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Sausage and Cheese Breakfast Casserole

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Sausage and Cheese Breakfast Casserole
Photo: Randy Mayor; Styling: Leigh Ann Ross
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Worthy of a Special Occasion

Prep this the night before for an easy breakfast or brunch. Find turkey sausage in the freezer section of the supermarket with other breakfast meats.

Yield: 12 servings (serving size: about 1 cup)

Ingredients

  • Cooking spray
  • 12  ounces  turkey breakfast sausage
  • 2  cups  1% low-fat milk
  • 2  cups  egg substitute
  • 1  teaspoon  dry mustard
  • 3/4  teaspoon  salt
  • 1/2  teaspoon  freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/4  teaspoon  ground red pepper
  • 3  large eggs
  • 16  (1-ounce) slices white bread
  • 1  cup  (4 ounces) finely shredded reduced-fat extrasharp cheddar cheese
  • 1/4  teaspoon  paprika

Preparation

1. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add sausage to pan; cook 5 minutes or until browned, stirring and breaking sausage to crumble. Remove from heat; cool.

2. Combine milk and next 6 ingredients (through eggs) in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk.

3. Trim crusts from bread. Cut bread into 1-inch cubes. Add bread cubes, sausage, and cheddar cheese to milk mixture, stirring to combine. Pour bread mixture into a 13 x 9–inch baking or 3-quart casserole dish coated with cooking spray, spreading egg mixture evenly in baking dish. Cover and refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.

4. Preheat oven to 350°.

5. Remove casserole from refrigerator; let stand 30 minutes. Sprinkle casserole evenly with paprika. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until set and lightly browned. Let stand 10 minutes.

Nutritional Information

Calories:
184 (33% from fat)
Fat:
6.8g (sat 3.2g,mono 1.5g,poly 0.8g)
Protein:
15.9g
Carbohydrate:
14g
Fiber:
0.6g
Cholesterol:
76mg
Iron:
2.2mg
Sodium:
636mg
Calcium:
181mg
Kathy Kitchens Downie, RD, Cooking Light, APRIL 2008

Member Ratings and Reviews

5 stars
Mandi
Made this for Christmas morning. Used our regular wheat bread but only used 12 slices. Next time I may bump it up to 16 or try using the crust, that's a lot of waste. I bought turkey breakfast links and just removed the casings. I thought the red pepper was a bit much for breakfast so I may cut that back next time. At the end I turned on the broiler for a minute or so which browned up the bread pieces. This was a great flavored casserole and we ate every bit of it for several days after.12/30/09

5 stars
Erin
Fabulous recipe! Made this for Christmas breakfast and tasted EXACTLY my mom's full fat version made with cream and pork sausage. Everyone loved this casserole and were amazed that this was a lighter version of our traditional favorite. My husband has hinted that he would like this throughout the year. My new favorite breakfast casserole recipe! Perfect as written.12/25/09