Whole 30 Day 2

I was so glad I had leftovers to take for lunch because I was running late as usual this morning. I'm never really late, I just have no extra time for dilly dallying. And by dilly dallying, I mean eating breakfast and packing my lunch.

Breakfast- banana, black coffee

Lunch- leftover spicy sausage "pasta" from last night

Dinner- sweet potato hash (recipe follows)


                               Sweet Potato Hash

Ingredients:

1 large sweet potato, peeled and diced
1 lb ground beef (I used some grass fed 90% lean ground beef I got from Publix)
2 green onion stalks, chopped
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp ground red pepper flakes
1/2 tsp garlic powder


Now this is nothing fancy, by no means. This is simply, "I'm hungry and I don't want to cook something that's going to take forever to get in my belly" dinner. Satisfying nonetheless.

1) Melt about 2 tbsp of coconut oil in a large skillet. You want enough oil to coat the bottom of the skillet. The point is to basically pan fry then to get a little crunch. Add the diced sweet potatoes and stir to coat them in the oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Turn heat to medium and continue to fry, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes.

This smells amazing, btw

2) Once potatoes are tender, remove from skillet with a slotted spoon. Now, my ground beef was extremely lean so I left the remaining oil in the skillet to cook it in. If you are using a fattier cut, I'd drain off all but a tablespoon of oil. You gotta have some fat! Add ground beef and seasonings to skillet.Cook ground beef over medium heat, until no longer pink, about 10 minutes. Drain. 

3) Add potatoes back to skillet and cook, stirring occasionally until thoroughly heated, 5 minutes.

Heatin' on up

4) Top with the green onions and serve!

Voila! 30 minute dinner

This was definitely a starter recipe. I didn't have much on hand to add to this, but a Mexican version would be good with jalapenos, cumin, cilantro, chorizo! The possibilities are endless! Ahh that will be a post here soon, me thinks. Welp, that about wraps it up! Day three meals and recipes coming up soon..