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Sweet Potato Sausage-Spiced Breakfast Pasta Bake

Tender pasta, roasted sweet potato, red pepper and kale bound with eggs in a sage-thyme broth, under a crunchy pumpkin-and-sesame seed crust.

Sweet Potato Sausage-Spiced Breakfast Pasta Bake

Ingredients

  • 9 oz250 gWhole-wheat pasta, dryshort shapes such as penne
  • 12⅔ cups3,000 gWater
  • 2½ medium350 gSweet potatoespeeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
  • 1 cup chopped150 gRed bell pepperdiced
  • 4¾ cups chopped100 gKalestems removed, chopped
  • 1 medium110 gYellow oniondiced
  • 3 cloves9 gGarlicminced
  • 1½ tbsp20 gOlive oil
  • 4 large200 gEggs
  • 1⅔ cups350 gVegetable broth
  • 2 tsp2 gDried thyme
  • ¾ tsp1 gDried rosemarycrumbled
  • 1¼ tsp3 gPaprika (sweet or smoked)
  • ¼ cup chopped15 gFresh parsleychopped
  • ⅓ cup crumbled60 gFeta cheesecrumbled
  • ⅓ cup40 gPumpkin seeds (pepitas)
  • 1½ tbsp15 gSesame seeds
  • ¼ tsp2 gSalt
  • ½ tsp1 gBlack pepper

Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C) and bring the water to a boil in a large pot.
  2. Toss the sweet potato with half of the olive oil and the paprika on a sheet pan; roast 20 minutes until just tender.
  3. Meanwhile, boil the pasta-whole-wheat in the water for 2 minutes less than the package time, drain and set in a greased 9x13-inch baking dish.
  4. Heat the remaining half of the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook the onion and bell pepper 5 minutes, add the garlic and kale and cook 2 minutes until the kale wilts.
  5. Make the herb broth: whisk the eggs with the vegetable broth, thyme, rosemary, half of the parsley, the salt and the black pepper.
  6. Add the roasted sweet potato and the skillet vegetables to the pasta, scatter the feta over, and pour the herb broth evenly on top.
  7. Mix the pumpkin seeds and sesame seeds and sprinkle them over the casserole for the crust.
  8. Lower the oven to 375°F (190°C) and bake 30 minutes, until set in the center and the egg mixture reaches 160°F (71°C).
  9. Rest 5 minutes, then sprinkle with the remaining half of the parsley and serve.

Contains: Milk, Egg, Gluten, Sesame.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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