#1,025: Sausage, Veggie and Egg Casserole

I am in a constant search for breakfast recipes that I can make and eat all (or most) week when school starts again.  I had very high hopes for this recipe and it is delicious hot and right out of the oven.  It's not something I'm running to get from the fridge every morning though.  I'm not loving the coconut milk in this recipe; it's too sweet.  I probably won't make this again...still hunting for that perfect breakfast recipe.


2 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut to ½ in cubes
1 large onion, peeled and sliced
1 lb of natural pork sausage (I used organic chicken sausage)
3 cups of frozen or fresh spinach (I used sautéed peppers and carrots)
3-4 tablespoons of olive oil
12 eggs
1 cup of coconut milk from a can
⅛ teaspoon of nutmeg
salt and pepper to taste


Below is the directions for the original recipe (not w/my changes):

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Season the sweet potatoes with 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil, salt and pepper and roast in the oven for about 30 minutes until cooked all the way through and lightly roasted. Once you are done roasting the sweet potatoes, lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees.

Peel and cut your large onion and in a frying pan warm about 1-2 tablespoons of olive oil and slowly caramelize your onions. It should take about 20-25 minutes. Cook on medium to low heat and constantly stir the onions to avoid burning.

Once your onions are complete, take them off the heat and place them in a bowl off to the side. In the same pan, add a little more olive oil, probably no more than 1 tablespoon, and brown your 1 lb of pork sausage. Cook on medium heat until most of the pink is gone. When you are complete put the pork in another bowl and put to the side until you are ready to assemble the casserole.

Whisk all 12 eggs, 1 cup of coconut milk, salt, pepper and nutmeg in a bowl.

Take your 13×9 in Pyrex pan and lightly grease it. First you will place your browned sausage on the bottom of the pan.  Next, you will place the caramelized onions.  After the onions, place your roasted sweet potatoes. It is important to note you can add any vegetable in this casserole.  Next, add the 3 cups of frozen or fresh spinach.

 The last step in the assembly process is to add your egg and coconut milk mixture. For all the steps you want to make sure you spread the ingredients evenly so each bite has every ingredient but this is the most important rule where it applies because you want to make sure the egg mixture covers all the ingredients.

Roast the entire pan uncovered in the oven for 40 minutes at 350 degrees.