Southwestern Breakfast Bowl

I rediscovered sweet potatoes (and potatoes in general) during our Whole30 last year and was reminded of how much I love them! They are super versatile and so delicious. To mix up breakfast dishes, I tried this southwestern breakfast bowl  and have incorporated it into our regular meal lineup. It's a great breakfast, but also makes a super easy and nutritious dinner as well. As with all recipes, I usually get the general idea of what ingredients to use but will swap things around or leave things out that I don't have or prefer. Think of it as a basic outline that you can tweak to make your own.

Ingredients:

1 medium potato
1/2 a medium onion
1 red pepper
2 slices of bacon (sugar free for whole30) or 2 links Aidells apple + chicken sausage
2 tbsp olive oil

1 egg

spices (below is a list of ideas to combine)1 tsp salt
1 tsp paprika
1 pinch of cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp cumin

freshly cracked black pepper (to taste)

optional: hot sauce

Directions:

1. Peel and chop your potato into bite size pieces. Saute in prepared pan for 15-20 on low-medium heat 
2. While your potato cooking, chop up your onion, red pepper and sausage. 
3. Add olive oil, onion, red pepper, and bacon into pan with potatoes. Fry until onions are golden and bacon is cooked (not crispy)
4. Add spices/seasoning
5. Mix everything in the pan well until potatoes begin to get golden, crispy edges.
6. Put potatoes/veggies/meat into your bowl and set aside.
7. In the same pan, crack your egg and let egg whites cook before flipping it to other side for a nice fried egg. Pierce the yolk if you like it firm, keep it intact if you like it runny. 
8. Remove from pan and place on top of your breakfast bowl.
9. Top with fresh cracked pepper (and hot sauce if you wish!)

*I usually substitute bacon with Aidell's Apple and Chicken sausages. We would buy the big pack from Costco and loved adding them into dishes for a little more substance. They are really delicious in this dish, and just about anything else too.