Breakfast is the best. It’s delicious at actual breakfast time, but it’s also amazing for lunch (hi, brunch) and dinner (brinner?). This easy Breakfast Casserole with Turkey Sausage, Cheddar and Veggies is great for a crowd, but it’s also one of my go-to meal planning recipes. It freezes well and tastes great as leftovers, making it a perfect choice if you’re planning out your meals. Also – it’s loaded with protein and works for programs like the 21 Day Fix, Weight Watchers, keto, or any low-carb lifestyle.
Breakfast Casserole with Turkey Sausage, Cheddar, and Veggies
I’ve made this casserole with turkey sausage, cheddar cheese, onions and bell peppers. You could swap out the turkey sausage for pork or chicken sausage. Swap out the cheese for your cheese of choice. You can even swap out the veggies (or add more). So this recipe is really easy to customize to your tastes! You could also sub the light sour cream for full fat sour cream or replace it with Greek yogurt.
Ingredients:
1 tbsp EVOO
1/2 red onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 cup red bell pepper, diced
1/2 cup green bell pepper, diced
1 lb ground turkey sausage
12 eggs
1 c low-fat sour cream
1 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese
salt and pepper, to taste
Directions:
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9″x13″ casserole dish or large deep pie dish with non-stick cooking spray.
Heat oil in a skillet. Cook onions and garlic until onions start to get translucent. Season with salt and pepper. Add bell peppers and cook an additional 1-2 minutes.
Remove from heat and set aside in a separate dish.
Cook the ground turkey sausage in the skillet you used for the vegetables. Season with salt and pepper, if desired. Once cooked all the way through, remove from heat and drain. Set aside.
In a large bowl, mix the eggs, sour cream, and 1 cup of the cheddar cheese. Use a whisk to make sure everything is mixed really well. Season with salt and pepper.
Add the vegetables and turkey sausage to the bowl and mix until everything is coated with the eggs and well mixed.
Transfer to your casserole dish.
Cook for 40-50 minutes, until center is set. Remove from the oven, sprinkle with the remaining cheese, and return to oven for 1-2 minutes to melt cheese.
Let cool then serve. You can make this ahead and store for easy meal planning.
Turkey Sausage and Cheddar Breakfast Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp evoo
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1/2 red onion diced
- 1/2 c green bell pepper diced
- 1/2 c red bell pepper diced
- 1 lb turkey sausage
- 12 eggs
- 1 c low fat sour cream
- 1 1/2 c cheddar cheese
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9"x13" casserole dish or large deep pie dish with non-stick cooking spray.
- Heat oil in a skillet. Cook onions and garlic until onions start to get translucent. Season with salt and pepper. Add bell peppers and cook an additional 1-2 minutes.
- Remove from heat and set aside in a separate dish.
- Cook the ground turkey sausage in the skillet you used for the vegetables. Season with salt and pepper, if desired. Once cooked all the way through, remove from heat and drain. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix the eggs, sour cream, and 1 cup of the cheddar cheese. Use a whisk to make sure everything is mixed really well. Season with salt and pepper.
- Add the vegetables and turkey sausage to the bowl and mix until everything is coated with the eggs and well mixed.
- Transfer to your casserole dish.
- Cook for 40-50 minutes, until center is set. Remove from the oven, sprinkle with the remaining cheese, and return to oven for 1-2 minutes to melt cheese.
- Let cool then serve. You can make this ahead and store for easy meal planning.
Notes
- 1.375 red (I would call this 1 1/2 red)
- .19 green (I'd call it 1/4)
- .75 blue (3/4)
- .375 tsp (I'd call it 1/2)
- Reduce the cheese to 1 cup
- Reduce the sour cream to 1/2 cup
- Use half of the turkey sausage
Nutrition
Looking for more easy breakfasts? Try these!
Chicken Sausage and Gouda Egg Bites
Sheet Pan Sweet Potato Hash with Eggs
Crock Pot Southwestern Breakfast Casserole
How many points for weight watchers on this recipe?
8 as-is…but you can get it down to 5 without losing a lot of taste if you use 1 cup of cheese, 1/2 cup of sour cream, and 1/2 the turkey sausage! 🙂