Paleo Breakfast Skillet (Dairy Free)

Get ready for your day with this delicious and easy to make paleo breakfast skillet! It's loaded with veggies, complex carbs, and protein. This is made completely egg free as well, but you can serve this with an egg on top for extra protein and healthy fats!

Course Breakfast & Brunch

Cuisine American

Keyword breakfast casserole, breakfast hash

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings servings

Calories 177kcal

Author Sarah Jane Parker

Ingredients

1 Tablespoon olive oil or coconut oil (or dairy free butter if you don't need this to be paleo)
1 cup diced red bell pepper
1 ½ cup chopped zucchini
½ teaspoon cajun spice (our favorite all purpose seasoning)
2 cup packaged cubed butternut squash
1 pound lean pork breakfast sausage (opt for a gluten free or paleo variety)
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
Black pepper, to taste

Instructions

Preheat a large skillet on the stove over medium heat and add the oil to the skillet.
Chop the red bell pepper and zucchini and add to the skillet with the cajun spice and saute for about 2-3 minutes.
Add the butternut squash cubes and saute together for about 3 to 5 minutes until the vegetables begin to soften.
Add the breakfast sausage to the skillet, along with the garlic powder, onion powder, and black pepper, breaking up the sausage as it cooks. The veggies will continue to cook and soften as the sausage cooks, so everything will be cooked fully at the same time in one pan.
Cook, stirring regularly, until the breakfast sausage is completely browned and cooked through and the vegetables are softened.
Allow to cool for a few minutes and serve. You can serve this with an egg on top if you like or dairy free cheese.
If you'd like to add dairy free cheese, as soon as this is done cooking, sprinkle dairy free cheese on top and cover it with a lid for a few minutes to melt the cheese. This won't be paleo anymore if you add dairy free cheese (depending on the brand you choose).

Notes

Since I have IBS and can't eat a lot of whole onions, I used onion powder in this recipe instead of actual onions. But you can add onions to this recipe if you like instead of using onion powder: just dice 1/2 a medium onion and add it to the skillet first while you cut up the other ingredients to add to the skillet.

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