Sausage and Cheese Breakfast Casserole

Photo: Randy Mayor; Styling: Leigh Ann Ross
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 9inch 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




