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Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! Start off right with this tasty make ahead, or the day of, Tots and Sausage Casserole! Loaded with tater tots, ground sausage, eggs, and cheese, it's the perfect breakfast casserole.
You know how some smells will jog a memory? Well my memory is jogged every time I smell sausage or bacon cooking. I woke up every weekend to the smell of sizzling sausage and bacon.
I could always count on a full breakfast Saturday, or Sunday mornings growing up. It was one of the highlights of my week. I love a fluffy homemade biscuit with jelly and sausage! Yum, yum!
When Zack and I first got married, I always made a full breakfast like I grew up with. I wanted my little family to grow up with the same memories that I had.
It lasted years, and then it fell by the way side for the longest time. I was doing more breakfasts during the week for dinner, than on weekend mornings.
Then something changed...I decided that weekend mornings were meant for breakfast when the time permitted.
Holidays though, always get a special breakfast! For Christmas I do a French toast casserole, like this one, but Easter gets my Tots and Sausage Casserole.
It's the perfect brunch dish! It's loaded with tater tots (who doesn't love tater tots!?), sausage, eggs, and cheese.
Can this be made ahead of time?
Yes! It can be whipped together the night before and placed in the fridge all night, until ready to bake, or if you decide at the last minute that's what you want, you can do that too.
Can I add anything like onion to this?
Yep! Deiced bell peppers - onion - scallions - sliced zucchini - cherry tomatoes - all of those would make it even better!
I like spicy, what about spicy sausage?
Totally! Hot sausage would be delicious. Or if you wanted to just add hot sauce to the egg mixture, that would work too.
This is not hard to make!
Tots and Sausage Casserole only requires 5 main ingredients, plus your seasonings.
It's easy to make, although it does take an hour to bake. Not that bad for Easter morning.
Make it the night before, wake up toss it in the oven, and it will be ready in time to eat before you head to church. Or if you went to service on Saturday night, get up, get it in the oven, go hide your kids Easter eggs in the yard, come inside and eat before heading out for the big hunt. (it's what we do!)
So how does this simple Tots and Sausage Casserole go? Well you're going to need your ingredients first. I grabbed everything that I needed on my recent Walmart shopping trip. I don't know about you, but we love Odom’s Tennessee Pride® Country Sausage. No corn syrup!!
So now that you earned some money buying your sausage, grab your other ingredients and start making this Tots and Sausage Casserole!
Start by whisking together the eggs.
Stir in the whipping cream and milk. Set aside.
Cook your sausage until it's no longer pink, drain the grease, and stir in the seasonings.
Toss together the tater tots, seasoned/cooked sausage, and cheese.
Pour into a greased 8X11 inch baking dish.
Pour the milk and egg mixture over the top. At this point, you have two choices. You can cover and place in the fridge until ready to bake. Or you can place into a preheated 350 degree oven, and bake for one hour.
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Tots and Sausage Casserole
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! Start off right with this tasty make ahead, or the day of, Tots and Sausage Casserole! Loaded with tater tots, ground sausage, eggs, and cheese, it’s the perfect breakfast casserole.
Ingredients
- 1 pound grounds sausage
- 28 ounces tater tots Yes, you can cook this recipe with the frozen tots.
- 1 ½ cups shredded cheddar jack cheese
- 4 eggs
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup whipping cream I used regular whipping cream, heavy whipping cream would also work.
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
Instructions
- Whisk together the eggs, and stir in the milk and whipping cream. Set aside.
- Cook the sausage, drain the grease, and stir in the seasonings.
- Toss together the tater tots, cheese, and sausage. Pour into a greased 8X11 inch baking dish.
- Pour the egg mixture over the top.
- You can cover this and place in the fridge until ready to bake, or you can place in a 350 degree oven for an hour.
- Allow to cool 5 minutes before serving
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 615Total Fat: 44gSaturated Fat: 18gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 24gCholesterol: 193mgSodium: 1445mgCarbohydrates: 33gFiber: 2gSugar: 2gProtein: 23g
robin masshole mommy
Mmm! We love breakfast casseroles in our house. I am going to save this so I can make it for Sunday morning brunch!
Marcie
This would be great for potluck breakfasts! Or, how amazing would this be to bring to new parents?
Karen
I am so all about yummy breakfasts. This looks beyond delish and perfect for a brunch! And, yes to those scents jogging memories! Happens all the time!
Sarah B
This looks so, so good!!! It's perfect for our Easter brunches (lucky us, we get to celebrate twice this year!) #client
Jessi
This looks so yummy! I might have to make a breakfast for dinner one night and try this out!
The Spirited Sloth
I'm trying to eat super healthy this week, but this is really hard to resist! It looks so good ,and tater tots are such a fun, back to childhood kind of food!
Theresa
This looks filling, tasty, and easy to make. I love meals like this in the morning on weekends.
Terri Steffes
This brings back such good memories of our egg casserole when my daughter was little. It was a lot like this one, and it was so delicious. Meals make memories!
Debra
I have some kiddos that would love this - they love tater tots and would think this dish is the best!
Karina
This breakfast casserole looks absolutely scrumptious! My son loves savory breakfasts and this sounds like the perfect recipe to try. Thank you for sharing!
Mandy Carter
This is a great idea to use tater tots in a breakfast casserole. I can see our family having this on a holiday morning.
Nadine Cathleen
This looks great and best of all, easy to make 🙂 Would be super lovely for dinner! Yum Yum!
Cynthia @craftoflaughter
I love breakfast casseroles fo holidays! This looks perfect for regular old weekends too!
Reesa Lewandowski
OH I am saving this recipe to make this weekend!!!! This is something my family will just love!!!
Krystle Cook
Casseroles are seriously one of my favorite things to make. This one looks super delicious and I bet my kids would devour it!
Katriza | Mommy Engineering
Tots and sausage are my kids favorite so I will have to check this out and see if they will like it! They are such picky eaters!
Lydia
This looks so delicious!! I love cheese and sausage casseroles, I need to make this casserole for tomorrow!
swenson
The tots alone would have made my family happy. Haha! This is a recipe that would definitely make my fam happy!
Tabitha Shakespeare
I love breakfast casseroles. Perfect making the night before and then popping in the oven in the morning. I never get around to making a full breakfast so this is a great option!
Kristin
I love breakfast sausage casseroles. They are the best for brunches! This one looks awesome. I love that it is only 5 ingredients. Easy and tasty is the way to go!
Kerri
What a yumm Sunday morning breakfast treat. My dad would love this and I think I will make this when he covers over next week.
Kelly
Well this is a genius recipe! What an amazing mixture of ingredients. #client
Joanna
Thanks! It's one of our favorites!