Hmmm looks delicious!! My husband will love that!! Thank you!!

My own mother used to make something very similar to this, and my father always called it "eggs and everything else in the fridge." My mom made two pans of it at a time, since we had so many kids. Everyone in my family loved it. Great photos of the process!

What a delicious looking "mess," as we call these kinds of breakfasts in our house. The cooking stages photos are great, too.

Yummy, I want to make it now!!! My father-in-law who is from Madri makes something very similar as well and he calls it "Spanish Tortillas". I learned from him that his mom used to make it for picnics when they were kids. The difference is that he doesn't use ham and likes to layer the potato slices instead of cutting them into squares...

I make something like this on weekends, and had it at a Mexican resturant once where they sprinkled crushed tortilla chlps in at the end with grated cheese and served it with flour tortillas and salsa. Nice.

We make something very similar to this and eat it with tortillas - when mum says "eggs for breakfast" we just assume this dish and grab tortillas for the meal.

It's my weekend ritual, only missing one thing... Cheese!

MHMHM this looks good. I might make this for tomorrow breakfast!!

Yum! I always had this with some shredded cheddar cheese melted over the top. So hearty and filling.

Mmmm. This reads like the breakfasts I make except it's all prepared in one skillet. I whip up breakfast on the weekends and I think I'll give this a go this Sunday.

BTW, I love reading your blog!

We do the same thing in Texas, but use chorizo instead of ham. Very yummy rolled up in a tortilla with a hot cuppa joe.

There are a few things in cuisine that seem to be universal. "Kitchen Sink" breakfasts first among them. :-)

As Rachel Ray would say, "YUMMO!" This looks fantastic. I think my 2 1/2 year old would love this for breakfast or lunch. Thanks for the idea.

Ooh, this looks fantastic. I will definitely be making this sometime soon... yummmmmm! It reminds me of something I had in Spain as well that I loved but didn't think to imitate. Thanks for the recipe!!!

I really love Bauern Früstück my hubby eats it almost every Sunday morning for breakfast. I like the idea of adding spring onions, nice twist!

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My mother made this when I was growing up, (sans peppers and with added chopped garlic) and I still make it occasionally. As other commenters have said, we always use cheddar cheese on the top and serve with salsa or ketchup.

The other difference is that we frequently use kielbasa or good sausage as our family wasn't too hot on ham. I've also made it with thick sliced pepper bacon which makes the whole dish divine.

We frequently make Raclette and use minced ham, pepperoni, hard salami, mushrooms, green onions, bacon bits, and mince peppers. With the leftover potatoes, we fix a Bauernfruhstuck also.......with all of these items, it is wonderful and we top with grated cheese also.

That looks really tasty. I like the green onion addition.

In Southwest Germany, we got used to something similar. It was called Roesti, which I think is Swiss and in Switzerland that means something else, but in our area (Stuttgart) it consisted of Speck (another kind of bacon), diced potatoes, chopped onions, scrambled eggs, pepper, and very little salt (the Speck took care of that). That's pretty plain but no one ever said the Schwabs were culinary elitists.

You're right... it's a very hearty breakfast fit for a farmer, easy to make on a cold, dark German morning and will heat your innards up until it's time for a "Fruehschoppe" a few hours later!

Sounds very tasty. I also like the "meatless" version. Crisp-fried potatoes with veggies, fresh from the garden chives, and egg over all. My absolute favorite quick meal, any time of day.

Ahhh, one of our favorite Sunday breakfast dishes ever! Everybody has their own version of a Bauernfrühstück, we usually don't use bell peppers, but sometimes chilis to spice things up. If you serve it for lunch, the potatoes can be substituted with roasted dumplings and pieces of pork roast leftovers, then it's called Gröschtl.

Wow, this looks hearty and delicious. I always need a good breakfast to start my day!

That looks wunderbar. My ham should be finshied curing this weekend. I know what I am making on Sunday. To the four wisked eggs I maybe add 2TB of milch (milk) so that they fluff up a bit.

Prosit!

Oh my!! I thought I was the only American kid who grew up with Bauernfrühstück, my mom would make it the morning after Easter with the left over ham, potatos and peas...

She'd also put a lil' bit more egg and then cook it in the pan in the oven so it was like a crustless quiche-frühstück hybrid.

This is a GREAT one for working moms with little kids, maximum taste in one pan effort!!

I'm a little confused about what potatoes that are just cooked look like. Can you put a knife easily through them? Are they soft on the outside but still hard on the inside? Please advise.

German farmers did not grow green peppers until after WWII, prior to that they were not popular. Also, they went out to do hard labor after such a breakfast, we sit in a car and at a desk. Recipe is delicious; I make something similar for supper, but add carrots and chunks of sweet potato to it.

Great blog Elise!

We had this type of breakfast often growing up. Was always great! I love your recipe, and will try it soon. Also like the Mexican and Spanish ideas in some of the readers comments.

Hope you do some more German/Bavarian stuff soon. Always a favorite!

How does one get bacon fat?

Made this last night for dinner (breakfast food is great at dinner time) and we loved it. I did add a little cheese, but other than that, followed the receipe. Always like a reason to use ketchup!

I grew up on these. Only we called them garbage omelets....partly because you took whatever leftovers you had and threw them in the omelet and scrambled it all together....and partly because it generally looks like the leftover omelet that was scraped off the plate and into the garbage. At any rate, they were always delicious....my favorite ones were when I was really little and my dad used cut up hot dogs instead of the bacon or ham....which coincidentally go great with the ketchup (if you used it) on the eggs!

I bet this would be good with the left over corned beef from yesterday!

I am german myself and love Bauernfruehstueck as we called it. A little hint just before serving
add a large kosher dill pickle that has been diced not to finely to it.
It makes it perfect. My boyfriend declined to the pickle the first time I made it for him. So I left some for me in the pan and added pickle to it.
He tried it and I had to put his back into the pan and add pickle. He now will not eat it any other way. Enjoy