Homemade Blueberry Breakfast Sausage Recipe - Eat the Gains (2024)

Breakfast is one of my favorite meals and if you follow me on Instagram, you know I love a big savory breakfast. I also strive to get in lots of protein at breakfast to help me feel my best. This breakfast sausage recipe helps me so do while being the perfect accompaniment to a savory breakfast.

This recipe is inspired by the blueberry breakfast sausages they have at Whole Foods. While theirs are delicious, if you look at the ingredients, they are sweetened with maple syrup and brown sugar and also have canola oil in them. So I decided to make my own.

Plus, making sausage at home is really quite simple. While they will more than likely be in patty form rather than link form, they are just as delicious. All you need is ground meat, some ad-ins if you like, and your spices/seasonings.

The end result of this breakfast sausage recipe is a perfect balance. I find the blueberries add enough sweetness to offset the savory sausage and no added sugar is needed. And since I used lean pork, there are lower in fat than typical breakfast sausages and packed with more protein.

Is breakfast sausage healthy?

Breakfast sausages can be a healthy addition to any diet when made with the right ingredients. When making them at home, you have full control over the quality of the ingredients. There are no added nitrites or nitrates, fillers, binders, or artificial ingredients. They also aren’t loaded with sodium and just a pinch of sea salt is used for the whole recipe.

What gives breakfast sausage that distinct taste?

The combination of spices, usually sage, fennel, and thyme, give breakfast sausage their unique and distinct flavor. Other spices can also be used as well and sometimes they are sweetened with maple syrup or sugar.

Ingredients

• ground pork– I used lean 90/10 ground pork
• garlic powder
• thyme
• sage
• cinnamon
• ginger
• nutmeg
• fresh blueberries– for a natural touch of sweetness
• salt and pepper
• oil, for frying

How to make breakfast sausage

1. Combine your ingredients.Add ground pork, spices, and a pinch of salt and pepper in a medium or large bowl. Using your hands, mix to combine. Add in the blueberries and carefully mix to combine. Form sausage mixture into 10 equal-size patties. When forming the sausage patties, try to enclose the blueberries with some of the meat so they stay in place and do not fall out when cooking.
2. Cook.Heat up a large skillet or cast iron over medium heat. Add oil and let it get hot, about 30 seconds. Add sausage patties in a single layer and cook for 4-5 minutes, flip, and cook for another 2-4 minutes until browned and cooked through. You may have to cook in two batches depending on how big your pan is.
3. Enjoy!Serve with your favorite breakfast items and enjoy!

Make them in the oven

If you want to make a double batch or just don’t want to sit by the stove to cook these, you can easily bake them in the oven. Form sausages and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes until cooked through.

What to serve with breakfast sausage

You can treat this recipe as an addition to breakfast or serve them as is with other classic sides. Here are some ideas:

• at breakfast with eggs, toast or potatoes, and veggies
• in abreakfast saladwith greens, veggies, poached eggs,avocado, and dressing
• in breakfast sandwiches
• with any kind of roasted or sautéed veggies and roasted potatoes
• alongside pancakes or waffles

Meal prep

These breakfast sausage patties are excellent for meal prep! Make a batch at the beginning of the week (I love to meal prep on Sunday) and you have an easy breakfast side during the week.

Storage and reheating

• fridge– homemade sausage patties will last 4-5 days in the fridge in a tightly sealed glass container.
• freezer– freeze in a large container or in individual servings in plastic wrap. Defrost in the fridge overnight. They should last up to 3 months in the freezer.
• reheating– to heat them up, you can lightly pan-fry in a little oil (be careful not to overcook and dry them out) or pop them in the microwave for a minute.

More healthy breakfast recipes

• chicken apple sausage
• chicken hash
• breakfast stuffed sweet potatoes (3 ways!)
• sweet potato sausage hash

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