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Breakfast casserole

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Delicious, hearty, and filling, this breakfast casserole can feed a small crowd or can feed you for the whole week. It’s easy to throw together and only takes 20-25 minutes to bake.

breakfast casserole-itsmyhappyhour.com

Mike and I absolutely adore this breakfast casserole. I always make this at least twice a year- once on Christmas morning and again when we go on our annual Lake Erie weekend getaway. But lately, I’ve been making it to feed us through the week. I eat it for breakfast and Mike eats it for lunch.

It’s so easy to make and then you just slice and reheat and you have a filling meal in no time. It usually lasts us 4 days. But sometimes Mikey gets excited and I catch him slicing up an extra piece and then he only gets 3 days. Or I have to hide it from him in our basement refrigerator and dole him out a piece for his lunch and then hide it again. It’s just so good, I almost can’t blame him.

breakfast casserole-itsmyhappyhour.com

Ingredients for breakfast casserole

Eggs

Sausage- I like turkey sausage. You can use pork sausage.

Green pepper- I actually found a fajita mix at my local grocery store that has a 10 oz packaged fresh fajita mix of sliced green and red peppers and onion that I chop into pieces. It saves a lot of time but cost wise is a little pricey.

Red pepper

Onion

Shredded cheese- I use a mexican blend or sometimes a colby jack. You can uses whatever you like.

2 tortilla shells- Here I used a low carb spinach herb tortilla. I have also used regular flour tortillas and gluten free almond flour tortillas. Any variety seems to work just fine.

breakfast casserole-itsmyhappyhour.com

Recipe

For this casserole, you pre cook all of the ingredients separately and then layer them into a baking dish.

This recipe is adapted from Pinch of Yum. The recipe was an instagram video only post and I can’t find it on their website (or their instagram anymore.)

Scramble your eggs, crumble and brown your sausage, and chop and saute your peppers and onion.

Layer into your baking dish- !/2 of the sausage, 1/2 of the eggs, 1 cup of cheese, and 1/2 of the veggies.

breakfast casserole-itsmyhappyhour.com

Next, cut your tortilla into strips and layer them slightly overlapping in the middle of the casserole.

breakfast casserole-itsmyhappyhour.com

Lastly, keep adding more layers and finish with the cheese. Then all you have to do is bake it. Subsequently, when I take this on vacation, I don’t bake it until we are ready to eat it. I assemble it the day before and I just put a lid (or cover it) and keep it in the refrigerator.

Delicious, hearty, and filling, this breakfast casserole can feed a crowd or can feed you for the whole week. It's easy to throw together and only takes 20-25 minutes to bake.

So colorful and all that melty cheesy goodness!

Delicious, hearty, and filling, this breakfast casserole can feed a crowd or can feed you for the whole week. It's easy to throw together and only takes 20-25 minutes to bake.
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Breakfast casserole

Delicious, hearty, and filling, this breakfast casserole can feed a crowd or can feed you for the whole week. It's easy to throw together and only takes 20-25 minutes to bake.
Course Breakfast
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 8

Ingredients

  • 12 eggs, scrambled
  • 1 pound turkey sausage, crumbled and cooked or sausage of choice
  • 3 cups shredded mexican cheese blend or cheese of your choice
  • 1/2 green pepper, chopped and sauteed
  • 1/2 red pepper, chopped and sauteed
  • 1/2 onion, chopped and sauteed
  • 2 tortilla shells, cut into strips

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 9×13 baking dish with cooking spray.
    2. Place 1/2 of the crumbled cooked sausage on the bottom of the dish. Add 1/2 of the scrambled eggs. Top with 1 cup shredded cheese. Next add 1/2 of the chopped sauteed peppers and onion.
    3. Place tortilla strips over the top of the mixture letting the strips slightly overlap
    4. Add remaining sausage and scrambled eggs.
    5. Add 1 cup shredded cheese
    6. Then layer remaining veggie mixture
    7. Top the whole thing with 1 cup of cheese
    8. Bake 20 -25 minutes
    Let cool slightly before serving. Keep covered in refrigerator 3-4 days. Can be prepared a day in advance. Just assemble the casserole but do not bake and keep covered in refrigerator. When ready to eat, just bake and serve.
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