CAJUN BREAKFAST BAKE

If you're looking for something different and a little bit special for breakfast, here it is. This is a great weekend breakfast and has great ingredients for flavour.

This delicious Cajun Breakfast Bake recipe, which is amazing served on toast with baked beans, is easy to make and will keep you feeling full for hours.

This recipe is low in saturated fat and a good source of protein.

Energy per 100g: 342kJ - 81Cal
Fat per 100g: 4.5g
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 Ingredients
• 1 sausage
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 med mushrooms or 4 small, sliced
•1 small onion, sliced
• 2 eggs
• 3 egg whites
• ½ cup low fat milk
• 4 cherry tomatoes halved
• 2 potatoes, coliban or new potatoes
• ½ capsicum, red or green or both
• Smoked paprika or Cajun Spice, ¼ teaspoon


  Preparation Method
1. First preheat the oven to 180C (356F).Then peirce potatoes with a skewer a few times and microwave for approx. 10 mins or until cooked. Take out, set aside to cool and cut into bite size pieces with skin on.

2. In a fry pan, cook, set aside and when cooled cut into 8 pieces.

3. In the same frypan, heat olive oil and fry onions and capsicum for 5 mins.  Now add seasoning, either paprika or Cajun spice, just a sprinkle of both.  Omit if you don’t like these.  Add mushrooms and keep cooking on low med heat for a further 3 mins, take off heat. 

4. Now you will need a small baking dish, approx. 6-7 cups in size.  Lay chopped potato on the base, spread the sausage on top, now the onion/capsicum mix.  Season with some salt and pepper to taste.

5. In a bowl whisk the eggs and egg whites with the low fat milk.  Pour into dish evenly then place the halved tomato on top.

6. Bake in oven for 40-50 mins.  Outside cooks quicker than centre so if still runny in the center place under grill for 5-10 mins.

7. Serve with Salt Reduced Baked Beans and 1 large slice toast per person.

          ENJOY