My produce dude at Whole Foods might know me just as well as some of my closest friends. We’ve built quite the relationship.
Yea.. he’s MY produce dude. Miguel gets to work at 4am.
He’s in the produce restocking business… and he has to get his ducks in a row before 7am rolls around, and the store opens.
I saunter in around 7:30am. I generally have ridiculous bedhead, sunglasses on indoors, a scarf wrapped around my head, and lip gloss… always lip gloss. Miguel has seen some truly unfortunate morning fashion choices. Maybe he judges. If so, at least he does so with kind eyes.
Maybe I look like one of those dishevelled, incognito super famous people… except that I’m not at all.
Miguel always greets me. We talk about what I’m about to cook. He picks up an apple and slices it for me to sample. He tells me about how many beers he is going to drink when he gets off of work, and what he’s going to do with his family over the weekend. That’s about as much conversation as I can muster at such an early hour.
I think he and I have high-fived once. I initiated it… surely it was awkward.
He gave me a smushed avocado once, and I acted like he was giving me a brick of gold. Also awkward.
I wonder what Miguel is doing right now.
Probably stacking potatoes and chatting up the girl that does her produce shopping everyday at 10:30am. She probably likes apple slices too.
Hm… she’s probably more chatty and less awkward. But I’m probably cuter.
And yes… I’m totally comparing myself to a fictional girl I just made up in my head. Whatevs. I’m over it.
I’ll tell you what.
Tomorrow morning I’d like you to saute some peppers, onions, and a bit of garlic. If nothing else… just do this. If you’re single, your neighbor will probably knock on your door and ask you to marry him/her. It smells good… that’s why.
In this hash you’ll find sauteed peppers, onions, and garlic.
There’s also roasted potatoes, sauteed sausage (I used veggie sausage), and fennel seeds.
So delicious! So fragrant. Big, yummy breakfast food.
Once all of the hash ingredients are pan fried and roasted, I tossed the warm hash with a few handfuls of fresh spinach. The warm hash will slightly wilt the greens. Topped with fried eggs… I mean, come on! Share this breakfast with someone.
Take the scarf off your head… and be a normal person for once.
Ok. That last sentence was totally just for me.
Enjoy with coffee. Eat a second helping. Take your vitamins.
Spinach and Potato Breakfast Hash
makes 2 large or 4 small servings
1 green bell pepper, diced into medium chunks
1 medium yellow onion, diced into medium chunks
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 1/2 pounds fingerling potatoes (russet or new potatoes will also be great), cut into bite-size chunks
4 tablespoons olive oil, divided
6 ounces sausage, cooked and sliced (I used vegetarian chipotle sausage) (pork or chicken sausage would also be great)
1 heaping teaspoon fennel seeds
salt and pepper to taste
2 cups baby spinach leaves
2 to 4 eggs, fried to desired doneness
Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees F. Place diced potatoes on a lined baking sheet and drizzle with about 2 tablespoons of olive oil, salt, and pepper. Bake potatoes for 20-30 minutes, or until potatoes are cooked through. Poke the potato chunks with a fork, if they’re tender they’re done.
While potatoes are baking, heat about 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large saucepan, over medium heat. (Wait! Now would be a great time to cook your sausage if it’s raw. Cook through and remove from the pan, then follow the next steps). Add the diced peppers and onions and cook until browned and broken down, about 6 minutes. Season with salt and pepper as it cooks. Add the minced garlic, and cook for 1 minute more. Remove from pan and place in a bowl to the side.
When potatoes are done roasting, remove from the oven.
Return the pan you cooked the onions and peppers in to a medium flame. Add the sliced, cooked sausage and potatoes. Pan fry until the sausage and potatoes have crispy bits on them. Add the fennel seeds. Stir. Add the onion and pepper mixture and fold to incorporate. Remove from the flame and add spinach leaves. Toss to incorporate and wilt the leaves.
Transfer the hash to a serving dish. Season with salt and pepper as necessary. Fry as many eggs and you’d like and serve over hash.
This has will last for up to 4 days in the fridge. It’s also really delicious mixed with black beans and salsa for dinner. With tortillas and cheese… amazing.
