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I’m not an early riser, as much as I’d like to be. So I need to think about breakfast the night before. That way, when my three boys wake up, I can have a protein packed, hearty breakfast ready for them to start off the day. This egg breakfast casserole takes less than 5 minutes to put together. I can put everything together before I go to sleep and store it in the fridge overnight, ready to bake in the morning.

Not everything in this dish is from scratch. Sometimes, with busy lives, we need a little help from the store. When I buy frozen foods, I strive to get ones with the best ingredients. I start with these healthy grocery store cheats: frozen hash browns (with potatoes as the only ingredient, no added oils. I like the one made by Cascadian Farms) and frozen chicken sausage (I like the one by Jones Dairy Farm organic chicken sausage. It’s only chicken, salt, and spices.) This recipe feeds my family of 5 with leftovers. You could easily half this recipe if you prefer a serving for 4.

Quick Breakfast Casserole

Ingredients:

2 lbs of frozen hash brown

1.5 cups of chopped chicken sausage. I cut the sausage while frozen.

12 large eggs or 18 medium eggs

1 cup of milk

1/2 cup of water

4 tbs of oil (I use bacon fat stored in the fridge from previous times cooking bacon, but I’ve also used olive oil, and it works great, too).

2 tsp of salt (1 tsp for the potatoes and 1 for the eggs)

pepper to taste

1 tsp of onion powder

1 tsp of garlic

Quick Breakfast Casserole

Recipe:

In 9×13, baking dish put frozen hash browns covering the bottom of the pan. Add oil evenly over the potatoes. If using cold bacon fat, place the teaspoons evenly throughout the hash brown layer. Sprinkle salt, pepper, onion, and garlic over potatoes. Layer chopped sausage evenly over the potatoes. In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, and water together. Pour over the hash browns and sausage. Sprinkle the remaining tsp of salt evenly over the top layer of eggs. Cover and place in oven. In the morning, preheat oven to 350F. Once preheated, place casserole in the oven for 50 to 60 minutes, or until the egg is set and edges are browned. Enjoy this quick and easy breakfast.

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