Breakfast Casserole - Round 1

Pretty much every week I make three healthy meals a day for J to take to work to eat. (Sometimes four if you count hard boiled eggs or tuna salad that he sometimes snacks on.) We have similar goals for diet/nutrition generally speaking, a majority of our meals on the healthy side.

One is usually leftovers from dinner the night before. Easy.

One is usually baked tilapia, sometimes chicken, and rice/veggies. (I'm not sure how he doesn't get sick of this, but he says he doesn't.)

The third one is some sort of egg dish or breakfast casserole for J to take for breakfast. Most of the time the ingredients for this one depend on what I have in my fridge or what needs used up. Other times I plan different versions to change it up a bit.

In this weeks edition of "What's in my fridge" ...

Jimmy Dean breakfast sausage, egg whites, green onions, mushrooms, yellow onion, red pepper from my Gma's garden, other peppers (not sure what kind to be honest, more peppers my Gma brought me) and garlic.

I started by preheating the oven to 350 degrees while I browned the sausage.

When it was browned, I poured it into a 9x13 baking pan. Next I started sautéing the yellow onion, mushrooms, and garlic.

After a few minutes head start, I added the peppers.

 

 

Once the veggies started to get a little soft, I added them to the sausage in the baking pan and mixed it all together.

 

 

 

I pour the entire carton of egg whites over the top and topped it with about a 1/2 cup cheddar cheese and the green onions.

 

 





I then popped it into the oven for about 1/2 hour, until the eggs are cooked through. I usually use this time to prep other food or make dinner. Two birds, one stone.

 

 

After it cools, I put it in four plastic containers and for at least four of the five/six days he works J has breakfast lol.

Super simple. Not a whole lot of hands on time, great for multitasking and getting other things done. Lots of protein and veggies. Low carb. Delish. :)