Looking for a Christmas breakfast recipe and a Christmas dinner recipe? We can help! These Christmas recipes are a holiday tradition that my family follows every year. A delicious Christmas breakfast casserole followed by a delicious Christmas pasta dish. Hearty and filling food is perfect for Christmas. Your whole family is going to love these amazing Christmas recipes.

Christmas Breakfast and Christmas Dinner Recipes
We’re all suckers for holiday traditions…lots of mine happen to revolve around food. Every year, we have the same special (easy!) Christmas Breakfast, and last year we started a new dinner tradition.
What do I like best about these two dishes (other than the fact that they taste good)? You can prepare them the day before so your time on Christmas can be spent playing with & loving on your family!
For Breakfast, my family loves my Potato Casserole. Sausage, Velveeta, tater tots (or frozen potatoes)…it’s super yummy! You assemble the casserole the night before, so all you need to do Christmas morning is throw it in the oven. An hour later, you have a warm, filling breakfast to eat in the midst of all the chocolate & cookies!
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Christmas Breakfast Recipe
Are you ready for a hearty Christmas breakfast. There is something so amazing about potatoes, cheese, and breakfast sausage. Breakfast on Christmas doesn’t get much better than this.

Related: We have even more Christmas Breakfast ideas that you will love!
Ingredients Needed To Make This Delicious Christmas Breakfast Recipe
To make this yummy Potato Casserole, you will need:
- 1 lb. breakfast sausage
- 2 cups milk
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 2 lbs tater tots or frozen potatoes
- Velveeta cheese, cut into thin slices
- 1 Cup Cauliflower, chopped
- Parsley, chopped roughly
How To Make This Christmas Breakfast Casserole Recipe
To make this Christmas breakfast casserole:
Step 1
Brown sausage in a skillet.
Step 2
Place cooked sausage in 9×13 baking dish. Sprinkle cheese over top of sausage, and cover with layer of sliced Velveeta

Step 3
In a large bowl, beat together milk & eggs. Pour milk mixture over cheese.
Step 4
Dish can be refrigerated overnight at this point.
Step 5
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Step 6
Top casserole with tater tots.
Step 7
Bake in preheated oven for about 45 minutes, or until tots on top are browned.
Step 8
Cool for 10 minutes before serving.
Christmas Dinner Recipe
My Holiday Bolognese Sauce should be made at least a day ahead of time so the flavors can develop, so this is another dish you can just heat on Christmas day. Less work is a plus in my book! A quick side note…this sauce has a little kick thanks to the black pepper, so if you have little ones that you want to feed this to please keep this in mind.

Ingredients For Holiday Bolognese Sauce Recipe
- 1 lg. onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 2 Tbsp butter
- ½ lb. lean ground beef
- ½ lb. ground pork
- 4 oz tomato paste
- 1 (15oz) can tomato paste
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- ¾ cup red wine
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1 tsp dried oregano
How To Make This Christmas Bolognese Sauce Recipe
Step 1
In large saucepan, sauté onion in olive oil and butter until soft but not brown. Add crushed garlic. Cook briefly. Do not let garlic brown.
Step 2
Stir in meats, salt, & pepper and brown well.
Step 3
Add tomato paste, tomato sauce, & sugar.
Step 4
Add wine.
Step 5
Add about 8-12 cups of water, based on the size of your pot.
Step 6
Add seasonings and stir well.
Step 7
Cook, uncovered on simmer, stirring occasionally for 1 hour or more until almost desired consistency. Cover & continue to cook for hour.

Step 8
Serve over your favorite prepared pasta. We used penne.
Starting New Christmas Traditions With New Christmas Recipes
Last year, we started a new Christmas Dinner tradition & it made my life much easier! My husband suggested a spaghetti bar for dinner & it worked perfectly. I offered two sauces and two pastas, along with garlic bread & shred-your-own Parm cheese.
Easy Christmas Recipes: Breakfast and Dinner

Need easy Christmas recipes to prepare a hearty and delicious breakfast and dinner for your family this year? We got you!
Ingredients
- Christmas Breakfast Recipe
- 1 lb. breakfast sausage
- 2 cups milk
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 2 lbs tater tots or frozen potatoes
- Velveeta cheese, cut into thin slices
- 1 Cup Cauliflower, chopped
- Parsley, chopped roughly
- Christmas Dinner Recipe
- 1 lg. onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 2 Tbsp butter
- ½ lb. lean ground beef
- ½ lb. ground pork
- 4 oz tomato paste
- 1 (15oz) can tomato paste
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- ¾ cup red wine
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1 tsp dried oregano
Instructions
Christmas Breakfast Recipe
1. Brown sausage in a skillet.
2. Place cooked sausage in 9×13 baking dish.
3. Sprinkle cheese over top of sausage, and cover with layer of sliced Velveeta
4. In a large bowl, beat together milk & eggs.
5. Pour milk mixture over cheese.
6. Dish can be refrigerated overnight at this point.
7. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
8. Top casserole with tater tots.
9. Bake in preheated oven for about 45 minutes, or until tots on top are browned.
10. Cool for 10 minutes before serving.
Christmas Dinner Recipe
1. In large saucepan, sauté onion in olive oil and butter until soft but not brown.
2. Add crushed garlic.
3. Cook briefly. Do not let garlic brown.
4. Stir in meats, salt, & pepper and brown well.
5. Add tomato paste, tomato sauce, & sugar.
6. Add wine.
7. Add about 8-12 cups of water, based on the size of your pot.
8. Add seasonings and stir well.
9. Cook, uncovered on simmer, stirring occasionally for 1 hour or more until almost desired consistency.
10. Cover & continue to cook for hour.
11. Serve over your favorite prepared pasta. We used penne.
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So here’s to new holiday traditions…may yours be as stress-free as possible! What are some of your holiday and Christmas traditions?
In the one-dish Christmas Breakfast Casserole… what do you do with the chopped cauliflower? And do you thaw the frozen potatoes/tater tots?
yeah, i was thinking the same thing… parsley, also
Hi,
Please interpret for a non-American. What are tater tots (ordinary potatoes or something else??) and velveeta cheese (what type of cheese???)
Thanks, Joan
My kids love anything with tater tots! I’ll have to try this one.
I’d love to invite you to share this on Thingamajig Thursday going on now…http://radcrafter.com/2012/01/thingamajig-thursday-party-9/
Alida
I pinned your tater tot casserole! Looks amazing!!!
Thanks!
I love these recipes!!
Congrats! You were one of my most clicked blog post on the Mommy Solutions link up last week! http://www.crystalandcomp.com/2012/01/the-mommy-club-share-your-resources-and-solutions-25/
You rock! Thanks for sharing and I look forward to more of your mommy solution link ups!
Have a super week, Crystal
That’s great! Thanks!
This is a great Breakfast recipe. We usually have Tater Tot casserole for dinner. never thought about having it for breakfast.
Hmmm… I just love tatertots…. I’ve never had a tatertot casserole though. This makes me think of the Duggar’s recipe, only it sounds about a million times better. Thanks for the great idea!
We LOVE tater tot casserole! Always a winner at our house!
JDanliel4’s Mom…this has been my son’s absolute favorite since he was a toddler! When I said we’re having Tater Tot Casserole for breakfast, he was so happy 🙂
I was looking for a casserole for breakfast! This looks great!