Breakfast casserole

If you have ever stayed the night at my house, chances are that you've eaten my breakfast casserole. Or, if you have ever turned to page 30 in the 1980something Redeemer Lutheran Church cookbook (the best cookbook next to Betty Crocker). I do make it a little different than RLC recommends and I will point that out in the recipe.

1 tube sausage (see below for the non-porkers)
9 eggs whipped
3 cu milk
1 1/2 tsp dry mustard
3 slices bread torn (the recipe says to cut in cubes but let's face it that is exerting unnecessary energy)
2 cu grated cheese (recipe calls for 1.5 cu cheese but I dump the whole 2 cu packet in as I'm too lazy to measure it out, plus the cheese will mold in the fridge most likely anyway).

Brown sausage (sometimes I throw in onions if I have them). Drain grease from sausage (if you are a fat freak, you can boil the sausage in hot water and it will pull out all of the grease possible). Mix eggs, milk, mustard and salt. Stir in bread, sausage and cheese. Pour into greased 9x13 pan. Refrigerate, covered, overnight. Bake at 350 for 60 minutes.

Now, we've got some folks who don't eat pork (referred to above as the non-porkers - all judging aside). At the hands of a lesser breakfast casserole chef that would be a problem. Here is a substitute you can use comprised mainly of ground turkey. It is not AS good but not too bad of a substitute.

GROUND TURKEY BREAKFAST SAUSAGE
1 lb. ground turkey 1/2 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce 1/4 tsp. Hickory Smoke Liquid 1/4 tsp. sage 1/4 tsp. tarragon 1/4 tsp. thyme Mix all ingredients well. (Do not add additional Hickory Smoke Liquid.) Form into small to medium patty sizes. Use spray Pam in frying pan for less calories. Fry until brown.