235 Responses
Hi Joy! I love your site. Just wondering – what kind of vegetarian sausage did you use? I’m intrigued. Thanks :)
I have made this recipe so many times when we have friends over for the weekends and they all love it! It’s so easy and my, I never thought that fennel seeds could really taste this good!! I also tried many different sausages and the best one is the chicken sausage from Trader Joe’s. Thanks for another great recipe.
Dear Joy,
I just want to thank you for being so freaking awesome. My sister and I stalk your every recipe and this one was no different. Ah-mazing! I used chicken sausage and a hit of my husbands go-to hot sauce over the top. Super delish. Keep doing what you do mama, because we love it.
~ Melissa
Fantastic dish! thank you! Great for Sunday, specially here in UK… I need my vitamins :D
Delicious! Made this for breakfast today and topped it with avocado. Yum!
thanks for the recipe, will try this very soon :):)
Amazing treat! I am a “homebody” too. My husband plays baseball, and for 6 months out the year we are away from our home. We move from place to place, renting homes and staying in hotels, https://www.monclercoat4u.com/ It’s such a great feeling when we get to come home, sleep in our bed, sit on our couch, and cook/bake in our own kitchen (the kitchen is often the hardest part!). It’s nice to hear of another homebody
This recipe is amazing! I made it with red pepper, bacon and mushrooms. I would have never thought of adding spinach to a hash but it was a great (healthy) addition. I’m afraid I won’t have enough leftovers to even last 2 days — Thank you so much!
just made this, SO DELICIOUS! the only sausage i had on hand was sun-dried tomato tofu sausage but it was still delicious. also i didn’t have any bell pepper so i used extra onion and a little bit of small peppers from the garden. and at the end i used baby arugula because i didn’t have any spinach. the fennel seeds at the end really made this dish AMAZING!
thank you joy!
mmm yummy without onion
its a breakfast after all :)
This is seriously the greatest thing ever. I make it all the time. Breakfast, lunch, or dinner, thank you for this delicious creation!
That looks amazing! I’ll be making it this weekend for me and my wife with some poached eggs and hollandaise!
I made these with russet potatoes, sweet potato yams and chicken herb sausage…… DELICIOUS!!
I am so happy I caught up on your blog yesterday. I made this for breakfast today and am already planning on making it next weekend when my parents come visit.
I made this spinach/potato hash the other day, although I think I used more spinach. Mmmm, spinach.
Now this would be awesome with a bit of good chorizo.
I am going to make this and then I am going to bathe myself in it. Holy yumness. Thank you for sharing.
I just made this for dinner and it was a big hit – this dish just inspired me to invite some friends over for brunch!
This is amazing! I’ve already made it twice. The first time I used mixed greens because the store ran out of spinach (What?? Exactly.) and it still turned out great. I just made it again for dinner and added some cilantro and ground red pepper. AMAZING. Thank you Joy!
Hello Joy
I love breakfast too! Nothing better than eating breakfast out: spreading out a newspaper with a cuppa and meandering throuh a warm comforting breakfast. Very sadly, my favourite, daily breakfast haunts were detroyed in our February earthquake. So I’m feeling a bit deprived. This recipe was terrifically appealing. Made it for dinner last night. Leftovers for brekkie this morning. Thanks.
Hi Joy,
I just made this recipe w/veg sausage for my fellow five hungry field workers and everyone loved it and was impressed! Breakfast is the absolute best. This recipe is totally tasty and real pretty. Thank you!
I made this for supper tonight and man, was it awesome. I didn’t have potatoes or spinach so I used sweet potatoes and tossed in a handful of frozen peas to green it up. I also poached the eggs instead of frying, forgot the garlic and it was still delicious. It’s all about the fennel seed. Thanks for this!
I’m making this tonight. I think I’ll use chorizo, too, because i think i’m addicted to chorizo. that first photo looks so delicious. mmmmmm
I don’t have any fennel seeds in the house… is there a good substitute? I’ve also heard that fennel seeds taste like licorice, so I’m a little hesitant….
