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Closer to a “true American” breakfast, anyway. For those of you know my eating habits fairly well, you’ve probably heard of my aversion to eggs. Hate ‘em. I wish I didn’t because they seem so gosh darn versatile. But, they’re also the ova of another animal and that weirds me out. That and the smell, phew! Anyhoo. I make do for breakfast in America at diners and the like with either a collection of side orders or the homefries or some other starch. Like delicious, sizzling hash browns. Yum. I made my own scramble today that was sort of like homefries but not really? I don’t know what to call it. Home Sweet Potato Scramble Fries? Yeah, let’s go with that.

Home Sweet Potato Scramble Fries

This serves one person, ideally enjoying a leisurely rainy morning at home during the holiday vacation:

1 small red onion, chopped
1 medium sweet potato, diced into 1/2 inch cubes
1 green onion cut into sections
1/4 cup quartered mushrooms (I used shiitake)
2 small links sausage, casing removed
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
salt, pepper, dried herbs of your choosing

I recommend having everything chopped up and ready to go - this is a minor stir fry situation.

Heat the oil in a skillet, a cast iron skillet is excellent for this if you are awesome enough to have one, and add the sausage. Stir it around a bit until it’s mostly cooked, then add the sweet potatoes. When they start to soften and get crispy and browned on the outside, toss in the onions and mushrooms. Stir often but not constantly until the onions start to soften, adding a pinch of herbs if you’d like (I used Herbes de Provence) and some S&P. Add the whiter parts of the green onions in the last minute or so of cooking, use the rest for garnish.

My sincere apologies for my lack of eloquence in recipe-writing. It’s really hard and I’m not good at ordering people around. In addition to eggs I hate coffee. Or, I should say, I hated coffee (see, past tense). During finals I got turned onto the stuff and I currently have TWO DIFFERENT KINDS of coffee in my possession.

Caffeine

I don’t know coffee and I’m not about be a Blue Bottle snob. I’ve actually tried their coffee and you know what? It tasted like a lot like coffee. Between the two varieties in my kitchen, I think I like the Illy better. I bought the Roma stuff because it had a local address on it and it was cheap but not the cheapest at Safeway. Both contain adequate levels of caffeine. I can’t help but wonder - if I am now able to consume coffee, are eggs next on my list? Stay tuned. This is my birthday month and things are bound to get a little crazy.