Greek Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash

Greek Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash (low-amine, gluten-free, soy-free, dairy-free, nut-free, paleo), served with Black Bean Dip Quesadillas.

Sweet potato is lower in amines, and has more nutrients available to us than regular potatoes. It also makes a mean breakfast hash, and is as simple to use as regular potatoes. This recipe has a bit of a citrus kick to it from the ascorbic acid, which, with the ground beef or lamb,  gives it a slightly Greek feel.

2 C sweet potato, diced

1 1/2 C carrot, diced

1 C ground beef or lamb

1 1/2 C leeks, sliced thin, white parts only

2 Tbsp butter or butter substitute

1 Tbsp cumin, ground

2 packed Tbsp parsley

1 Tbsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp ascorbic acid

1/2 tsp salt

• Heat a large saute pan to medium heat.
• Add ground beef or lamb. Cook until mostly done and drain fat.
• Add 2 Tbsp butter, then add sweet potato, leek, and parsley. Cover, and stir occasionally.
• Cook for about 5 minutes, then add carrot and all remaining ingredients.

Greek Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash cooking in a cast iron pan.

• Cook uncovered while stirring often to prevent sticking. Cook until all ingredients are tender, to taste.
• Serve hot with low-amine tomato-free ketchup substitute.
• To add protein, I made black bean dip quesadillas (black bean dip spread on tortillas, sprinkled with salt, and heated in a pan).

Greek Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash (low-amine, gluten-free, soy-free, dairy-free, nut-free, paleo).

AMINE BREAKDOWN:

Very Low Amine: sweet potato, carrot, leek, cumin, parsley, garlic powder, ascorbic acid, salt

Low Amine: ground beef / lamb

Leek and Sweet Potato Frittata (low-amine, gluten-free, soy-free, dairy-free, vegetarian)

Slices of low-amine leek and sweet potato frittata

I’m usually up to make elaborate meals, but today I wanted something easy. There is very little as easy or as low-amine as a Frittata, and you can make it out of all kinds of leftover vegetables in your fridge, if you didn’t plan on this particular low-amine frittata.

Frittatas are flexible. You can use just about any vegetables, just saute them first. Here are my raw ingredients.

10 eggs (I used 6 eggs and the equivalent volume of four eggs with four egg whites)

1 small sweet potato, cut in half and sliced thinly

1/2 leek, well washed and sliced thinly

1/2 onion, sliced thinly

1 medium or large carrot, sliced thinly

Approx 10 tiny brussels sprouts, halved (or 5 normal-sized ones, quartered)

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp black pepper

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp dill (1 tsp fresh, minced or 2 tsp dried)

1 Tbsp safflower oil

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Saute oil, onion, and leek together until the onion starts to sweat.

When onions are starting to sweat, add carrot and sweet potato

• Add carrot, sweet potato, dill, salt, garlic powder, and pepper.
• Saute vegetables, uncovered, on medium to medium high until the carrot and sweet potato start to soften. If they get a tiny bit of char on them, that’s alright.
• Grease a pie pan with oil or butter.
• Pour vegetables into pie pan.

Low-amine frittata vegetables in the pie pan

• Crack all eggs into a bowl and beat well.
• Pour eggs over vegetables.
• Garnish outer edge of pie pan with brussels sprouts.

Low-amine frittata vegetables covered in egg, surrounded by brussels sprouts, and sprinkled with dill and black pepper on top. Ready for the oven!

• Crack fresh pepper over the top, and sprinkle with additional dill.
• Place in oven for 15 minutes.

Low-amine, dairy-free frittata

• Cut into pie slices and serve warm.

AMINE BREAKDOWN:

Very Low Amine: leek, onion, sweet potato, carrot, brussels sprouts, salt, black pepper, garlic powder, dill

Low Amine: safflower oil

Moderate/High Amine: eggs (the more you cook eggs, the higher  in amines they become)

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