Baked Cheese-Grits-Sausage-Cornbread Casserole

This morning I am feeling quite chipper and after the sun decided to wake me up at 6am I thought I would take a stroll down to my kitchen and cook the hubby some breakfast. This is the first time I had made this casserole and we both liked it- but next time I think I will use more cheese, a bit more salt and real sausage. Adding corn would make this really good too.

Baked Cheese-Grits-Sausage-Cornbread Casserole

Ingredients:1 pound ground turkey sausage (sauteed)

1 medium onion (finely chopped)

3 cups cooked yellow grits, salted
6 eggs (beaten)

Dash garlic powder
1 cup milk
1 6 oz. corn muffin mix
1/4 cup butter (melted)

1/2 pound sharp cheddar cheese (shredded)
s and p to taste

Saute turkey sausage with onion until pink has disappeared, salt, pepper and garlic powder (I made this the night before and threw it in the fridge to speed things up this morning!)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large bowl, add milk to beaten eggs, and mix cooked grits, corn muffin mix, butter, s & p. 

Spray with Pam & spread sausage/onion mixture on bottom of 9x12 pan; add grits mixture and top with shredded cheese.

Bake for about 1 hour or until firm in the middle. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

(Sour Cream and Catsup were our condiments of choice)