Low Carb Sausage Veggie Breakfast Casserole
This easy low carb breakfast casserole is high protein and hearty. It's loaded with vegetables and lean ground beef or turkey! You'll love this option for weekends, holidays, or meal prep!
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
Ground Meat
- 1 pound lean ground beef, turkey, or pork
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ¾ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon chili powder
Vegetables
- 1 tablespoon olive or avocado oil
- 1 bell pepper I like to use ½ green bell pepper and ½ red bell pepper, diced
- ½ medium white or yellow onion diced
- 8 ounces sliced mushrooms I use sliced baby bella mushrooms
- 2 green onions chopped
Egg Mixture
- 12 large eggs
- 1 cup milk I use skim milk but whole, 2%, and 1% also work
- ¾ teaspoon ground mustard
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ¾ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon chili powder
Cheese
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Add your ground meat to a large skillet on the stovetop. Use a spatula to crumble the meat. Cook on medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until browned. Stir in rosemary, thyme, salt, pepper, and chili powder.
- Spread browned ground meat in the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking dish.
- Add oil to the now empty skillet. Add diced onion, diced bell pepper, and sliced mushrooms. (If the sliced mushrooms are large I recommend cutting them into halves or thirds so they don't overwhelm the finished dish.) Sauté on medium high heat, stirring frequently, until vegetables are tender.
- Spread the sautéed onion, pepper, and mushrooms on top of the ground meat in the baking dish. Spread the shredded cheese on top.
- In a large bowl whisk together eggs, milk, ground mustard, salt, pepper, and chili powder. Pour the whisked egg mixture over everything else we've layered in the baking dish. Sprinkle the sliced green onion over top.
- Bake for 1 hour, center should not be wiggly. Remove from the oven and let sit for 5 minutes before cutting. Slice into 8 pieces.
Notes
Nutrition information assumes you use lean ground turkey and skim milk.
Nutrition
Calories: 280kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 303mg | Sodium: 681mg | Potassium: 426mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 1179IU | Vitamin C: 21mg | Calcium: 201mg | Iron: 2mg