Healthy Weekend Breakfast Bowls
These Healthy Weekend Breakfast Bowls are super filling and are loaded with delicious veggies like onion, red pepper, sweet potato, and arugula. Top with a fried egg (or your favorite style of egg) for a delicious weekend breakfast or brunch idea that keeps you full and satisfied!
Ingredients
- 4 slices bacon
- 1 small onion diced
- 1 red pepper diced
- 10 cherry tomatoes sliced in half
- 4 cups arugula
- 5 large basil leaves chopped into ribbons
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 2-4 Tbsp olive oil (see recipe notes)
- 2-4 eggs
- 1 avocado sliced (optional)
Instructions
- Start by frying 4 slices of bacon until desired crispness. Remove bacon from pan and put on paper towels to drain any grease. While bacon is cooking, peel and cube a medium sized sweet potato. Add sweet potato cubes to a microwave-safe bowl and add an inch of water. Microwave on high for 3 minutes. Carefully remove bowl from the microwave (bowl will be very hot, I recommend using pot holders). Drain any remaining water from bowl by pouring sweet potatoes into a colander. Chop 1 small onion until diced. Chop 1 red pepper until diced. Add diced onion and red pepper to the same pan you cooked the bacon with (if you don't want to cook in the bacon grease, either wipe clean with paper towels or use a new pan with a couple Tablespoons of olive oil). I drained about half of the grease from the pan. Cook onion and red pepper on medium heat until fragrant and translucent, about 3-4 minutes, stirring frequently. Add cubed sweet potato to the pan and add 1/2 tsp. garlic powder. Sprinkle salt and pepper, to taste. Stir sweet potato until there's some browning on the outside. Turn the heat up to medium-high if needed. Chop bacon into small pieces. Turn heat down to medium-low heat and add 4 cups of arugula to the pan, stirring frequently. It will look like a lot of arugula but it shrinks in size quickly. Add sliced cherry tomatoes. Stir for about 1 minute, incorporating all ingredients. Be careful not to have the arugula in pan too long as the texture can get slimy if cooked for too long. Turn off heat and remove pan. Add to bowls and cover with aluminum foil.In another pan, add 1 Tbsp. of olive oil over medium heat. Crack egg(s) and sprinkle salt and pepper to taste. Cook egg until desired doneness. I usually cook mine to be over medium. Add more olive oil if needed for additional eggs. Add arugula and sweet potato mixture to bowls. Top with a fried egg(s). Add sliced avocado if desired. Enjoy!