Zucchini Noodle Breakfast Bowl
The breakfast bowls are topped with roasted sweet potatoes. If you don’t already have cooked sweet potatoes, save this breakfast bowl for a lazy Sunday morning, or make it for dinner! Everyone loves breakfast for dinner. Even if that breakfast involves zucchini.
To quickly turn zucchini into long strands of zoodles, you can use a spiralizer. If you don’t have one, the simple instructions in the breakfast bowl recipe below explain how to make zoodles with a vegetable peeler. Once you’ve got your zucchini noodles, you can steam them in a steamer basket or gently sautée them in a nonstick pan coated with cooking spray for 2-3 minutes.
Poach your eggs, and then, using the cooked noodles, build your breakfast bowl. Toss the zucchini noodles with the so-good-you’ll-want-to-lick-the-spoon garlic and avocado sauce, and divide it between two bowls. Top each with sweet potatoes, chopped green onions, and a poached egg. Finish with some freshly cracked pepper and a splash of hot sauce!
Ingredients:
- 2 medium sweet potatoes, chopped
- 4 tsp. olive oil, divided use
- ½ medium ripe avocado, cut into chunks
- 2 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
- Water, divided use
- 3 medium zucchini
- 1 tsp. fresh lemon juice
- 2 large eggs
- Sea salt (or Himalayan salt) and ground black pepper (to taste; optional)
- 2 medium green onions, finely chopped
Instructions
Here are your instructions:
Preheat oven to 375º F.
Place sweet potatoes on a baking sheet. Drizzle with ½ tsp. oil; mix well. Bake for 20 to 30 minutes, or until tender-crisp. Set aside.
While sweet potatoes are baking, place avocado, garlic, 2 Tbsp. water, and remaining 3½ tsp. oil in a food processor (or blender). Pulse until well blended. Set aside.
Using a vegetable peeler, cut each zucchini into lengthwise strips about ⅛ inch thick. Turn each zucchini slightly after cutting each strip to work evenly around the outside, stopping when you hit the seeds at the core. Discard cores. Cut slices lengthwise into ½- inch ribbons. Set aside.
Place water in medium saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Add lemon juice; reduce heat to maintain a gentle boil.
Break eggs into a small bowl. Hold bowl close to the water’s surface and slip the eggs, one by one, into the water. Cook until whites are completely set and yolks begin to thicken, about 5 minutes. Gently lift eggs out of water; keep warm.
Boil water in steamer or large saucepan over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-high. Place zucchini in steamer basket; cook for 2 to 3 minutes, or until tender. Remove from heat.
Place zucchini in a medium serving bowl. Season with salt and pepper if desired. Add avocado mixture; toss gently to blend.
Divide zucchini between two bowls; top evenly with sweet potatoes, green onions, and an egg. Serve immediately.
Recipe Notes
Tips:
- Zucchini can also be sliced on a mandolin; adjust to a very thin slice.
- This recipes would be a great way to use leftover (cooked) sweet potatoes, and it would reduce the time to make the recipe.
