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Foodie Friday: Sweet potato breakfast bowl

This week’s recipe is brought to us by Australian Sweet Potatoes and by dietician Marika Day.

Sweet potato breakfast bowl

A delicious breakfast bowl packed with nutrition, this sweet potato bowl only takes 15 minutes to make.

  • 200 g sweet potato (approximately half a medium sweet potato)
  • 1 tsp salted butter
  • 1 egg
  • 3 stalks of broccolini
  • 2 handfuls baby spinach
  • Chilli flakes (to serve)
  1. Peel sweet potatoes and dice into large cubes. Bring a saucepan of water to the boil with a pinch of salt.
  2. Add sweet potato and allow to boil for 10 minutes or until soft and cooked through.
  3. Meanwhile place broccolini in a microwave safe dish with a dash of water. Cover and microwave on high for 1 minute. Add spinach leaves and return to the microwave to steam for a further 1 minute. Drain and season with salt and pepper.
  4. Poach, boil or fry your egg in a pan until cooked to liking.
  5. Drain sweet potato and add butter. Mash until smooth and creamy. Season with salt and pepper.
  6. Place sweet potato into a bowl and top with greens and egg. Sprinkle with chilli flakes.
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Foodie Friday: Culina et Vinum’s Green Breakfast

This Green Breakfast (poached eggs, avocado, spinach, green sauce and toast) is by Naomi Lowry, head chef at Culina et Vinum in Elizabeth Bay, Sydney. Ingredients Salsa Verde: Blend together:…
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Foodie Friday: Sweet potato and cinnamon bread

Today’s delicious recipe was created by dietician Marika Day for Australian Sweet Potatoes

Sweet Potato and Cinnamon Bread

Whether you’re a young mum, have a demanding office job, or train seven times a week, carbohydrate-rich sweet potatoes can fuel you throughout the day. Defeat that 3pm slump with this delicious recipe.

  • 1 cup sweet potato (pre-cooked, mashed and cooled )
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup pecans (roughly chopped )
  • 1/4 cup butter (melted)
  • 2 cups self-raising flour

Cinnamon Sugar Topping

  • 1 tbsp caster sugar
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  1. Preheat oven to 180°C and grease and line a loaf tin (I’ve used a 21cm x 11cm loaf tin).
  2. In a large mixing bowl combine all ingredients except flour and topping ingredients. Mix until well combined.
  3. Sift flour into mixing bowl and gently fold flour into mixture until just combined.
  4. Pour into loaf tin.
  5. Combine caster sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle on top of loaf.
  6. Place into preheated oven and cook for 55-60 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
  7. Allow to cool before slicing.
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