Warm & Orange: Beta Sweet Potato Hash

ugh...grooooaaaan....it's cold as...December... outside and I can't afford one of those fancified sun lamps to ward off my near certainly coming seasonal affective disorder....

Solution: Something warm and buttery tasting with lots of colorful veggies co-mingling with breakfast sausages and maple syrup. Breakfast at night, baby!

BETA SWEET POTATO HASH

1 big ol giant sweet potato or two or three little one

I bosc pear (I saved it from going bad! Another victory against trash!

3 carrots

3 garlic cloves

1 yellow onion

1 lb crimini mushrooms

2 yellow bell peppers

2 orange bell peppers

1 package breakfast sausage (I used Applegate Farms Chicken & Sage Breakfast links)

2 tbsp maple syrup

1/3 cup olive oil

salt and black pepper to taste

like a jigger or two of beer

Now, pretty much any way you combine all of these items together, it's probably going to taste good, but here's how I did it:

Boil the whole, unpeeled sweet potato and the whole unpeeled carrots in a large pot of salted water for about 30 minutes or so, or until you're done chopping up all of the other stuff.

Chop up everything else into good sized chunks. Throw the sausages in there whole and smash em around with the spatula a bit. Dump spices on top, pour olive oil on it all, cover with a lid and let cook for about 20 or 30 minutes or so, or until everything cooks down and gets kind of mushy. When it starts to stick to the bottom a bit or gets super hot/not enough moisture/etc, throw in a couple shakes of beer and let cook on medium covered for a little bit more.

Take the sweet potato and carrots out of the boiling water and peel the peel off of the potato. Chop into chunks. Slice carrots and add both to the other pot. Stir it all up and let cook cover for a little while longer, or until it looks hashy.

I served it with buttery scrambled eggs with chives and cream cheese. This was a great idea. I am awesome! I feel warm and alive for at least a moment! Yay! The end.