Low Carb Breakfast Casserole

In on December 24, 2018 with No Comments

Info

Time 40 minutes
Difficulty Easy
Servings 5

Ingredients

1 package breakfast sausage turkey is recommended, but you could live a little and use pork (just be sure to drain well after browning)
8 oz. mushrooms regular, portobello, what have you
8 oz. broccoli
12 oz. cottage cheese about 1/2 of a big tub
16 oz. feta cheese crumbled, not the big cube
8 eggs
1/2 cup green onions optional (no need to cook these ahead)

Well, there’s a lot of cheese, but no breads and if you use turkey sausage and lowfat cheeses you can make it reasonably healthy while still delicious.

Slice and fry up your mushrooms until soft and reduced in size.  Drain liquid well.  Separately, brown up your sausage and drain well.  Chop, then blanch your broccoli for about 3-4 mins in boiling water.  Put cottage cheese in a strainer, rinse and drain well.  Let everything cool to room temperature before you put it together.

Beat your eggs in a very large bowl and add seasonings as you like.  A good amount of Old Bay is nice or just salt and pepper if you’re feeling strict.  Feel free to get creative here.

The key to this seems to be good distribution of ingredients.  Add each ingredient to the eggs in the bowl one at a time and mix well in between.

Pour into a well-greased, 9×13 baking pan and bake at 350 for at least 40 minutes.  Check if its runny in the middle and browning on the bottom and maybe go longer.  Keep an eye on it though.

You can eat it hot right away (let it set a little to firm up before cutting) or you can cut it into squares and package for freezing and eating later.  It reheats well in the microwave.  Enjoy.