Breakfast Casserole For Crowds and Meal Prep
A filling and nutritious family-favorite.
Equipment
- 2 Large Lidded Pans
- 1 Large Casserole Dish
- 1 Chopping Board
- Utensils
Ingredients
- 12 Large Eggs
- 1 Bag Shredded Cheddar Cheese You can easily use different cheese if you already have on-hand! You won't be using the whole bag necessarily. I just eyeball my sprinkles of cheese as I add in.
- 1 Bag Frozen Diced Potatoes This might also be labeled hash browns. Make sure to get plain to avoid added salt. I like to keep it as healthy as possible!
- 1 Bag Frozen Onions
- 1 Bag Frozen Chopped Bell Peppers Feel free to use fresh onions and peppers instead. I like to keep it easy by using frozen, pre-chopped veggies. A frozen onion/pepper stir fry mix works too.
- 1 Bag Breakfast Sausage Patties
- 1 Ground Pepper
- 1 Can Cooking Spray
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- In the large casserole dish, add frozen potatoes, onions, and peppers to measure out the amount you should heat up. The vegetables should fill a thick, generous layer at the bottom of the dish.
- Heat up a drizzle of olive oil in large lidded pan and add the portioned potatoes, onions, and peppers. Defrost and cook on medium/high.
- While the veggies are cooking, use the same method of using the casserole dish to measure out how many sausage patties you'll need.
- Follow sausage cooking instructions. (For the large casserole, you may want to do in a pan versus microwave since there are so many!)
- Don't forget to stir the veggies throughout this process so they cook even and don't burn!
- Now, spray the casserole dish with cooking spray.
- Crack the dozen of eggs directly into the casserole dish, add a splash of water, and whisk right in the dish. (I used to use a separate prep bowl for cracking and whisking until I realized I could be more efficient!)
- When the veggies are done (potatoes should be browned), add directly into the casserole dish with the whisked eggs.
- When the sausage patties are done, chop up into smaller pieces and add into the casserole dish as well.
- Add ground pepper and generous layers of sprinkled cheese.
- Mix all ingredients in the casserole dish around with a utensil and add a final sprinkle of cheese on top.
- Cover the casserole dish with tinfoil (or maybe you have a lid!)
- Bake in oven for 35 minutes.
- Check how the casserole is looking at 35 minutes. This is when you'll likely remove the tin foil and cook for 15-20 more minutes. You'll know the casserole is done when it's no longer liquidy.
- Remove from oven and serve!