This looks sooooooo good. I especially liked that idea of using leftovers with black beans and salsa. I’m not sure about needing the spinach at breakfast though. I might just go for the eggs on top of the wonderful hash ingredients, and save that spinach for lunch.
I am eating this RIGHT NOW. It’s amazing!
made this for dinner last night – loved it!
Joy I made this for breakfast today! I omitted the green bell pepper, halved the recipe and used less than 2 TB of oil, but followed it perfectly otherwise. Oh and I used turkey smoked sausage. It looked so much like yours that I was even compelled to take a picture. Way filling and yummy- the fennel was amazing in this, really crucial. And this is my 15th recipe of yours I think so I acheived my goal- don’t worry tho, I plan to keep going!
SOOO GOOD! What a perfect breakfast!
Wow, this is a v. sexual breakfast, will book that one in next weekend!!
It’s okay. I work at Whole Foods too. We have a Miguel. He’s really friendly and totally doesn’t judge the girl in the sunglasses with the scarf and lip gloss. Promise!
This makes me hungry..! I really shouldn’t be reading your blog at almost midnight! But anyway, I love the idea of the eggs on the potatoes, so beautiful and delicious….need to go make me some now…or maybe I should wait…..breakfast time is a few hours away……….not soon enough…
yes. i want to make this now. it would’ve been significantly better for me than the breakfast i just ate which consisted of a large chocolate croissant and larger mug of coffee. hash is the BEST.
I have made this TWICE since reading your blog about it. I could eat it every day. The spinach is such a lovely addition to my usual hash.
and I added some sliced tomato on the side — fresh from my garden. oh so yummy. thanks!
It was so beautiful on the plate that I, too, took a picture of my dish.
I BLAME YOU!!!! I have been craving hash browns and sunnyside up eggs for days and I couldn’t figure out why. I just rechecked your site for a new entry and saw THESE.
I didn’t make these but I made my own and they were intensely good.
Ok…. maybe I don’t BLAME you…..
…………….thanks…………..
oh my gosh! joy, you’re my hero!! breakfast is my absolute favorite meal of the day and you just made it 10 times better!!!!!!!! this is what’s for breakfast tomorrow!
When I saw this, I just knew it had to happen. It’ll be for dinner, on account of a horrible budget that will not let me make fun stuff like this for breakfast, and it’ll be made with chorizo, cause I have it in the freezer, and I cannot wait until tonight when I can make it!
I just made it with chorizo too… Delish!!!
Just wanted to say thanks so much for a great looking blog and all around atmosphere.
Keep up the great work on all you do.
Your Whole Foods is open at 7:30 am!?!?! Mine doesn’t open ’till 8. :( Thus, I end up stopping by after I’ve gone to the gym/gone hiking after work . . . at the very end of the day . . . resulting in some pretty choice fashion decisions. Yesterday MY cashier lady saw me wearing normal clothes (no time for the gym) and she gave me lots of compliments. Haha. I felt like defending myself — “See! I CAN look normal!”
I understand.
It’s closing in on 11pm, I’m slightly hungry but should go to bed, and I see this. Time for second dinner!
I adore the way you write. And that you add spinach to things. And that you understand that the way to a woman’s heart (not just a man’s) is through her stomach. This looks SO. FREAKING. DELICIOUS.
This will be Saturday brunch. Ohhh yeahh.
if i was your neighbor I”d certainly propose. i almost did, but a blog post comment just doesnt’ seem romantic enough. oh. and i’m already married. but doesn’t stop me from thinking you’re amazing!
I came on here to look up your ceaser dressing recipe. I was at the coop sans list so hopefully i got the right things. I have canolia mayo and anchovie paste and lemons. i figure i’m good if i just go from there. THANKS JOY!
Priceless!! I’m sure Miguel looks forward to your visits. :)
Woman your Whole Foods story just killed me with laughter. Soo funny. Thanks for the belly laugh.
And the recipe will be our Saturday breakfast. My man of 30 years will want to marry me all over again.?
Other than the burn I gave myself when flipping my egg and said egg flying across the kitchen that my dog enjoyed (I was having issues this morning, apparently!) this was awesome! I had it for breakfast this morning… well really dinner since I had just gotten home from work but it was 6am so it was breakfast time.
