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Our recipe for Overnight Breakfast Casserole with bread, bacon and eggs is so easy you can pull it together in just 10 minutes. Let it sit overnight in the fridge so
the bread soaks up all of the great flavor. Then all you need to do it bake it in the morning. It’s a great dish for entertaining since all of the work is done ahead of time.
Ingredients Directions
• 6 slices Pepperidge Farm® Farmhouse™ Hearty White
Bread, cut into cubes
• 4 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
• 1 can (10 1/2 ounces) Campbell’s® Condensed Cream
of Bacon Soup or Campbell’s® Condensed Cream of
Mushroom Soup
• 1 cup milk
• 4 egg
• 1 cup shredded Swiss cheese or Gouda cheese (about
4 ounces)
• 1 cup halved grape tomatoes
Overnight Breakfast
Casserole
Provided by Campbell Soup Company
• Step 1: Place the bread cubes and half the bacon into a lightly greased 8x8x2-inch baking dish.
• Step 2: Beat the soup, milk, eggs and 3/4 cup cheese in a medium bowl with a fork or whisk. Pour the
milk mixture over the bread and bacon. Stir and press the bread cubes into the milk mixture to
coat. Top with the remaining bacon, cheese and the tomatoes. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours
or overnight.
• Step 3: Heat the oven to 400°F. Bake, uncovered, for 40 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center
comes out clean.
Recipe Tips
• Tip: If you prefer a more custard-like texture, reduce the chill time to 1 hour before baking.
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Michael Lipsey from front page
to do it yourself. A common colloquial saying
is, “don’t do something for a scout that they
can do for themselves.”
Between his time as a boy scout and today’s
program, Lipsey says the fundamentals are
the same, like using the patrol method and
teaching leadership. Aside from the inclusion
of female Scouts, Lipsey says there are a few
differences in how the program has evolved.
For example, adult leadership is heavily trained
on youth protection to prevent instances of
inappropriate behavior or malpractice.
Another example is the expansion of additional
“Leave No Trace” procedures. This essentially
means that whenever Scouts go on outdoor
adventures or camp, they protect the environment
to the best of their ability and “leave
no trace” of their presence when they leave.
El Segundo Troops are very adventure-based.
From trips to places like Montana and New
Mexico to hiking our own woods and beaches,
Scouts earn merit badges and make lasting
friendships. Because of his own experiences
and the life skills gained throughout the Scout
Program, Lipsey also signed up his own sons
to be scouts.
In late 2016, when Lipsey was the cub master
of Pack 773, he was walking his younger son,
Liam, to school when Liam said he wished his
best friend, who was a girl, could be a Scout,
because then she could do all the things he
does. This little girl had a brother who was
also in the Boy Scouts, and though she attended
any and all meetings and events that
she could, there was no official path for her to
go on. So Lipsey got to work campaigning for
this Cub Pack to be converted into a Family
Pack so that she could be included. Thanks to
Lipsey, she was the first girl in Los Angeles
to be initiated into a Cub Pack.
After Cub Scouts, members bridge the gap
and move up to a troop, where they can begin
their path to Eagle Scout status. Because
Family Packs had nowhere for girls to go
after Cub Scouts, Lipsey then got to work
advocating for a female troop in El Segundo.
He began seeking female leadership who could
lead the girls in their scouting journey and take
them camping and on outdoor adventures like
the annual summer camp.
Lipsey goes on to say that girls still enroll
in Girl Scouts, and many of the girls in Troop
219 are also enrolled in Girl Scouts and love
both. Though he only has tangential experience
with the Girl Scouts, he describes the
Scouts BSA Troop 219 as having the exact
same handbook as all the other troops, with
the only difference being in pronouns.
With the Scout program alive and thriving,
Lipsey’s hopes for the future are just that he
wants to “keep on keeping on.” Though he’d
always like more Scouts to join, he sings
nothing but praises of the work the organization
is currently doing in El Segundo, and he
encourages any child and parent to pick the
day that works best for them and come to a
meeting at the Scout House. Ultimately, he
says, your schedule and the troop that works
best for your potential Scout will make your
decision for you.
Lipsey is soon to be Scoutmaster, and he
hopes that he can keep the organization running
smoothly and effectively. “How do I measure
success? I don’t measure by how many Eagles
we produce. I do like it, and we have a plaque
of all the Eagles that have come out of our
Troops. But the measurement that I like the
most is when I’m walking around town, and
one of the scouts recognizes me and comes
up and talks to me.” •
Michael (3rd from left in the back) on his troop’s trip to Philmont in 1988. Michael’s current troop on their Philmont trip in 2019.