Sausage and Cheese Breakfast Casserole

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.

  • Cooking spray

  • 12 ounces turkey breakfast sausage

  • 2 cups 1% low-fat milk

  • 2 cups egg substitute

  • 1 teaspoon dry mustard

  • ¾ teaspoon salt

  • ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

  • ¼ teaspoon ground red pepper

  • 3 large eggs

  • 16 (1-ounce) slices white bread

  • 1 cup (4 ounces) finely shredded reduced-fat extrasharp cheddar cheese

  • ¼ teaspoon paprika

  • 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.

Sausage and Cheese Breakfast Casserole photo
notes:

Nutritional Information CALORIES 184(33% from fat); FAT 6.8g (sat 3.2g,mono 1.5g,poly 0.8g); IRON 2.2mg; CHOLESTEROL 76mg; CALCIUM 181mg; CARBOHYDRATE 14g; SODIUM 636mg; PROTEIN 15.9g; FIBER 0.6g

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