Name: Breakfast Bowl Recipe {Freezer Meal}
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 2 min
Total time: 22 min
Ingredients: 12 eggs; 1 lb ground breakfast sausage ((or 1 lb. bacon, or 24 sausage links)); 32 oz frozen Southern style hash browns (diced); 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese; 4 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1/4 cup milk; spray oil

Your morning just got better with this freezer-friendly Breakfast Bowl recipe. Packed with sausage, eggs, potatoes, and cheese, this breakfast is worth waking up for every morning. In less than 2 minutes, you can serve your family a delicious, protein-packed breakfast!

A white freezer breakfast bowl with bowls of cheese, green onions and a brown liquid with a silver fork to the side of the bowl.

When you have busy mornings like we do, this breakfast bowl recipe is a total lifesaver! This is one of my absolute favorite recipes! You will feel great serving your family a delicious, protein-packed breakfast in under 2 minutes! Yes, I said 2 minutes!!

A white freezer breakfast bowl with two silver forks on the side with bowls of cheese and green onions behind the bowl.

Don’t waste your money on buying those pre-made breakfast bowls from the freezer aisle at the grocery store! You will save so much money by making them yourself…and you’ll love how easy they are to put together! This recipe will make up 12 breakfast bowls, you can make them on the weekend and have breakfast for the whole week!

Six plastic bowls with food in them covered in plastic wrap.

And who says they are just for breakfast? I’ve been known to have one for lunch from time to time…they are just so convenient!

Breakfast Bowl Recipe {Freezer Meal}

Individual bowls of ingredients for breakfast bowls: eggs, milk, oil, cheese, potatoes, sausage and cheese.

Start out by preheating your oven to 450˚

Lightly coat 2 13×9 pans or 1 very large cookie sheet with cooking spray. Spread out a single layer of frozen potatoes on your pan(s). It is important that they are in one single layer, if the potatoes are too crowded they won’t get nice and crispy…and nobody likes soggy potatoes!

A sheet pan with crispy hash browns with a blue and white checked towel underneath it.

Evenly pour 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil over the potatoes and bake for 15 minutes. Turn and bake for another 7 minutes. Check the potatoes, if they aren’t crispy on ALL sides, stir and continue to bake in 5-minute intervals until they are crispy and deep golden brown. Once they are done, divide evenly into 12 disposable, microwave-safe bowls.

While the potatoes are baking heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Crumble sausage into the pan and cook until browned and cooked all the way through, about 10 minutes. Drain the sausage on a paper towel before dividing it into the bowls.

A white saucepan with cooked sausages in with a wooden spatula and eggs on the side with a blue and white checked towel by it.

This time I used crumbled sausage in some bowls. They are looking great already! But, we’re not done yet!

Next, wipe out the pan you used for the sausage, we are going to use that same pan for the eggs… fewer dirty dishes make me happy! Preheat the pan over medium heat.

In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together eggs and milk until well blended. Pour eggs into the pan and immediately start scrapping and mixing the eggs in the pan for at least 20 seconds. This is an important step to get your eggs nice a fluffy. Let cook for about 30 seconds more and continue to scrape and turn eggs, making sure they don’t brown on the bottom. Cook the eggs until they are done, but not dry. Divide evenly among the bowls.

A white saucepan with cooked eggs in it with cooked potatoes, cooked sausage and a blue and white checked towel next to it.

Once you have the potatoes, meat, and eggs divided into all 12 bowls, give them one turn with a spoon to lightly mix the ingredients together.

Top each bowl with shredded cheese, about 2 tablespoons.

3 paper bowls filled with breakfast bowl fixings with a white saucepan full of eggs with a silver spoon in it.

Cover each bowl with Press ‘n’ Seal, making sure to press the plastic wrap lightly down around the food to get any air out before sealing around the edges. Then place in the freezer, that’s it… you’re done until you are ready to heat!

Paper bowls filled with breakfast bowls fixings. Most covered with plastic wrap but the one in the center is not covered.

