Sweet Potato Breakfast Pudding
Breakfast has always been a difficult meal for me. When I was first diagnosed with multiple food allergies it seemed that every single food I needed to avoid was what I ate for breakfast. I had to avoid wheat, gluten, eggs, dairy, soy, chicken, apples, yeast, tomatoes and pork. No more toast or cereal. Eggs were out, so now what would I eat for breakfast? I tried gluten free toast with nut butter, but it was dry and crumbly. I tried granola with rice milk and it made my stomach upset. Some mornings I just wanted to skip breakfast all together, but if I did that my blood sugar dropped and I got shaky and weak.
As I began to create allergy-free recipes for myself I learned to use alternative ingredients. Sometimes I switched things up a bit and ate leftover dinner for breakfast. Some nights I would cook extra squash or sweet potatoes and in the morning reheat them, add in some cinnamon and top with nuts or seeds.
Last week I had some cooked sweet potatoes in my fridge. I also had a little bit of coconut milk left in the can. I always have nut butters in the fridge so I grabbed my Vitamix and scooped out the sweet potato, added in some nut butter and a little coconut milk and whipped it up. It came out smooth and creamy and I topped it with nuts and voila, I had a delicious, healthy sweet potato breakfast pudding!
Benefits of Sweet Potatoes
- inexpensive and readily available at your local grocery store
- great source of beta carotene
- contains a healthy dose of Vit A, C, B5, B6
Do you struggle with what to eat in the morning? Give my sweet potato breakfast pudding a try and let me know what your favourite morning meal is in the comments below.
Ingredients
- 1 large cooked sweet potato
- 2 tbsp nut butter ( I like macadamia nut and cashew from Nuts to You)
- a little water, nut milk or coconut milk
- handful pecans
Directions
- Mix all ingredients except nuts in a food processor or blender until smooth
- Put in a bowl, top with raw nuts
About Shirley
I'm Shirley Plant, nutritionist and cookbook author. My passion is helping you figure out which foods fuel your body and which ones deplete it.
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