Whole30 Breakfast

In starting the Whole 30, I have been trying to deliberate on how I can start the day. The beginning of everything sets the tone for the end. So, I wanted to start out with an easy breakfast that would cover some good sources of protein and be satisfying.

My sweet potato muffin cups seem to be just that!

In my last trip to the grocery store, sweet potatoes were on sale and I happened to picked up some cage-free, organic eggs, and some organic spinach. Some staples of the Whole30 plan.

1/2 large sweet potato (julienne cut)
5 eggs (whisked)
1 cup of baby spinach
Sea Salt

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and if needed, rub the muffin tin with coconut oil to prevent from sticking (my tin didn't stick so that was one less ingredient).

I wanted to try out my new mandolin (clearance find at Williams and Sonoma- score!) so I decided to slice the sweet potato with the julienne blade on the "1" setting so the pieces would be finely sliced. I have seen other posts about bloggers making an "egg in a basket" rendition with sweet potato tots, and I like the concept, but I wanted to make these with the freshest ingredients rather than frozen sweet tater tots and frozen spinach.

Because my sweet potato was on the larger side, I only needed to use 1/2 of it to make 6 breakfast cups. So I sliced it up and arranged the pieces in the muffin tin to create a bit of a hole in the middle.

Next, I cracked the eggs into a bowl. Then I just ripped the fresh spinach into small pieces and added them to the bowl with the eggs. Whisk these together with a couple of pinches of sea salt for taste.

Next, pour the egg, spinach, and salt mixture into the muffin cups over the sweet potato baskets and pop into the oven for 16-18 minutes.

When they are done, pull them out and set aside to cool. You can either eat them warm or store them in the refrigerator and warm them up for each days breakfast. They are great to make ahead of time and then warm up as you are heading out the door to eat in the car on the way to work. They tend to flatten out as they cool, so I end up warming up 2 for my breakfast.

I have seen a lot of ideas for spicing up the flavor and mixing in. Some suggestions are adding diced ham, bits of bacon or mild sausage, a dash of hot sauce, chives on top, drizzle with balsamic vinegar, or add some diced bell peppers.

Have a happy and healthy breakfast!

xoxo,
Katie Beth