Good food feeds the soul

I use my oven year round but I appreciate when the weather starts to cool because then I don’t need to worry about turning my home into a sauna.  If you’d like a good reason to turn on your oven consider this recipe we’re revisiting as I close out my home meditation retreat.

Enjoy!

As some of you may know, my second favorite place to work outside my office is my kitchen.  It’s my moving meditation, my head space, the place I manifest love for my family and friends.  To spread the Mahalo Love, here’s a sweet potato hash recipe I’ve come back to time and again.  It’s that good!  

It’s EASY:

Easy to follow

Easy to scale up or down for any sheltering in place party

Easy to modify for vegetarians 

The only dietary restriction I can’t see around is the eggs. The eggs bring everything together, as they usually do. Good ol’ eggs. 

Much of the prep can be done ahead of time so this can be made quickly for any meal of the day with a little pre-planning.  The author cooks the sausage and onion in two separate pans as a matter of saving time.  As I’m never in a rush to get out of my kitchen I cooked them in the same pan, adding the sausage after the onions are very nearly done.  The only note I’d like to add is the author only uses one tablespoon of oil to cook the onions.  In my experience to get beautifully caramelized onions -- that don’t need to be watched like a hawk to avoid burning-- requires a really oily pan with an oil that has a high smoke point.  Next time I make this, in addition to the minced garlic, for step #3 I may add whole garlic cloves left in their husk to get them beautifully soft and spreadable. (Leaving them in their husk keeps them from burning in the oven.) 

Please let me know if you make this or do any modifications or if you’d like help making modifications because of dietary concerns.  I’d love to hear your experience with this recipe. 

Next week, the relationship of flexibility and genetics.