Healthy and Hearty Breakfast Casserole #RecipeMakeover

It’s #RecipeMakeover Week! All week long I am sharing some of my favorite comfort food dishes- made over and made healthier! This Healthy and Hearty Breakfast Casserole features sweet potato, spinach, and lean turkey baked together with eggs and low fat cheese.
It’s a crowd pleaser for sure!

Scroll down for my recipe along with the other bloggers’ #RecipeMakeover creations and a $200 prize giveaway!

This week, I’ve joined forced with 40+ of my food blogger friends to present #RecipeMakeover. During this week, we’ll all be sharing our favorite better-for-you alternatives to unhealthy dishes. Follow along on any of the blogs below or with the hashtag on social media to find nutritious dishes that are packed with flavor.

Ingredients:

Makes 9 servings

1 lb lean turkey sausage, crumbled
8 eggs, beaten
1/2 small sweet potato, peeled and sliced thin
1 cup spinach, roughly chopped
1/2 small yellow onion, diced
1 cup low fat {or fat free} cheddar cheese, shredded
salt & pepper, to taste

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Heat a large skillet over medium heat and add turkey. Crumble and cook until browned and cooked through. Season with salt and pepper.
Grease an 8×8 baking dish and line the bottom with the sliced sweet potatoes. I had 9 sweet potato rounds.
In a medium bowl beat the eggs and season with salt and pepper.
Add the shredded cheese to the eggs and mix well.
Pour the beaten eggs in the dish, on top of the sweet potatoes.
Add the cooked turkey sausage on top.
Then sprinkle spinach and onion on top of that.
Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until set.
Cut into 9 square servings and serve warm.

Adapted from http://www.aimeemars.com/

I use lean ground turkey sausage for this casserole.
I love the flavor and it barely has any grease or fat!

eat a large skillet over medium heat and add turkey. Crumble and cook until browned and cooked through. Season with salt and pepper.

You need 9 thin slices of a peeled sweet potato.

I wrapped the rest of my sweet potato in aluminum foil and baked it
next to the casserole to have later.

Grease an 8×8 baking dish and line the bottom with the sliced sweet potatoes.

Dice 1/2 a sweet yellow onion.

In a medium bowl beat the eggs and season with salt and pepper.

Add the shredded cheese to the eggs and mix well.

Pour the beaten eggs in the dish, on top of the sweet potatoes.

Add the cooked turkey sausage on top.

Then sprinkle spinach and onion on top.

Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until set.

Cut into 9 square servings and serve warm.

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