2Italian chicken sausages or chicken breakfast links (see recipes notes)
2whole large eggs
7large egg whites
3tbspfat free half and half, skim milk or almond milk
⅔cfat free mozzarella
¼cVelveeta shreds
2tspolive oil
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 400℉
Prepping the Veggies, Sausages and Eggs
Peel, Seed and chop a butternut squash into cubes or buy already prepped.
Spread the butternut squash cubes out in a baking tray. Spray them with olive oil. Use hour hands and toss the cubes and massage in the olive oil.
Sprinkle salt, pepper and garlic powder over the squash. Place the squash into the oven and roast at 400℉ for 18 min.
While the squash is roasting, Slice the onion and then cut the slices into quarters and separate the rings. Place the onion pieces into a mixing bowl.
Remove the core and seeds from a red bell pepper. Cut the pepper into strips and then cut the strips into thirds. Then place the pepper chunks into the bowl with the onions. Spray with olive oil and toss.
Remove the butternut squash from the oven. Spread the onion and pepper pieces over the top of the butternut squash. Sprinkle more salt, pepper and garlic powder over the onions and peppers and squash.
Return the veggies to the oven and roast for another 15 - 18 min at 400℉. You are looking for the veggies to be fork tender. When they are done remove them from the oven and let them sit while you finish to prep for the casserole.
After you remove the veggies from the oven, lower the oven temperature to 350℉.
While the veggies are finishing to roast, cut the sausages into thin slices and set aside.
Place the whole eggs and egg whites into a mixing bowl. Add a pinch of salt and pepper and add the fat free half and half. Use a fork or whih to beat the eggs, egg whites and dairy until they are well mixed. Set aside.
Place the fat free mozzarella and Velveeta shreds onto a plate or piece of wax paper and toss together. Set aside
Making the Casserole
Spray the casserole dish with Pam. Use a paper towel to smear the Pam over the casserole surface, effectively "greasing" it.
Place the roasted veggies into the casserole dish and evenly spread them out over the bottom of the dish.
Next place the sausage slices, evenly spacing them, over the veggie layer.
Pour the egg mixture over the veggies and sausage slices.
Sprinkle the cheese mixture over the top of the casserole and cover with aluminum foil.
Place the covered casserole in the oven and bake at 350℉ for 25 min. Remove the foil from the casserole dish at 25 min and continue to bake for another 10 - 15 min. The casserole is done when a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
Remove the casserole from the oven when it is done and let it rest for 5 min so the cheese can set up. Slice, serve and enjoy,
Refrigerate any leftovers.
Notes
I used Trader Joe's Italian chicken sausage in this recipe. On other occasions, I have used Jones Dairy Farm chicken sausage breakfast links and they worked well. The sodium in this recipe is on the high side due to the chicken sausage and cheese. There are some lower sodium chicken sausages and cheeses out there if you need to reduce the sodium. In the top menu bar on the home page, there is a list of no salt added and low sodium items under resources.