Homemade Turkey Breakfast Sausage
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Looking for a simple, healthy, and inexpensive breakfast protein option? This homemade Turkey Breakfast Sausage is very easy to make and customize!
Homemade Turkey Breakfast Sausage
I don’t always make a meal plan, especially when we have crazy busy weeks. But I do have a basic structure to what I make for meals each day. It usually goes something like this:
Breakfast –
- Fruit
- Carb
- Protein
Lunch –
- Protein
- Veggie
- Fruit
Supper –
- Protein
- Carb
- Veggies x2
- Dessert (once or twice a week, usually fruit based!)
We also usually have 2 snacks a day and the contents will vary. All families are different and have different needs but this is what works for us and our budget. For me, it helps to have a structure like this even when I don’t have a specific meal plan.
Breakfast can be a hard meal for me to come up with a healthy and inexpensive protein for. Sausages from the store can be spendy. I do make Homemade Beef Sausage Patties but we’ve been very low on beef lately until our next cow is ready to be butchered so I’ve been using more turkey since it’s less expensive than beef.
This recipe can easily be customized to your family’s taste but this is how we like to make these little homemade sausages.
Homemade Turkey Breakfast Sausage
What You Need:
- 1 pound ground Turkey
- 1 teaspoon dried Thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon Granulated Garlic
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1/4 teaspoon Onion Powder (optional)
In a large bowl, combine the turkey, thyme, garlic, and salt (and onion if desired). You may need to mix with your hands or a spatula to get it well combined.
Place the meat mixture into a quart size freezer bag.
Cut off one of the corners and “pipe” sausages into a 9×13 baking dish or a cookie tray with sides. I know, they aren’t the most attractive things but they taste so good!
Bake the sausages at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes or until the internal temp of the sausages is 165 degrees F.
Enjoy the sausages with your favorite Homemade Pancakes or freeze to enjoy later. I like them with sauteed veggies!
Print the Homemade Turkey Sausage recipe below!
Homemade Turkey Sausage Recipe
These delicious little Turkey Sausages are so easy to make and very customizable!
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic
- 1/4 teaspoon onion powder optional
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
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In a large bowl, combine the turkey, thyme, garlic, and salt (and onion if desired). You may need to mix with your hands or a spatula to get it well combined.
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Place the meat mixture into a quart size freezer bag.
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Cut off one of the corners and "pipe" sausages into a 9x13 baking dish or a cookie tray with sides.
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Bake the sausages at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes or until the internal temp of the sausages is 165 degrees F.
Do you make homemade sausage?
Wow! Great idea! Thank you so much!
Look fantastic! I’m gonna try to make one !!
I use ground turkey, substituting it for ground beef, all the time. I never thought of using it for breakfast. (I think I will make patties with this recipe.) I use ground turkey with spaghetti, goulashes, etc.
Yum! I make breakfast turkey sausage all the time but add sage, fennel seeds, rosemary, a touch of 100% maple syrup and salt/pepper to taste. I will have to try your variety soon. Thank you for the recipe.
What are the green tops on the mason jars?
The green tops are just the plastic screw on lids, the same as the white ones. When I went to the store to buy some they just have these green instead of white so I thought that was fun 🙂
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