Jimmy Deans cost per bag - $4-$5 My cost per bay - $1.17 So here's what you do. You take the pound of meat and cook it like you normally would - crumbled up of course. Let that cool. While it's cooling cut up 2 peppers and 2 onions. Fill 3 freezer bags each with 1/3 the peppers, 1/3 the onions, 1/3 of the cooked meat and about 1 cup frozen square hashbrowns (or more) from your local fre...