From our family kitchen
Sweet potato and fried egg with rocket
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This dish is simply the best, especially when you have leftover sweet potato, as it’s super-quick, easy and nutritious. Start your day with the right foods to fuel your body, and you’ll soon see a difference.
Serves 1
Ingredients
- 140g purple sprouting broccoli
- 2 tsp Lucy Bee coconut oil
- Cooked sweet potato, diced
- ½ tsp dried chilli flakes, or to taste
- 1 medium egg
- Himalayan salt and ground black pepper
- Handful of rocket, to serve
Method
Steam the sprouting broccoli for about 4 minutes, until softened.
Meanwhile, melt half the coconut oil in a small frying pan over a medium heat. Add the sweet potato and chilli flakes and cook until warmed through. Tip onto a plate.
Melt the remaining coconut oil in the pan, crack the egg into it and fry to your liking, then season. Transfer to the plate along with the steamed broccoli. Add some rocket on the side and serve.
From Coconut Oil: Nature’s Perfect Ingredient. Recipe text © 2015 Lucy Bee Limited.
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Lucy & the family
A family story, rooted in gluten-free cooking
Lucy’s coeliac diagnosis changed the way the family cooked and ate. Reading labels, choosing ingredients carefully and preparing meals from scratch became second nature.
These recipes reflect our family’s love of natural, minimally processed ingredients and food to enjoy together, including recipes from our two coconut oil cookbooks.
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