Breakfast can be one of the most overwhelming meals to make because we’re typically in a rush in the morning. If you want something delicious but easy that will actually save time, try this Healthy Hash Brown Casserole. It can easily be made the night before so that it’s ready to go in the morning when you’re ready to get out of the door. Meal prep it on Sunday, and you’ll have a tasty breakfast for the week.
The highlight of this casserole is the sage turkey. Adding sage and oregano to ground turkey makes it taste like sausage. So you will have a healthy hash brown casserole that tastes like it’s full of bacon and sausage. Breakfast doesn’t get better than that! This casserole also takes advantage of eggs being a zero point food. I used 10 whole eggs for this recipe, and each serving is still only 5 weight watchers points. You’ll be satisfied for hours with all of this healthy, lean protein filling you up.
If hash browns aren’t your thing, don’t worry. Here are 15 Easy Weight Watchers Breakfast Ideas that will keep you healthy and on time.
Three reasons why you need to make this recipe!
It’s a high protein, low carb meal.
High protein and low carb casseroles are pretty nonexistent. Casseroles are usually filled with carbs and high calorie fat (which is why they taste so good). But, with plenty of herbs and spices, this casserole is full of flavor, lean ground turkey, and tasty hash browns.
Minimal cooking is involved.
There isn’t a lot of chopping, prep, or cooking in this recipe. The only thing you have to cook is the meat (ground turkey and bacon). Throw the rest in the casserole dish and let the oven do the work. Frozen hash browns come in really handy.
It’s great for a crowd or for a Saturday morning brunch.
Healthy Hash Brown Casserole is easy to whip up, so if you have overnight guests, you can wow them with this healthy dish. Serve it alongside of a large bowl of fruit and you’ve got an easy, healthy spread for them to enjoy.
Ingredients you need to make Healthy Hash Brown Casserole:
- 1 lb fat free ground turkey
- Dash of salt and pepper
- 2 tsp sage
- 1 tsp oregano
- 3 cups frozen hash browns
- 6 slices Oscar Mayer center cut bacon, cooked, drained, and crumbled
- 3/4 cup reduced fat shredded cheese
- 10 large eggs
- 1/2 cup 1% low fat milk
- Diced green onions *optional
How to make Healthy Hash Brown Casserole (step by step):
- Preheat the oven to 350F and spray a 9×13 casserole dish with some nonstick cooking spray.
- In a pan on the stove, cook the ground turkey, and add in the salt, pepper, sage, and oregano. You can cook the bacon at the same time in a different pan if you haven’t already done so. Drain the turkey and place it in a large mixing bowl.
- Add in the frozen hash browns and crumbled bacon and mix well.
- Place the turkey and potato mixture into your casserole dish. Sprinkle the shredded cheese on top.
- In a bowl or Pyrex measuring cup, whisk the eggs and milk together. Add in a dash of salt and pepper. Pour the eggs over the turkey and potato mixture. Top with diced green onion and I added a pinch of dried oregano on top.
- Bake in the oven for about 45 minutes. Let the casserole cool for 5 minutes then cut into 6 equal servings. Each serving weighs 8-9oz. Enjoy!
Makes 6 servings. Nutrition info for 1 serving: Calories 315, Fat 14 g, Saturated fat 5.3 g, Carbs 10 g, Fiber 1 g, Sugars 1.6 g, Sodium 413 mg, Protein 37 g.
WW Points
- Fat-free ground turkey 0 points
- Salt and pepper 0 points
- Sage 0 points
- Oregano 0 points
- Frozen hash browns 14 points
- Center cut bacon 6 points
- Reduced fat shredded cheese 10 points
- 10 eggs 0 points
- 1% low fat milk 2 points
- Diced green onions 0 points
5 points per serving based on the WW app recipe creator.
If you’re using an older version of WW, check out these points below.
Personal Points- 5-9 depending on your 0PP foods
Freestyle SP- (blue & purple) 5 using WW recipe builder
Smart Points- (green) 9 using SP calculator
Points Plus- 9 using PP calculator
Different ways to change up this recipe:
- You don’t have to add the diced green onions, but they add a good pop of flavor. Other options are more chopped fresh oregano or even parsley.
