Looking to switch up your breakfast routine? Have friends coming over for brunch and want to impress them without having to spend all morning in the kitchen? Want to do all of that and keep it healthy? This Sweet Potato Frittata is calling your name.
What’s so special about sweet potatoes?
Sweet potatoes are rich in Vitamin A (betacarotene) and Vitamin C, powerful antioxidants that work in the body to remove free radicals that damage cells. They are also rich in antioxidants, anti-inflammatory nutrients, and blood sugar-regulating nutrients. As a result, sweet potatoes are good foods for people with diabetes, stomach ulcers, inflamed conditions of the colon. Sweet potatoes are also though to help prevent cancer in glands and organs with epithelial tissue due to its high Vitamin A content. {source and source}
Have I sold you yet?
What if I told you this was also insanely delicious? Because it is. Good enough, in fact, to go crazy and make it for dinner.
Caramelized Onion and Sweet Potato Frittata
Ingredients:
- 1.5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 large sweet potatoes, cut in half and thinly sliced
- 1 sweet onion, thinly sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped or grated
- 6 eggs
- 1/6 cup milk or milk alternative (soy, almond, rice)
- Salt and ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup fresh basil, chopped
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Heat a 12-inch, nonstick, oven-safe skillet over medium heat. Add olive oil and onions and saute until onions are translucent, approximately 5-7 minutes.
- Add garlic and sweet potatoes and cook until the potatoes are tender, 6-7 minutes.
- Beat eggs together with milk or milk alternative, salt, and pepper.
- Pour the eggs in the skillet over the filling.
- Using a spatula, raise the cooked egg off the bottom of the pan, allowing more of the still-liquid eggs to settle on the bottom of the pan.
- When the frittata has set, transfer to the oven.
- Cook for 10 minutes, remove from oven and add fresh basil on top.
- Put back into oven and cook for another 2 minutes.
- Remove and let stand 5 minutes.
- Cut into wedges and serve.
For your reference:
This recipe is vegetarian. It is also nightshade free, dairy free (depending on milk choice), soy free, wheat free, gluten free, cinnamon free, and contains no msg.
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