Loaded Sweet Potato Pie for Breakfast

Whew, its been a hot minute since I've been in here. But I have good reason so don't be mad. A week after my last post, I got hit with the nasty dengue fever. Even now, just typing the term gives me chills. But to make a long story short, it is by far THE worst sickness I have ever gone through. Between the 10 day migraine, 3 day 105 degree fever, psoriasis like itching and redness and the joint pain, I can't decide what made me feel the sickest. I just was thankful for it to pass, but let me tell ya, in its wake was the 10 hour sleeping days and night time restlessness, ZERO appetite (not even through measles and chicken pox did my need to feed go), extreme fatigue and yes that God forsaken itching...arghh! My skin is stil recovering from it, so long pants/tights have been the order for work wear since.

But yes, I am back to my old self, energy has returned, I suspect strength will take some time, and oh how the appetite has charged in like a damn FREIGHT TRAIN!! Dear God! Admittedly for the past week I have been really lazy and not really been eating my usual way and now my body has decided it has had enough! But after my 1st 'official' cooking class since high school yesterday, I got that fire back so here we are. And stay tuned because this space is going to be jumping the next few weeks as my experiments take on a whole new meaning!

I felt for something super delish but had no clue what I was going to make for breakfast today. Felt kinda lazy to be honest, so I dug around in my refrigerator, not that there's much, and found sweet potato and red onions. Even then I was still not sure what to do with them, so I just grabbed the potato, wrapped it in foil and popped it into the oven for about 40 mins. And after an hour, potato has been cooled by then, I still hadn't come up with something, so what do you think I did. I went by instinct. And this is what came out! Of course I ate the whole thing but for you less craven people you can split this in 2 or share it. 

Ingredients:

2-3 tbsp diced red onions

1/2 tbsp evoo (extra virgin olive oil)

1/4 cup cooked chicken (I used left overs)

2 whole eggs + 2 egg whites (beaten)

salt & pepper to taste,

1/2 tsp dried herbs/seasonings of your choice (I used a mix of mrs dash & mccormick perfect pinch garlic)

3/4 cup sweet potato (baked)

Directions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F and grease glass pie dish using non-stick cooking spray. If you bake the potato just before simple leave it on while you prep.

2. Heat your skillet over medium heat, then sauté red onions in evoo, constantly stirring/flipping onions so they don't burn, until slightly tender (I like mine caramelized-ish). 

3. Next stir in chicken until chicken becomes warmed through.

4. Then pour eggs into the pan, adding salt & pepper & herbs, with the chicken & onions and stir with a spatula just until eggs start firming up (they should still be very runny).

5. Remove skillet from heat and mix in sweet potato until combined. 

6. Pour into greased pie dish and bake for 6-7 minutes or until egg is set. 

Enjoy!

Eggs added to mixture

Loaded Sweet Potato Pie fresh from the oven!

Loaded Sweet Potato Pie