You’re in for a real treat with this hearty home-cooked breakfast.  I’m adding grated apple to the sausage to make it both moist and flavorful.  It definitely taste like the fattening kind!  The skinny for this open-faced sandwich is 245 calories, 7 grams of fat and 6 Weight Watchers POINTS PLUS.  A McDonald’s Sausage Biscuit with Egg has a scary 510 calories and 33 grams of fat!

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes

Ingredients

1 lb. ground chicken or turkey, see shopping tip

1 red apple, peeled and grated, such as Gala, Fuji or Pink Lady

¾ cup onions, grated

1 tablespoon brown sugar

1 teaspoon dried sage

1 teaspoon dried thyme

½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon garlic powder

¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper

Fresh ground pepper, to taste

2 teaspoons olive oil

5 egg whites

2½ Oroweat Whole Wheat Sandwich Thins, toasted, see shopping tip

4 teaspoons reduced-fat butter or Smart Balance Light

1 large tomato, sliced into 5 slices

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, mix together chicken, apple, onions, sugar, sage, thyme, salt, garlic powder, cayenne and black pepper.  Shape into 5 patties.  Be sure to shape them at least as large as the sandwich thin as they shrink when cooked.

2. Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a nonstick pan over medium-high heat.  Add patties and cook until browned, about 4 minutes.  Turn over and cook an additional 4 minutes until cooked completely.  Place on a plate and tent with foil.

3. Add remaining 1 teaspoon oil in pan.  Add 5 egg whites to pan.  Fry until cooked completely.  If they run together, just cut them into 5 cooked pieces.

4. To serve: Spread each toasted sandwich thin with 1 teaspoon of reduced-fat butter or Smart Balance Light. Place each sausage patty on top of 1 piece.   Top each with 1 fried egg white.  Add a tomato slice..  Serve open faced with a fork and knife, if desired.

5. These sausage patties freeze great. See prep tip.

Makes 5 breakfast sandwiches

Food Fact
I love Oroweat’s Whole Wheat or Multigrain Sandwich Thins.  One sandwich thin has 100 calories, 1g fat and 5g fiber.  This recipe uses only a half. In addition, these sandwich thins work great for most sandwiches.

Shopping Tips
Not every market sells ground chicken, however, I used Foster Farms and found it at Von’s/Safeway.  Ground turkey also works well with this recipe.

Oroweat Whole Wheat Sandwich Thins can be found in most large supermarkets.  If you can’t find them or another brand, use ½ of a whole wheat English muffin for each sandwich.

Prep Tips
Even if you’re cooking for one or two people, make the whole recipe.  Cooked patties freeze great. I love having extra patties in the freezer so you can make this sandwich even on days when you’re in a hurry.  Just cook enough egg whites to eat now.  On another day, when you defrost the patties, cook the amount of egg whites needed.

Weight Watchers (old points) 5
Weight Watchers POINTS PLUS 6