The main thing is that eggs (and/or baking powder) puff things up upon baking.

The second thing is that you can make something like this without having to whip egg whites.

The third thing is that you can use almost any food you like.

So, let’s get down to basics.

Carb (bread, soaked grits, etc.)
Veggies (whatever is seasonal, whatever you like)
Cheese (optional, or omit if you’re vegan)
Eggs (not so optional to make it puff–at least I don’t know how, but I’m sure it’s possible; vegans, chime in)
Milk (veggie or chicken broth works perfectly)

So, let’s make a bare-bones recipe.

Grease a casserole dish.
Add a layer of bread (crumbs, cubes, slices to fit, etc.) or cooked rice, barley, etc.)
Add a layer of veggies (tomatoes, asparagus, onions, anything you like–ANYTHING!)
Repeat the layers.
When you have about 1/2-1″ left, use a fork to “scramble” some eggs and milk/water/broth/whatever you have.
Pour over the layers, cover and refrigerate overnight.

Next morning, bake. Don’t ask me how long or what temperature. I don’t do numbers. Even if I did, your oven could vary. I’ll say that in small ramekins, a toaster oven will take, say at 400, about 15 minutes if the dish is cold, 10 if room temp.

There is also the variable of how “cooked” do you like your food? Crunchy? Browned? Just heated through?

You also need to learn to eat raw foods (ever tried raw corn on the cob or asparagus? Yummy!) to just see exactly what you like. Equally, you need to try to cook stuff you’d never have thought of: radishes (and their tops), cucumbers (great with butter), lettuce (good in soups).

So, what have we here? We have a combo of grains, liquid, veggies, fat, and leaveners (stuff that makes it go “puff.”) Hmmm, sounds like pizza!

The kittehs, Ceiling Cat, and I care for you and your welfare. You must try new things before mealworms become all we can raise. Kitteh doesn’t share mealworm recipes, becuz kitteh eats them raw.

But, I’m a peeple, a srsly lower form of life according to lick lick purr purr kitteh, and I do the best I can. I mean no harm, and neither does kitteh.

Look: try it raw, cooked, roasted. Mix it up, put it in tiny containers, bake it and top it with something, and name it! If it isn’t poison, it’s food!

You made my day, and Ceiling Cat purrs for you

My favorite bit was probably:
“I love kittehs

We love food

I ain’t no kitteh

And I ain’t no dude”