Sweet Potato Quiche

It's: Foodie Friday!  *cheers!*

White surfing on Facebook this morning, I stumbled upon an amazing recipe:Sweet Potato Quiche  For my batch breakfasts I typically make an egg, turkey sausage, and sweet potato or rice concoction.  This looked right up my alley for a new way to create a different breakfast with most of the same ingredients.  I modified it to my liking, but it was amazing!

My version:

2 sweet potatoes

coconut oil (to coat the pan)

4 eggs

2 egg whites

splash of almond milk

handfuls of spinach

1 red bell pepper

slice of an onion (not a big fan)

6 turkey sausage links

baby tomatoes (cut in half, on top)

horizon mozzarella cheese (to sprinkle on top)

You can follow the version on the link.   I think my changes are fairly obvious, but if you have a question, feel free to ask away!

Slicing up potatoes.

Onions, bell pepper, and spinach.

Mixing the eggs, cutting the sausage, and pouring it all in.

Final presentation!

Confession

Since running the LR Marathon a couple of weeks ago, I have gone running once.  I've had a few soccer games (indoor and out) and have amped up my return to CrossFit, but running just hasn't been a craving I desire.  I knew I would also have to take some time off when my hip injection.  However, the timing of me giving my body a running rest, the injection, and the overindulgence of birthday foods has left me feeling full and fat.  I allowed myself way too many treats to celebrate- because I finished the race, because it was my birthday, because I had to carb load.  I was looking for excuses where ever I could find them.  Now, I am seeing the consequences.  It took months of hard work of training and running to drop just a few pounds on my frame, and yet it took just a couple of weeks to undo all of the damage.

I am trying to not beat myself up over it.  Tomorrow is indeed a new day.  I was hoping that if I let it out, I could let it go, and move back to making progress.  Sometimes, I just hold things inside too much, and then torture myself and mentally beat myself up for my slip ups and (temporary) failures.

I find it to be no coincidence that I saved this image just the other day.