sweet potato breakfast casserole

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (8 ounce) package vegetarian sausage links (such as morningstar farms®)
• 1/2 cup water, or more as needed
• 4 cups shredded sweet potatoes
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1 1/2 (8 ounce) packages shredded, reduced-fat mild cheddar-mozzarella cheese blend
• 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 cup finely sliced fresh spinach leaves
• 1 (16 ounce) container low-fat small curd cottage cheese
• 8 jumbo eggs

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ready Time: 1 hr 35 mins


• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c). lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• place sausage in a large skillet and pour in about 1/4 inch of water; cook sausage over medium heat until water evaporates and sausages are evenly browned, 10 to 15 minutes. crumble cooked sausages into a bowl.
• mix sweet potatoes and butter together in a bowl; evenly spread into the bottom of the prepared 9x13-inch dish.
• stir cheddar-mozzarella cheese blend, onion, spinach, cottage cheese, eggs, and crumbled sausage together in a large bowl; spoon over sweet potato layer.
• bake casserole in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and eggs are set, about 1 hour. cool 5 minutes before serving.