We love having eggs in the morning, usually hard boiled or sunny side up eggs and omelettes. But on weekends we prefer a more filling and nutritious breakfast and these Breakfast Egg Stuffed Sweet Potatoes are just the prefect choice! They are loaded with mozzarella cheese and bacon and topped with fresh parsley – who wouldn’t love this!? You can make them with russet or red potatoes instead of sweet potatoes, depending on personal preference. I prefer sweet potatoes not only because they are tastier but because they are a lot more nutritious and packed with vitamins B, C & D, iron and magnesium. If you feel like it, you can enjoy them as an appetizer or even as a light dinner.
Time: 30 min, Prep: 10 min. Cook: 20 min.
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
- 2 large baked sweet potatoes (poke potatoes with fork & bake @ 400°F / 200 °C for 1 hour or until you can slide a fork through without resistance)
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella
- 4 bacon slices
- 4 eggs
- Fresh parsley
- Salt & pepper
Directions:
Cut of each baked potato (bake them the night before or use any leftover baked potaotes!) in half and scoop out some of the flesh. The more you take out the more cheese and bacon you can add.
Break an egg into each potato half, sprinkle some salt and pepper and top with mozzarella cheese.
Add bacon and bake for 20 minutes at 350°F / 180 °C.
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im vegetarian-if i just omit the bacon wont it still be as delicious as it looks???
May i change the bacon with another poultry?
Do you have any suggestion for it?
I’m muslim and can’t eat bacon and its product
Thanks for sharing
You can use turkey bacon and add some smoked cheddar cheese for extra flavor 🙂
Roxy, what did you do with the scooped out sweet potato flesh? Anything special?
And I like my bacon crispy, so should I precook it before putting it into the potatoes?
Hi Karen,
I usually make mashed sweet potatoes for our toddler… he loves it :). Just add little bit of milk and butter and salt & pepper to taste.
You can definitely precook the bacon. But it would probably be better to put it into the potatoes, on top of the cheese, after baking the potatoes for 10-15 mins…if you add it from the beginning it might become crispier than expected :). Or you can add it from the beginning but first break an egg into each potato half, add the bacon and then top with mozzarella cheese to avoid overcooking/burning the bacon.
All good suggestions! Thanks for getting back to me, Roxy…I appreciate it. Have a nice night!
You’re very welcome! Have a good night as well!
Wow I love everything about this! I would’ve never used sweet potatoes but I love that!! Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! Your recipe has been pinned to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! Please join us again this week!
This is so original and unique! Thank you very much for bringing this to the WW Blog Hop. I can’t wait to see what you bring next week. Carrie, A Mother’s Shadow
These look amazing! I’m a vegetarian, so I would just leave out the bacon, but I’m sure it would still be fantastic. Pinning! Thanks for sharing at the Create & Share link up! Hope to see you again tomorrow night 🙂 (7:00 PM MST) http://designsbymissmandee.blogspot.com/
What a breakfast treat, they look great. Thanks for linking up to Sweet and Savoury Sunday, stop by and link up again. Have a great day!!
Happy Sunday! Hope you’re having a FABULOUS weekend–just wanted to swing by and give you a huge “Thank you!” for linking up at Bewitchin Projects last week–and we’ve already got the party started again today, so be sure to come link up again here: http://www.ourminifamily.com/2014/08/bewitchin-projects-block-party-week-5.html
XO
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Found your submission on my Wednesday Whatsits post. I must try this! Looks amazing!!
This looks like a great recipe for a brunch. Personally I love sweet potatoes. I’m pinning this to my breakfast brunch board. Thanks for coming to the party @DearCreatives I hope to see you again this week. Theresa
These look delicious; I love sweet potatoes! This is such a unique recipe. Thank you for linking at the In and Out of the Kitchen Link Party. Hope to see you again next week.
What a unique idea! I am looking forward to trying these. Glad I found this post at the #WonderfulWednesdayBlogHop!
I love this idea! I think I will try it with regular potatoes (b/c I have those on hand) first. Thanks for helping me plan a meal for this week! 🙂
These look amazingly delicious. Thanks for sharing with us at Wake Up Wednesday Linky Party.
Angel
Always looking for new and unique breakfast ideas. This one is amazing. I found your recipe over at the New Mrs. Adventures link party. I host Tickle My Tastebuds Tuesday and would love it if you would come over and share this recipe. I’m sure our party goers would love it! Here is the link http://bit.ly/1kRX8Tm. Have a wonderful day!
These look so good! I often fry sweet potatoes to go with our eggs for breakfast, and now I so want to try this!
Love this idea! Combines the best of breakfast food in one delicious potato skin.
A stuffed potato for a breakfast option sounds great!
These sweet potatoes look so delicious – I like the idea of the sweetness of the potato with the salty bacon….yum!
Looks very yummy!!!
Wow, what a great idea!! I love this so much – pinned and dying to try! My husband would love these!
Absolutely love this recipe and just shared it on my blog in a Friday Foodie Fave post where I share my favorite recipes finds from around the web.
Thank you so much for the feature, Vicky!
This is such a great idea! I love how you used sweet potatoes for added nutrition! These egg-stuffed sweet potatoes look like the perfect healthy and filling breakfast!
Thanks Kristine! This is indeed very filling and so delicious!