Crock Pot Breakfast Casserole (333 Calories)

I LOVE Breakfast casserole!  My Mom used to bake it in the oven for me when i was a little girl.  I have also made this recipe but it was just... lacking, for my adult taste buds.  Plus, no one likes to get up 45 minutes earlier than they have to, in order to give their family a hot breakfast!

SO I got to thinking.. and looking.  I found a few recipes for a crock pot style breakfast casserole, but they all used hash browns and Mom used bread.. so I kept searching. Bupkist. Nada thing I could find that was even CLOSE to what she made.

Then, I decided not only would I make this in the crock pot, and make it better, I would also make it LOW CALORIE!!  Heck yeah, I can do that, right?  RIGHT?

 

YES!  YES I CAN!!

 

 

Calories 333. Carbs 27. Fat 14. Protein 26.  (Per serving. Serves 6. )

 

Crock Pot Breakfast Casserole

(Low Calorie)

1/2 pound Turkey Sausage

10 slices of bread

10 teaspoons yellow mustard

12 eggs

1.5 cups milk

1.5 cups shredded cheddar*

*With this recipe, i prefer to grate my cheese from a block, because when i measured & weighed shredded cheese from a bag, it weighed close to 8 ounces, (typical) BUT when i shredded my own, and weighed the cheese, it weighed 5 ounces. (So i was able to use less, and it tasted better!)

Pam spray your crock pot.

 

Spread thin, one teaspoon of mustard on each slice of bread. Re

move any excess mustard. This should be a very thin layer. Cut the bread into 9ths. (like a tic tac toe board) and place in the bottom of the cooker. In a saucepan of water, boil the turkey sausage until done. Drain well, removing as much of the water (and fat!) as you can. Top the bread with your shredded cheese. Top the cheese with the cooked Sausage.
 

In a large bowl, whisk together very well, 12 egg whites, and the milk. Gently pour into the crock, over the other ingredients.
 

Cover and cook on LOW for 4-6 hours.





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This smells AMAZING.  I had to keep reminding hubby not to open the crock pot while it was cooking!  This was truly a great recipe for SO many reasons!  You can prepare this in the morning for supper but if you do prepare it for breakfast, it really fits ALL families! Since I have teenagers, they can get up on their own and have a hot meal.. while I sleep in!!  SCORE!!!

 

I hope you enjoy this as much as we do!