To heat, remove the bowl from the freezer and remove the plastic wrap. Heat in the microwave for 1 1/2 minutes, or until heated through. Now you have a delicious breakfast in less than 2 minutes! I hope you love this breakfast bowl recipe as much as we do!

A white bowl filled with a freezer breakfast bowl with a side of cheese and green onions and two silver forks.

There are a couple of variations to this recipe, you could use bacon instead of crumbled sausage. Just cook bacon, as usual, drain and crumble into bowls. Or you could even use link sausage instead of the crumbled sausage. Cook sausage links, as usual, drain and place 2 sausages in each bowl (but you would put them in the bowl last, on top of the cheese).

If you loved this breakfast recipe try my Strawberry Oatmeal Smoothie or my Vanilla Orange Custard French Toast!

Below is a printable recipe card! Enjoy!

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If you make this breakfast bowl recipe, I would love to see it! Snap a picture of it and share it with me on Instagram using the hashtag #happymoneysaver and tagging me @happymoneysaver.

Breakfast bowl next to a blue and white cloth napkin.

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Breakfast Bowl Recipe {Freezer Meal}

Published By Karrie

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Keyword breakfast bowl recipe, freezer breakfast bowls

Servings

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 2

Total Time 22

If you have busy mornings like we do, this easy breakfast bowl recipe is a life saver!

Ingredients

Instructions

Prep Instructions:

Preheat oven to 450 degrees
Lightly coat 2 13×9 pans, or a very large cookie sheet, with cooking spray
If using 2 13×9 pans, divide the potatoes evenly between the 2, or spread them out onto a large cookie sheet. They should be one layer of potatoes. If there are too many in the pan they won't crisp evenly.
Evenly pour 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil over the potatoes.
Bake potatoes for 15 minutes. Turn and bake for another 7 minutes. Check the potatoes for even crispiness on all sides. If not, stir them around and continue to cook at 5 minute intervals until they are crispy and deep golden brown. Once done, divide evenly into bowls.

While Potatoes Bake:

Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat.
Crumble sausage or other meat choice into pan and cook until golden brown and cooked through, about 10 minutes.
Drain sausage on a paper towel before dividing into bowls evenly.
Wipe the grease out of the pan and use it for scrambling your eggs.

Eggs:

In a medium sized bowl whisk together eggs and ¼ cup of milk until well blended.
Return pan used to cook sausage to stove top over medium heat. Add 1 tbsp of olive oil.
Pour eggs into pan, and immediately start scrapping and mixing the eggs in the pan for a good 20 seconds. (This will help you achieve a very fluffy scrambled egg.)
Let cook 30 seconds more, and continue to scrap and turn eggs. Just enough to ensure that they don’t brown on the bottom.
Cook your eggs until they are done, but not dry. Divide evenly among bowls.

To Finish Bowls:

Once the potatoes, sausage, and eggs are divided into your 12 bowls. Give each bowl one turnwith a spoon to lightly mix those ingredients together.
Top each bowl with about 2 tbsp. shredded cheddar cheese.
Cover each bowl with Press 'n' Seal, making sure to press the plastic wrap lightly down aroundthe food to get any air out before sealing the plastic wrap around the bowls edges. Freeze.

To Heat and Eat:

Remove bowl from freezer and remove the plastic wrap. Heat in the microwave for 1 ½ minutes, or at 30 second intervals until heated through. Enjoy!

Notes

If you are using bacon, cook, drain and crumble into bowls. For link sausage, cook, drain. Mix egg and potatoes first, top with cheese, then place 2 sausages in each bowl.

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This recipe was first posted on February 4th, 2016, but has been updated with new photos and tips on March 29th, 2022.

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About Karrie

Food is my love language. But so is saving money. So I like to combine the two a lot and make thrifty make ahead and freeze meals to save time. Because life is busy, and freezer meals can come to the rescue for all of us. And yes, they actually CAN taste good. Read more...

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Breakfast Bowl Recipe {Freezer Meal}

Breakfast Bowl Recipe {Freezer Meal}