Name: Keto Sausage Breakfast Casserole
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 16 ounce pork sausage; 2 cup green cabbage (shredded); 2 cup zucchini (diced); 1/2 cup onion (diced); 3 large egg; 1/2 cup mayonnaise; 2 teaspoon yellow mustard; 1 teaspoon dried sage; 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 1 1/2 cup cheddar cheese (shredded)

A casserole is the perfect time-saver dish. It can provide plenty of “cook once, eat twice, or more!” leftovers, or it can satisfy a hungry crowd. Whatever the case in your home, you’ll love the ease of preparation with this keto sausage breakfast casserole.

Be sure to select sausage that is all-natural with no added sugar or fillers. Jimmy Dean brand makes a certified gluten-free, no sugar added sausage with none of those chemical additives most of us like to avoid. This type of sausage does not have a lot of excess fat/liquid to drain away, so you can brown the sausage and cook the veggies in the same pan. That makes cleanup much easier!

The consistency of this finished dish is on the custard side, with a rich cheddar sauce and just a hint of heat from ground cayenne pepper. If you aren’t a fan of the spice, simply omit it but it adds a nice balance to the dish.

Feel free to change up the type of cheese you use from time to time. In place of cheddar you can substitute Monterrey Jack, Swiss, or even smoked Gouda.

Whatever you decide, in under an hour you can have a bubbling dish on the table that will keep you satisfied for hours.

Yields 6 servings of Keto Sausage Breakfast Casserole

The Preparation

16 ounces pork sausage
2 cups green cabbage, shredded
2 cups zucchini, diced
1/2 cup onion, diced
3 large egg
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 teaspoons yellow mustard
1 teaspoon dried sage
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 1/2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded

The Execution

1. Preheat oven to 375F. Brown the sausage in a large skillet over medium heat until almost cooked through.

Browning pork sausage with red pepper flakes in a large skillet

2. Add the cabbage, zucchini, and onion, cooking until the vegetables are tender and the sausage is fully cooked. Pour the mixture into a greased casserole dish.

Sauteing shredded cabbage, sliced zucchini, and onion with browned sausage in a skillet

3. In a mixing bowl, whisk the eggs, mayonnaise, mustard, sage, and cayenne pepper until smooth.

Eggs, mayonnaise, yellow mustard, sage leaves, and cayenne pepper in a white bowl

4. Add two-thirds of the shredded cheese to the egg mixture and stir.

Shredded cheddar cheese piled on top of the whisked egg and mustard mixture

5. Pour this mixture over the sausage and vegetables in the casserole dish.

Sausage, cabbage, and zucchini filling layered in a white casserole dish

6. Top the casserole with the remaining shredded cheese. Bake for 30 minutes, or until the casserole is bubbling around the edges and the cheese is melted and beginning to brown.

Egg custard and shredded cheddar poured over the sausage vegetables before baking

7. Remove from the oven and serve hot.

Baked sausage breakfast casserole with melted cheddar, garnished with cilantro in a bowl

This makes a total of 6 servings of Keto Sausage Breakfast Casserole. Each serving comes out to be 555 calories, 47.3g fats, 5.6g net carbs, and 25.8g protein.

NUTRITION	CALORIES	FAT	CARBS	FIBER	NET CARBS	PROTEIN
16 ounce pork sausage	1474	123.6	6.4	0	6.4	84.1
2 cup green cabbage	45	0.1	10.4	4.5	5.9	2.3
2 cup zucchini	63	1.5	11.3	4.2	7.1	4.8
1/2 cup onion	32	0.1	7.5	1.4	6.1	1.1
3 large egg	236	15.7	1.2	0	1.2	20.7
1/2 cup mayonnaise	748	82.3	0.6	0	0.6	1.1
2 teaspoon yellow mustard	6	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.4
1 teaspoon dried sage	2	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.1
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper	1	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1
1 1/2 cup cheddar cheese	742	61.2	5.7	0	5.7	42
Totals	3350	285.1	44.4	10.9	33.6	156.5
Per Serving (/6)	558	47.5	7.4	1.8	5.6	26.1