High Protein Breakfast Casserole
This High Protein Breakfast Casserole is cozy, hearty, and filling. It’s loaded with flavor and packed with protein from eggs, turkey, and cottage cheese. Perfect for feeding a crowd or making a nourishing breakfast for the week ahead!
Prep: 20Cook: 35Total: 55 minutes
Servings: 9 1x
Ingredients
- Oil, for cooking
- 1 small onion, diced
- 1 red bell pepper, diced
- 1 lb ground turkey or ground turkey sausage
- 1 teaspoon sea salt, divided
- 12 eggs
- 2 cups (16 oz) cottage cheese
- 1 ½ teaspoons garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ¼ cup fresh chives, finely diced, plus more for garnish
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Prep: Preheat the oven to 375°F. Grease a 9 x 13 casserole dish with oil.
- Saute: Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onions and bell peppers and cook until soft, about 5-7 minutes. Remove from the pan and place in a large mixing bowl. In the same pan, heat a little more oil. Add the ground turkey, stirring to break up and crumble. Add ½ teaspoon of the salt and mix it in with a spatula, breaking the meat into smaller pieces. Cook until the meat is lightly browned, about 6-8 minutes. Remove the meat from the pan and place it in the bowl with the vegetables. Let it cool.
- Blend: Add the remaining ½ teaspoon of salt, eggs, cottage cheese, garlic powder, black pepper, and chives to a blender. Blend until smooth. Alternatively, you could mix the contents in a separate bowl with an immersion blender. Add the mixture to the bowl with the meat and vegetables, stirring everything until well combined.
- Spread: Pour the mixture and spread it evenly in the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle the shredded cheese on top. Optional: Add a sprinkle of the freshly diced chives for color on top.
- Bake: Bake for 20 minutes covered. Remove the foil and bake for another 15-20 minutes until the eggs are solid and the top is golden brown. Let it sit for 10 minutes before serving.
Notes
- Grease your baking pan well so the egg mixture doesn’t stick. I typically spread a thin layer of coconut oil or avocado oil in the bottom and around the edges of the pan.
- Use 93% ground turkey for the best texture and flavor.
- You can also use ground turkey sausage in this recipe. If you do this, reduce the salt to ½ teaspoon total and add it to the eggs before blending.
- Blending helps smooth out the cottage cheese, and makes the casserole light and airy! While it’s an extra step, you won’t regret it.