You’ll never guess what the ingredients are for this oh so elusive recipe. Fine I’ll tell you.
Baked sweet potato. With salsa. And avocado. And fried egg. Otherwise known as lunch.
Confession: I wasn’t going to post this (as evidenced by the crappy pictures), but it’s so freaking easy and tasty and perf for lunch that I just HAD to. I mean I already tweeted the whole dang recipe. Oops. Who doesn’t love a four ingredient lunch? I hesitate to even call this a recipe. It’s more like let’s bake a sweet potato and top it with all my favorite things. Except almond butter and dark chocolate (even though that sounds like a mighty fine dessert option).
I like to bake up a few sweet tater buddies whenever I’m at home doing computer shtuff. All ya do is preheat the oven to 400 degrees, pierce a few sweet potatoes a bunch of times with a fork, and bake for 50 minutes to an hour. They’re done when they’re very fork tender. You could also do this in the microwave, but be warned…they will be way less moist and flavorful.
AKA get off your hiney and bake them.
Did you know that a medium sweet potato only has a little over 100 calories plus four grams of fiber and two grams of protein? It also has a whopping 438% of the daily value of vitamin A (your eyes will thank you) and 38% of the daily value of vitamin C (your immune system will thank you). These babies are truly a superfood.
The secret to making this the best lazy girl’s lunch ever is to make a bake a few sweet potatoes ahead of time. That way, all you have to do is fry up an egg in your adorably unnecessary single serving egg pan, nuke your sweet potato for half a minute, smash some avocado and salsa (I love Frog Ranch hot salsa) in the middle and top it with the egg. Done and done.
Hiiiiii lunch, I lurve you.
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The perfect combination of sweet and salsa, this loaded baked sweet potato will keep you full for hours!
Ingredients
- 1 medium or large baked sweet potato
- 1 egg
- 1/4 of an avocado, cubed
- 1/4–1/3 cup salsa
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- If you don’t already have baked sweet potatoes on hand, preheat oven to 400F. Pierce sweet potatoes several times with a fork. Bake on a sprayed baking sheet for 50 minutes to an hour or until very fork tender.
- Re-heat baked sweet potato for a minute in the microwave if it has been stored in the fridge. Meanwhile, fry an egg in a small pan sprayed with cooking spray over medium heat.
- Slice sweet potato in half lengthwise. Top with avocado, salsa and then fried egg. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Store extra sweet potatoes in the fridge.
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It’s been a while since I’ve had a savoury stuff sweet potato, but thank you for reminding me how delicious it is. Now if only I had read your post before lunch… but at least there’s always dinner 😉
Dinner is calling!!
Is that what bad photography looks like? I wish my badly photographed lunches looked as good as this does! I have a half opened jar of corn salsa that is begging to be poured over a sweet potato!
I was like holy moly let’s get this freaking thing photographed NOW so I can dive in head first! I’m SO over cold food. #foodbloggerprobs
Is that what bad photography looks like? I wish my badly photographed lunches looked as good as this does! I have a half opened jar of corn salsa that is begging to be poured over a sweet potato!
I was like holy moly let’s get this freaking thing photographed NOW so I can dive in head first! I’m SO over cold food. #foodbloggerprobs
Totally agree on the baking sweet potatoes ting. I am never as satisfied when I just microwave them. The sweetness and texture increase tenfold after roasting those little buggers. I’ve never put savory things on top of my sweet potatoes, except maybe an egg once. For some reason I’m afraid I won’t like it with spice! Weird, I know, but I’ll have to give it a go.
Totally agree on the baking sweet potatoes ting. I am never as satisfied when I just microwave them. The sweetness and texture increase tenfold after roasting those little buggers. I’ve never put savory things on top of my sweet potatoes, except maybe an egg once. For some reason I’m afraid I won’t like it with spice! Weird, I know, but I’ll have to give it a go.
Look scrumptious. Love easy clean meals like these ones.:)
Look scrumptious. Love easy clean meals like these ones.:)
I love stuffing sweet potatoes will all different kinds of goodies. An egg and some veggies is a popular at-home brunch option for me. I’ll have to add avocado next time because for some reason that never occurred to me.
I love stuffing sweet potatoes will all different kinds of goodies. An egg and some veggies is a popular at-home brunch option for me. I’ll have to add avocado next time because for some reason that never occurred to me.
best combination ever..the drippy yolk on a baked sweet potato is just SO good. I normally add goat cheese and sriracha but i love the addition of avocado and salsa..yum!
best combination ever..the drippy yolk on a baked sweet potato is just SO good. I normally add goat cheese and sriracha but i love the addition of avocado and salsa..yum!
This pretty much sounds like the best thing ever! I have put dippy eggs on my baked sweet potatoes before and my family members thought I was weird…they are clearly missing out! 😉
They totally don’t get the amazingness of the drippy yolk and sweet potato combo. I seriously LIVE for the drippy yolk. Totes not weird.
This pretty much sounds like the best thing ever! I have put dippy eggs on my baked sweet potatoes before and my family members thought I was weird…they are clearly missing out! 😉
They totally don’t get the amazingness of the drippy yolk and sweet potato combo. I seriously LIVE for the drippy yolk. Totes not weird.
What an interesting combination, but I love it! Avocados and sweet potatoes will definitely be on the grocery list this weekend! 🙂
What an interesting combination, but I love it! Avocados and sweet potatoes will definitely be on the grocery list this weekend! 🙂