Healthy breakfast sausage?

My daughter really likes breakfast sausage...but I stopped buying its usually so high in calories, sodium etc. Does anyone know how to make it at home (or even make "fake" links out of hamburger that maybe taste like it haha), or some healthier low calorie brands?

I love Morningstar Veggie Sausage Patties. I can't comment on their sodium content, but I know they're in the MFP database. They are much lower in fat than regular sausage but they taste like sausage.

Try turkey sausage

1 pound lean ground turkey
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon rubbed sage
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
Directions
1.Crumble turkey into a large bowl. Add the salt, sage, pepper and ginger. Shape into eight 2-in. patties. In a nonstick skillet coated with nonstick cooking spray, cook patties over medium heat for 6-8 minutes on each side or until no longer pink and a meat thermometer reads 165 degrees F.

I'm not a vegetarian, but the morning star farms sausage patties are awesome!

Skip it entirely and serve canadian bacon instead. All sausages have fat fillers -- it's part of what makes them sausage.

Turkey sausage! Like the recipe above...And if you're worried about your daughter not eating it if you tell her it's turkey--just don't tell her! My parents did that to me with "hamburgers" and "chicken chowder" when we were kids (turkey/veggie burgers and clam chowder...) and we ate it and loved it...could never tell the difference!

The healthiest one I've found so far is Isernio's chicken sausage. They have a breakfast variety as well as Italian. The only place I've found it locally is the super Target. It has a lot of protein and not much fat. It's pretty tasty too. I love to make it into patties and use it on breakfast sandwiches.

Skip it entirely and serve canadian bacon instead. All sausages have fat fillers -- it's part of what makes them sausage.

I don't think the OP was looking for a suggestion that tastes nothing like sausage. She's clearly aware that sausage is not the best for her daughter, which is why she asked the question in the first place.

My daughter really likes breakfast sausage...but I stopped buying its usually so high in calories, sodium etc. Does anyone know how to make it at home (or even make "fake" links out of hamburger that maybe taste like it haha), or some healthier low calorie brands?

I concur. . I love morning star sausage and so does my 10 year old. . She is used to it, because it is all that I buy!

I love Morningstar Veggie Sausage Patties. I can't comment on their sodium content, but I know they're in the MFP database. They are much lower in fat than regular sausage but they taste like sausage.

On that note - have you tried the Morningstar Sausage links? I think they're kind of gross, but I have friends who prefer them over the patties. Also wanted to mention that they sell big boxes of the patties at Costco, which ends up being a good savings.

We sometimes have breakfast meats on the weekend only and I have found that our bacon has less calories than turkey sausage. It is really good quality lean bacon.

I'll have to pick up the morning star kind....though I'm a little iffy on anything that is "veggie" after I tried veggie dogs. They were not very good. So hopefully these are better.

I feel you on that one....but Morning Star is amazing. I love their stuff. It really does taste very much like the "real" stuff. I haven't tried their sausages yet...but this post has convinced me to look into it...and I didn't even know they sell it at Costco. Hopefully they sell it at the hawaii costco as well.

jennie-o turkey sausage 2 links are 90 calories

I like turkey sausage and the fat is lower but the sodium is sky high so I am eating them far less than I used too.

I agree with Canadian bacon, good stuff, makes excellent breakfast sandwiches but again... crazy sodium! :sad:

I keep my sodium count down to 1500 or below so each processed food makes all the difference when I add them up, they add up QUICK!:frown:

1 pound lean ground turkey
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon rubbed sage
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
Directions
1.Crumble turkey into a large bowl. Add the salt, sage, pepper and ginger. Shape into eight 2-in. patties. In a nonstick skillet coated with nonstick cooking spray, cook patties over medium heat for 6-8 minutes on each side or until no longer pink and a meat thermometer reads 165 degrees F.

Use Ground Turkey and add some seasonings too it. like sage and fennel seed, garlic and onion powder.. I have even see sausage spice you can buy in the grocery store.. much better for you. You could also use ground chicken too

Both these ideas sound great and WAY cheaper than buying them premade & full of sodium. I might skip the salt in the recipe but that's just me, I'm used to foods without it.

Thanks Ladies for the ideas:flowerforyou:

I get Jones dairy farm Light 10 sausage. It's made with rice, 50% less fat 40% less calories and all natural. yay