Turkey Sausage Breakfast Casserole

While at the Amish market I purchase some bulk Turkey Sage Sausage. I like that it is turkey, the fat content is lower but the taste is there. One of my family favorite Breakfast is the Egg Casserole. This one is a healthier version of the traditional one I like to make. By using the turkey and Nonfat Half n Half the amount of fat is reduced greatly. If you use the eggbeaters then the Cholesterol will be lowered also. The Key to this recipe is servings. Serving should be six. Serve with a fruit that should fill one up.

Turkey Sausage Breakfast Casserole

1/2 lb bulk Turkey Sage Sausage
1/2 loaf Italian loaf bread (about 2 cups, chopping into pieces)
6 eggs, beaten (or you can use egg beaters equivalent to 6 eggs)
1.5 oz of Maple syrup
1.5 oz Nonfat Half n Half.
a lightly buttered 1.5 quart bake casserole dish.

• preheat over to 350 Fahrenheit
• cook sausage on top of stove til cooked through and lightly browned, use a medium heat so not to brown dark. it should look light in color, but cooked through (no Pink).
• Beat eggs well, add syrup , beat well..add half n half, beat well.
• Put bread( cut up in small pieces about 1/2 inch cubes) in buttered casserole dish
• Pour egg mixture over the bread
• Sprinkle Grounded cooked sausage over the eggs.
• Bake in prepared oven for 35 to 40 minutes, until light browned on top.

*serves 6 people or 3 very hungry ones.
copyright2010"Auntie E Cookbook/M Dubros"

Nutritional Info

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 220.6

• Total Fat: 8.6 g
• Cholesterol: 241.1 mg
• Sodium: 420.3 mg
• Total Carbs: 18.8 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.6 g
• Protein: 15.0 g

Note: using the egg beater will lower the Cholesterol.I like to use the one with some yolk, it is still less cholesterol and gives the same taste of eggs.

Do you like the nutritional Info? I am going to try to list that with all my recipes. it is some work but I found a site that is easy to use. If you have one you use please tell me.


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Coffee time with Auntie E-In the News!

Coffee in hand, My favorite Folgers Black Silk. There is just a taste that I like in that coffee. Grab your cup and sit-a-spell.
You're back...I heard last night that a mayor of a big city decided to quiet drinking coffee. I do not think I would want to do that. The statements was made, it was because a 6 year old daughter was at Starbucks with them and ask for a Mocha Latta. Had to think about that a little.... an answer No, you're to young came to mind! We seem to be so worried about what our child think about what we eat and drink. Now I do understand that, however we are grownups and so some things are privileges of being one. Coffee is one.
I remember my first cup, I was 21 years old. I joined the Military and coffee was a staple. "You learned to like it!" As my Drill Sergent would say or should I say Yell. I wasn't long till I learn the importance of the drink. Oh those long nights and early mornings. Now some 35+ years later I still drink that Morning Joe(coffee). Yes I have graduated to some flavored creamers and a new Sweetener, no more black on the run cups for me. Have I gotten softer in my older years? As the Minnesotans would say (I love the state) "You betch ya", but I still love my Coffee.
Now with that said, there is always a little coffee left in the pot. So I will leave an old favorite recipe of mine ..

Coffee Cake

This recipe is a variation of an old friend of mine. Way back in the 1970's and so easy to make.
I changed some thing to make it healthier.

You will need;

1 cup organic all purchase unbleached flour.
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
2 Large eggs (or you can use egg beaters equivalent to 2 large eggs)
1 cup Organic fine sugar
1 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract.
1 Tablespoon unsalted Butter-Melted
1/4 cup Hot strong (as you like it) Coffee
1/4 cup Hot Milk (any "%" kind)

• Sift dry ingredients together and sit aside
• Beat eggs til thicken.
• gradually add sugar and vanilla.
• Add to dry ingredients. Mix slightly then add Melted butter, hot Coffee and hot Milk. Mix well.

Pour into a greased 9inch square pan.
Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 minutes.

Now after baking add this mixture to the top
For the topping you will need;

1/4 cup unsalted butter-room temperature
2/3 cups dark brown sugar
2 tablespoon Milk( any "%" kind)
1 cup chopped Walnuts.

• Cream 1/4 cup unsalted butter
  
• Gradually add 2/3 cups brown sugar and 2 tablespoons Milk.
• Stir in 1 cup of chopped Walnuts .

Spread mixture over Warm Cake and place under Broiler to brown slightly. About 2- 4 minutes. Watch carefully so not to burn nuts.

Copyright 2010"Auntie E's cookbook/M Dubros"

So..Tell me what do you think about quitting coffee because of a child's reaction and desire?

Around theTable- Amish Market Visit

When my daughter was a baby we went to the Amish Market a lot. One thing she remembers was the Yogurt Cheese. That was her favorite. Our market had to move from the old location due to a sell out of the building site. The new management did not want them to stay so they jacked up the price and may it impossible for them. I really did not know where they moved to until Thursday. Picking My daughter up from the Eastern shore, a friend was talking about the best Amish Markets around. She mentioned Laurels, told me where it was. So, on Friday off to a Amish Market trip with my daughter.
Now what did I buy, you ask? Some tomatoes, red and yellow peppers, baby carrots, and snow peas for the veggies. Meats included, Maple bacon, Applewood bacon, bulk Turkey Sage Sausage, Lebanon sweet bologna, black forest turkey ham, and black forest Ham.
From in the sweet section we purchased Chocolate covered sunflower Seeds, Dark chocolate Almonds,Milk chocolate Coffee beans, and Boston Baked Beans. The Boston Bean are a favorite of mine. I remember as a child eating them, yummy to the tummy.

Pearl tapioca is a favorite Amish buy for me. I love to make a Strawberry Rhubarb Relish with it. Once when I visited an Amish village in Indiana they served it. I fell in love with the dish (The link to the recipe in my archives is in blue above).

My mother used to make Milliondollar pickles. Saw some there so I had to get it alone with 7 Day Sweet Pickles.
We looked at all the jams and jellies, could not pass them up. Therefore we purchased, Pear jam, Blueberry jam, Strawberry-Rhubarb jam and Orange marmalade. Found some teas, sassafras tea and Raspberry tea concentrates. Who could not buy bread from the market? We got a loaf of Sourdough.
Oh and yes we did get a block of Yogurt cheese! My daughter could not pass that up.
The prices were not to bad, because I'm accustom to buying my groceries at the Post commissary, it was a luxury for me to buy there. the total cost was about 100.00 for all my purchases at the Amish Market. My daughter ask if we would go back more often, Just do not know but thinking about it.
Do you have an Amish Market close to you? Or have you been to one?

All photos Courtesy of Burtonsville Dutch Country Farmers Markets