As a busy busy girl lately, I need quick and easy meals! Even when I’m not busy, sometimes I just don’t want to do the dishes (lazy girl!) So that’s when recipes like this come in. Today I am sharing a Paleo Breakfast Casesrole.
The only thing that makes this recipe different from a frittata is that I put it in a thicker dish, so it seemed more suitable to call it a casserole. When a dish is filled with this much color, you know that it is healthy and has a great variety of nutrients. I recently have become a nutrient seeker. I’ve been Paleo for over 2 years now, but sometimes I found myself just focusing on the foods I couldn’t eat and thinking that was enough. Now I want to focus on filling my body with the best possible ingredients every single day. There is always room for improvement.
On another note, if you spend the money to eat a high-quality, nutrient dense diet, you won’t have to pay for medical bills later. The few extra dollars on grass-fed beef versus conventional meat is worth the difference in nutrients. And for me, I don’t like to support the conventional meat industry anyways! If we all support farmers who farm their animals with care, we will make a huge difference. Your purchase matters!
The great thing about this recipe is it has carbs from the sweet potatoes and spinach. Then it also has protein and healthy fats from the ground meat and the eggs. I use ground turkey lately, because I haven’t been “feeling” beef, but you can use either. I also buy my eggs from the Farmer’s Market (90% of the time), or I buy the highest quality I can find at Whole Foods. Sweet potatoes are inexpensive and extremely healthy! I find that women (and some men too) need to remember to get carbs in different ways, like sweet potatoes and fruit.
- 12 eggs
- 1 large sweet potato
- ½ lb ground meat, turkey or beef
- ½ cup spinach
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- Coconut oil, for coating
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Coat a 9 x 9 baking tray with coconut oil.
- Cook ground meat in a skillet with coconut oil, until browned. Season well throughout cooking.
- Cut the sweet potato into slices about ¼ inch thick. Layer the slices on the baking tray.
- Top the sweet potatoes with the ground meat, and raw spinach.
- Whisk 12 eggs well. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Pour to cover the mixture completely.
- Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes, or until sweet potatoes have softened and eggs are cooked through.
Noelle says
I love your recipes but I find I don’t make as many as I’d like to because you don’t post the nutritional value. I watch what I eat very closely, measuring everything, and I need to know the ratio of fat to carb to protein.
Monica Bravo says
I’m sorry Noelle! If you use a program like Myfitnesspal you can calculate this per recipe! In the future I may start providing this.
claudia says
i can appreciate the comment but i thought that with the Paleo lifestyle we don´t worry about counting calories or ratios…..
Monica Bravo says
Hey Claudia! Not all of my readers are completely Paleo eaters and also some people may still count calories/macros for other reasons (such as fitness competing, or specific training).
MB says
Heard about you on the Balanced Bites podcast this morning! Awesome website.
A dozen eggs seems like too much for me — I understand that it is for multiple meals, but still seems like a lot with the ratio to the other recipes. Think it would still work with ~6 eggs?
Monica Bravo says
Thanks! It would definitely work with 6!
Keitha The Bajan Texan says
HI Monica, Its Keitha from The Bajan Texan. So nice meeting you at Blog Elevated. I love your blog! I will definitely try this recipe. 🙂
Monica Bravo says
Hey Keitha! Thanks for commenting and happy to meet you too! Let me know how you like it.
Natalie says
This looks fantastic. What seasoning might you suggest? Cinnamon and cumin maybe? Garlic powder might be another option, but I do like sweet in the morning. Let me know. Thanks!
Monica Bravo says
I like salt and pepper because I’m not big on sweet in the morning. Cinnamon is delicious on sweet potatoes though.
Jermaine says
Can I use chopped Chicken, instead of turkey?
Monica Bravo says
Of course!
Alicia says
Hey,
Silly question but how long do you think this would last refrigerated or can I freeze it?
-Thanks
Monica Bravo says
I would say 4 days refrigerated. And yes you can freeze it!
Sarah says
What a wonderful recipe! Made this casserole for my family and it was a hit!
Monica Bravo says
Great!
Felicity says
Hi am I able to freeze the leftovers? ?
Monica Bravo says
Yes! If you reheat them in the oven they should come out good.
Melissa says
I think this sounds wonderful, except for the fact that I despise sweet potatoes! I am going to try it for dinner tonight and use green tomatoes and mushrooms instead! Thank you for the recipe and the inspiration.
Monica Bravo says
oooh yum! You could try it with regular potatoes as well!
E.G. Sebastian says
Hmm… I forgot to buy sweet potato – bad boy 🙂 – but I still went ahead and prepared this recipe. It wasn’t bad, but I definitely needed something more…. I’m looking forward to trying next time with sweet potato.
Oh, by the way… I just added some hot sauce to it and still absolutely loved it 🙂
Monica Bravo says
Sounds yummy! Thanks for sharing!
Jen @ Keto Recipes says
I so love the creativity. This is indeed an amazing dish. Thank you for sharing.
Eilly says
The flavors were sensational with the fat if the meat baking into the other ingredients. The sweet potato is what makes this so unique, but this doesn’t seem long enough to fully cook the sweet potato slices – but any longer and the meat will burn I think. Do you bake the potato in advance? And if not, how do you slice raw sett potato? It’s so tough! Thanks for their recipe!