Grits Breakfast Casserole with Sausage, Egg and Cheese

For the past many months, many of you have sent us emails asking about our Grits Casserole that we have put on our personal weekly No-Food Waste Menu Planner that we share with you as you wanted the recipe.

I kept meaning to take a picture to post with the recipe (because who really wants to read a recipe without the pictures :)) and I finally remembered before it was hammered with serving spoons and forks and didn’t look to pretty anymore.

This is a favorite breakfast right along with Savory Brown Rice Breakfast.  My family loves and begs for this! It is naturally gluten-free, as long as you buy gluten-free grits!

• Again, we buy our grits in bulk 5o lb. bags (see the post here on how we store for freshness and safety) and can buy it for $20-$25 a bag and it makes many, many delicious things, including cornbread!
• Well, we also use our natural bulk sausage that we show from Costco HERE to make it really cheap and easy on you.
• You can also use fresh, or even your frozen eggs for this!
• Fresh grated or frozen cheese works too!

I mention the above things because almost every time we make it, all of the ingredients have been in their bulk/thrifty form because this is what saves us the most money!

So now on with the recipe!

The ingredients you will need are:

• 1 lb. or 1 package of your own pre-cooked ground sausage or even bacon crumbles or ham cubes
• 1 cup of cheese of any type (sharp tastes best)
• 1.5 cups of Grits
• 5 cups of water
• 5 beaten eggs
• 1/2 cup of milk
• Dashes of Salt, Pepper, Turmeric and Cayenne and/or dash of Frank’s Red Hot Sauce
• We will also sometimes add diced onion

Here’s how to make it:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 375 degrees
2. Prepare grits on the stove top like normal by bringing to a boil with the 5 cups of water and then cook until water is absorbed.  Store-bought instant grits take just a few minutes, our bulk dry ones takes about 20 minutes.
3. Cook your sausage or defrost your frozen cooked sausage
4. Then combine all of the other ingredients into a bowl and stir-together
5. Once the grits are done, add the sausage and other ingredients into the pan and stir together
6. Then pour into a greased casserole dish and bake at 375 for about 30 minutes.
7. The top will get crispy, but the inside will stay soft.
8. Optional: you can add extra cheese on the top the last 5 minutes of baking!
9. Best served warm, but it also stores and reheats in the microwave well too (it will just be more dry)

Also, don’t forget to visit our Building Better Breakfasts for Less page HERE for lots more hearty, breakfast ideas.

Here’s a printable recipe for you to include in your home binder in the recipes section!

Find the details to completing your home binder HERE.