My very favorite meal in the whole entire world. For real.

I love breakfast skillets. Like the ones at Denny's or Village Inn. Love them. Unfortunately, they are super greasy, and the cooks are sometimes hit and miss, so you take a gamble on the quality you're going to get. Also unfortunately, as a food addict, I find myself unable to stop eating the meal even if it's not very good. Instead, I now make my own at home, and I am never hit and miss :)

I usually make this with zucchini and/or squash, but I only had a little leftover, so I decided to supplement it with....



Golden potatoes! My mom taught me to use leftover baked potatoes to make hash browns or breakfast potatoes. I baked these in the microwave, wrapped in a little towel so they could steam. I like to leave them in the microwave for an additional 5-10 minutes after the DING! to let them finish steaming.



I chopped up 2 slices of bacon and fried them up separately in a small frying pan. I dumped the whole thing out on a paper towel-lined plate so that just a little bacon grease is left in the pan.



While the bacon cooks, I chopped up a little onion (seriously, like 1/6 of an onion) and two baby red bell peppers. I then saute these in a large pan (make sure it's large so everything has room enough to cook!) with butter. I ran out of salt (what?!) so I used salted butter instead of avocado oil, which I usually use. Worked pretty well :)



Once the veggies are tender and a little brown, I add the potatoes, which I have chopped into bite-size pieces.



At this point, I don't even use utensils to stir this, because I find that it makes the potatoes squishy. So, use your muscles and flip the mix in the pan! Tosses it all together, makes sure the oil/butter is coating everything evenly, and they all cook evenly, too. I give the pan a little shake every minute or so until the potatoes have started to brown, which doesn't take long.



Add the leftover squash/zucchini, toss in that bacon, shake and toss your pan, and let it sizzle away while you cook your eggs.



Again, I turn my pan with the little bit of bacon grease on medium heat, and crack in my two eggs once the grease is running on the pan when tilted. Because the bacon grease naturally has a salty flavor, I don't even bother adding salt to the eggs (which I couldn't anyway, since I'm still out of salt!!!). Once the eggs look about like this, or maybe 30 seconds later, I flip them carefully with a rubber (or silicone?) spatula. This will make over-medium eggs, with a fully-cooked whit and runny yolks. Dude, I hated yolks when I was a kid, and I'm so glad I grew out of that!

Once I flip the eggs, I dump the veggie mix onto a plate and cover it with shredded cheese. I then top it with my eggs, and add some sugar-free ketchup, and voila!



I liked it with the potatoes, because what's not to love about potatoes?!

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Carbs. Carbs are what's not to love about potatoes :/ It was good in a pinch! And if you're not as concerned about overall carb intake as I am, then go for it!