Sweet Potatoes with Eggs and Green Beans

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Whole30 Breakfast: Spicy Sweet Potatoes, Green Beans, and Eggs

Hey – remember that time I did Whole30 last year and it was so awesome that I had a very big and very public ugly-cry meltdown (The Meltdown, as we refer to it… when we dare refer to it) in the middle of Whole Foods over the price of strawberries and embarrassed the &^$# out of my husband and freaked out the produce guy?

Guess what. I’m doing it again.

[sarcasm] And y’all. Jason is so excited. [/sarcasm] Because he knows.

ODNS

I’ve been battling plantar fasciitis for months now – that thing that cost me the marathon – and because “just wait out 12-18 months and let it heal itself” was not what I want to keep hearing over and over, I decided to see if an elimination diet to maybe resolve/reduce inflammation might help.

What have I got to lose? Besides a Blue Bell addiction and – fingers crossed – maybe some of the 12 lbs I’ve gained over the last 3 months by not running and stress-eating and stress-eating even more.

So on a whim – as in, just as I was shoving Jason’s lunch into his hands as he was walking out the door – I made the decision. And the announcement.

And then I got The Look. And then, The Sigh.

Probably because he’s worried about our friends & family seeing me on The News. And having to visit me in The Pokey.

Day 1
The biggest challenge today? Not licking the knife after making Landry’s PB&J for lunch. Otherwise, I’m fine. And everybody’s alive.

Breakfast – Spicy-ish Sweet Potato Hash-ish with green beans and 2 poached eggs.

Lunch – Because we got back from gymnastics and I hadn’t put up breakfast leftovers, I fried 2 eggs and had the same thing.

“Snack” (although you don’t really snack on Whole30 but I don’t know what else to call the tuna salad and broccoli that I ate between lunch and dinner – but I had tuna salad (with homemade mayo) and broccoli.

DinnerSpicy Date-Glazed Salmon, green beans, and baked sweet potato.

Last year at this time, I was feeling pretty confident. But being a little wiser, I know the murderous, sugar-withdrawal rage that is looming in 48 hours. And just want it to hurry up and get here so I can get it over with and hopefully not harm anyone.

Spicy Sweet Potatoes with Green Beans and Poached Eggs

A Whole30-friendly breakfast of spiced sweet potatoes, green veggies, and eggs.

Ingredients

  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 medium sweet potato, diced
  • 1/4 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/4 tsp chili powder
  • 1/4 tsp cumin
  • 1/4 tsp paprika (I use smoked)
  • Generous pinch of salt
  • Several grinds black pepper
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Steam-in-bag green beans
  • 4 eggs, fried or poached

Instructions

  1. Heat oil over medium-high heat in a large pan.
  2. Place sweet potatoes in a small sandwich bag and add dried spices - shake to coat well.
  3. Empty the bag into the pan and cook for 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally, unti. potatoes are fork-tender and nicely caramelized.
  4. Steam the green beans and prepare the eggs, as desired, while potatoes are cooking.
  5. Serve in the potatoes and green beans topped with eggs.
  6. And try not to stab anybody, 'mkay?

Notes

Yields: 2 servings

Spice rub from from Spicy Honey-Glazed Salmon

Estimated time: 15 minutes

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