baby led weaning – Copycat nurture life Scrambled Eggs with sausage & Sweet potatoes
My little boy often wakes up much before I would like to be woken up and sometimes, figuring out what to make for a baby led weaning breakfast quickly can be a real challenge. This 3 ingredient recipe for breakfast that can be prepared ahead of time was a life saver!
It has 3 simple ingredients: eggs, sausage and sweet potatoes. It also can be made in a batch in under 20 minutes with enough breakfasts for a week!
I was also able to use the extra sweet potatoes and sausage to make 2 other copycat meals: Roasted Chicken with Broccoli & Potato Medley and Sausage & Peppers with Broccoli & Potatoes. This made the meal very cost effective to make! Posts to come!
Nurture Life’s easy finger foods meal plan has a really simple eggs breakfast dish, but the price point is $5.99 per container. I love how easy Nurture Life’s meals are, but this recipe is also extremely simple to make so this meal was not something I would consider getting shipped to my door.
Quick baby breakfasts for a week!
I was able to spend under $5.99 to create 7 meals! It only took about 20 minutes to make them too. It took about 5 minutes to steam the sweet potatoes, the sausages were precooked, the scrambled eggs took about 5 minutes and then I just needed to assemble the freezer containers.
Nurture Life uses a lot of the same ingredients across their meals so please check out my other posts to see other recipes that use the same ingredients. See these posts here.
The only change in my recipe from the original is that I opted for chicken sausage rather than pork sausage. I chose a sausage that had apples in it to incorporate a little fruit and sweetness into the dish.
For a fraction of the price, I thought this was an easy copycat recipe for baby led weaning breakfast!
How to
I purchased sweet potato cubes, eggs and Aidells chicken apple sausages. The ingredients were about $12, but as I mentioned earlier, I have two additional recipes that are baby led weaning friendly you can make to stretch these ingredients. Find copycat Sausage with Peppers and Roasted Chicken here.
I only used $5.88 of the ingredients for this dish.
- Pierce the sweet potato bag several times with a fork, following the instructions on the bag, and microwave them. If fresh sweet potatoes are unavailable, frozen ones are a suitable alternative. Both options are more convenient than attempting to cut raw sweet potatoes, which can be challenging.
- While the sweet potatoes are cooking, crack four eggs into a bowl and beat them with a fork to scramble. Adding milk is optional; I chose to omit it for firmer pieces.
- Heat a pan on medium to medium-high heat, then transfer the beaten eggs into the pan. I opted not to stir the eggs excessively during cooking to control the size of the resulting egg pieces. Cooking time is approximately 5 minutes, depending on your stove and pan.
- Retrieve the microwaved sweet potatoes, place them in a bowl, and transfer the scrambled eggs to another bowl. Place both bowls in the fridge for a few minutes to cool.
- As the eggs and potatoes cool, slice two sausages into bite-sized pieces, approximately 1/2 inch thick, then cut each slice into four pieces.
- Once everything is prepared, assemble the containers using freezer-friendly options. Start with a layer of sausage at the bottom, followed by sweet potatoes and then eggs.
I prepared seven baby-led weaning meals with a focus on incorporating more sausage and sweet potato than eggs, as my little one is still adjusting to scrambled eggs. Adjust the egg quantity if you prefer a more egg-centric meal. This baby-led weaning breakfast is effortlessly simple to make!
Ingredients
- 2/3 bag of sweet potato cubes (I couldn’t find organic ones)
- 4 large eggs (I chose cage free)
- 2 Sausages (I chose chicken apple)
7 baby led weaning breakfasts in 20 minutes!
These last about 3 days in the fridge and up to a month in the freezer!
I was able to fill 7 containers in 20 minutes for less than the cost of 1 container of Nurture Life! That’s over a $5 savings per container compared to Nurture Life!
Copycat Nurture Life Scrambled Eggs with Sausage & Sweet Potatoes
Equipment
- 1 Pan
Ingredients
- 2/3 16 oz bag Sweet Potato Cubes Steamable in Bag is Easiest
- 4 Eggs I opted for cage free.
- 2 Sausages I opted for natural chicken & apple sausages.
Instructions
- Stab the bag of sweet potatoes with a fork a few times and throw them in the microwave per the instructions on the bag.
- While the potatoes are cooking, break 4 eggs into a bowl and beat them with a fork to scramble them. You can opt to add milk here.
- Put a pan on medium to medium high heat and put your eggs in the pan. If you want to control the size of the pieces, don't move the eggs around a ton until the end of the cook.
- Remove the sweet potatoes from the microwave and place in a bowl and place the eggs in another bowl. Place both in the fridge for a few minutes to cool.
- While the eggs and potatoes cool, cut up two sausages into bite sized pieces.
- Once everything is cut, assemble the containers using whatever containers you have that are freezer friendly. Place sausage on the bottom then sweet potatoes and then the eggs.
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