- Try using other meats if you’re not a fan of ground turkey. Ground chicken, extra lean ground beef, or even shredded rotisserie chicken would work. Just make sure to keep the sage and oregano- that gives a lot of flavor to this casserole.
Tips and Tricks for Making Healthy Hash Brown Casserole:
- If you want to see the frozen hash browns I use, feel free to see my product review here so you can compare the nutritional info for them.
- Store any remaining leftovers in the fridge for up to 5 days. Healthy Hash Brown casserole will freeze really well, so make a few if you know you have a few busy weeks ahead. It’s a great casserole to keep in the freezer for the morning after a long trip. You’ll love that you don’t have to do anything but unpack your suitcase and bake this in the oven.
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Turkey hash brown breakfast casserole
Ingredients
- 1 lb fat free ground turkey
- Dash of salt & pepper
- 2 tsp sage
- 1 tsp oregano
- 3 cups frozen hash browns *to compare my brand you can see my product reviews week 1
- 6 slices center cut bacon, cooked, drained and crumbled
- 3/4 cup reduced fat shredded cheese, I used a 3 cheese blend
- 10 eggs
- 1/2 cup milk *I used 1%
- Diced green onions *optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F, spray a 9×13 casserole dish with some non stick spray.
- In a pan on the stove, cook your ground turkey, add in salt & pepper, sage and oregano. *You can cook your bacon at the same time in a different pan if you haven’t already done so. Drain turkey and place in a large mixing bowl.
- Add in frozen hash browns and crumbled bacon and mix well.
- Place turkey & potato mixture into your casserole dish. Sprinkle shredded cheese on top.
- In a bowl or pyrex measuring cup like I used, whisk your eggs and milk together, add in a dash of salt & pepper. Pour over your turkey and potato mixture. Top with diced green onion and I added a pinch of dried oregano on top.
- Bake in the oven for approx 45 minutes, let cool 5 minutes then cut into 6 equal servings, each serving weighs 8-9oz . Store leftovers in the fridge, casserole will freeze well.
Could I do this with egg whites? I am not a huge fan of the taste of scrambled eggs… it could I do a half and half mixture- 5 eggs and 5 egg whites?
Yes I think that will work out, remember 1 egg is equivalent to about 2 egg whites though
Can I do this without eggs period? Will it still hold? And how many points? Thanks
Hi, no I don’t think it will hold, it needs the eggs to bake into the dish .. also without eggs would not change the points since eggs are a zero food
Made this last night and refrigerated until I baked it this morning, prettt decent! I usually prefer bread in my breakfast casserole, but this is good too because it’s full of meat and potato, doesn’t leave me feeling hungry for anything else and I didn’t even eat my entire portion (about 3 bites shy). I made a few changes, I only had Jennie o lean gr turkey so I used about 1/3 lb of that, the bacon, and used 6 slices of Canadian bacon (only 2 pts for 6 slices) so it was a nice way for me to save some of those pts from using higher fat turkey. I also used the green onions, it was a little strong flavor w 3 so next time I would only use about half. Thanks for the great recipe! I ended up cutting mine into 8 portions and it works out to 6 pts each serving.
Hi Samantha, so glad you enjoyed it, thanks for sharing your tips 🙂 I appreciate it
I love this recipe! Made it last week and did a sweet potato, spinach and asparagus version this week.
I am curious- if you freeze it, how would you recommend heating it back up?
Thank you for sharing and all of your recipes!
Hi Caitlin, so glad you enjoyed it and thanks for sharing your yummy creation 🙂
You can reheat in the oven or even air fryer
Hi Caitlin,
I always freeze my DMS leftovers and I’m lazy so I just pop it in the microwave; totally fine and just as delicious!
Can I use shredded hash browns?
Yes I don’t see why not
Can sausage be substituted for the ground turkey? Or is that too much fat? I’m new (can you tell?)
Hi Cindy, well you could use it but yes it will add a lot of points, the ground turkey is zero points (on blue & purple)