Sausage and Cheese Breakfast Casserole

DHalaby73

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

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So very nice of you to share this YUMMY-sounding recipe! I will be trying this for Christmas morning! Thank you and Merry Christmas!

:drinker:

DHalaby73

your welcome Merry Christmas to you as well...

nursevee

Delicious... and always nice to have a great alternative to the favorite. You could always use the Veggie protein sausage rolls or crumbles as an alternative too. They're low in fat and cal's and very yummy! Thanks