This easy to prepare Sausage Cheddar Egg Bake makes a great weekend breakfast and at $0.78 per serving it is super budget friendly. There are a variety of additions you can make to this casserole a complete meal. Your family will love this as the main dish for a breakfast for dinner meal.
Variations
- Add a bag of baby spinach to get a serving of vegeatbles into the meal.
- Replace the sausage with 1 1/2 pounds of diced ham.
- Cook and crumble 1/2 pound of bacon and use it to repace 1 pound of the sausage.
- Use one pound of hot sausauge to get a little kick. If you don’t have hot sausgae just add some crushed red pepper flakes.
- Change the cheese to pepper jack or mozzarella for a diffferent flavor.
- If your family really does not like seasoned meat such as sausage, ham or bacon, you can substitue ground beef, chicken or turkey. The dish will have a much milder flavor but would be good topped with salsa or some chopped fresh herbs.
Serving and Storage
- Use this as a main dish for a breakfast for dinner meal.
- It freezes well so wrap individual portions and put them in the freezer. Take one out the night before to thaw and heat it in the microwave in the morning for a quick breakfast.
- Make it up ahead of time. You can make it the day before, just cover the mixing bowl and store it in the refrigerator. If you do this, add a few minutes onto the cooking time.
Sausage Cheddar Egg Bake
Servings: 12
Calories: 385.7
Cost per Serving*: $0.78
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 lb sausage (cooked, drained and crumbled)
- 12 eggs
- ¼ cup milk
- ½ cup light sour cream
- 2 cups cheddar cheese
- 1 tsp salt
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Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350℉.
- Cook the sausage and drain it well. Allow it to cool.
- In a large mixing bowl combine the eggs, milk and sour cream. Mix until well combined.
- Stir in 1 cup of cheese and the sausage.
- Pour this mixture into a greased 9x13 casserole dish and top with the remaining cheese.
- Bake at 350℉ for 45 minutes, or until the top is light brown and the casserole is just barely jiggly. You are looking for the eggs to be cooked through and set up.
Nutrition
Calories: 385.7kcalCarbohydrates: 1.7gProtein: 21.8gFat: 31.8gSaturated Fat: 12.4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3.8gMonounsaturated Fat: 12.3gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 240.9mgSodium: 870.1mgPotassium: 290.7mgSugar: 0.5gVitamin A: 522.7IUVitamin C: 0.6mgCalcium: 184.5mgIron: 1.6mg
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Sausage Egg Bake Cost per Serving Breakdown
Sausage $4.98
Eggs $1.85
Milk $0.05
Sour Cream $0.50
Cheddar Cheese $1.99
Total Recipe Cost $9.29
Cost per Serving $0.78