I saw today on Saveur.com you won best baking blog! I was so excited I started yelling, “I read that blog!” so I’m sure you as the writer of said blog must be excited! Congratulations!!
Yum, just heavenly yum! I make one vaguely similar to this with sweet potatoes and cumin.
LOVE the eggs on top!
This looks amazing. I must try it. Thanks for always being hilarious and making yummy things!
I just made this today for lunch…delish!!!
This looks very delicious! I love the pictures!
man does that look good!
I love potatoes, spinach and radishes. I’m making your breakfast hash for lunch today. Thanks for the recipe!
I made this tonight for dinner – I used saucisse de Toulouse at the husband’s request. It was amazing with a little blue cheese and fresh baked bread on the side.
And I’m comparing myself to fictional women all the time. Those women are infuriating! :)
I think if you made this anywhere near my husband he’d marry you. Which would be awkward. So I guess I’ll make this for him myself. Don’t cook near my husband, I want to keep him.
that hash looks delicious!
I recently saw a poster (on pinterest..are you on there? if not, you should be immediately!) that said “I don’t need to flirt. I will seduce you with my awkwardness”. And your post kinda reminded me of that. Not that your actually awkward, you’re adorable, but…you know. (I hope? Also, probably shouldn’t comment before coffee…ever) Have a great day!
Dear Joy,
Please have me to breakfast.
–ginger.
Joy, I love you. You’re the kind of person that I want to be my BFF. Especially when you make delicious goodies like this. I will absolutely, positively, 100% make this Sunday morning, because you convinced me. :D
New blogger here :)
Everything about this looks absolutely delicious. Now I am starving…totally wish I could cook like you!
Joy the Baker- This sounds so delicious. Once I move into my new apartment I’ll be making this and inviting my boyfriend over to share it with me…and maybe I’ll get a marriage proprosal as long as he smells it cooking. :)
This is so good and yes it does smell so wonderful.
So perfect i felt like it was created just for me.
Mmm I can almost smell that. Sounds like the best sunday breakfast!
WhoooHooo! Way to score the Saveur Best Blog award! Nicely done!!!
Hi Joy! I just dropped off my husband at the airport for a flight to LA and was thinking if I could go with him I would totally look for you on the boardwalk and we could bike around. Later in that daydream we make cookies and soup together. Maybe someday. You’re the coolest. Thanks for your blog <3
Congratulations on winning the 2011 Best Food Blog Awards BEST BAKING AND DESSERTS BLOG! Yippy!
I check your blog every single day. I know you don’t update everyday, I re-read them. Is that creepy? I’m sounding creepy. What I mean is that your blog is something that brightens my day, every day. If I’m sad it perks me right up. I love love love your passion for food and just plain yummy things. I envy your positive spirit. I hope you are always blessed, as you bless so many people with your love for food!
I do the same thing! Every morning at 6am when I wake up and sit down with my bowl of Kashi cereal, I check my email, the facebook, and joythebaker.com. It kind of puts me in a good mood and gets me ready for my day!
I made this for dinner tonight – so good! I added jalapenos to mine, and left off the fennel (because I didn’t have any). I usually get something like this when I go out to brunch, but now I can just make it myself.
Loved this post, made me laugh and smile!
Love this recipe, might make it for dinner sometime. Thank you for this awesome post!
Your guy got you some pretty potatoes… and I never would have thought to add fennel seeds! I also like how you fry your eggs. This whole dish looks very rustic, and I like that feeling, especially at breakfast time. Thanks!
yum! we had something similar for dinner last night. Your pics make me hungry for it all over again!!!
Nothing awkward about this yummy breakfast!
love that this is a breakfast AND dinner recipe. so great. thanks for that.
I wish my pictures looked as good as yours. I’m thinking of sending you something but I’ll need to send you a picture of it first. They are antique milk glass glasses, 6. I want you to have them. They were my mothers. Email me if you are interested.
YUM YUM YUM – Also, I like that you’re friends with the produce guy. I’m friends with the old lady who works the early morning shift at 7-11, as I am there every day at 7am to get my coffee before I head off to school. (I’m a teacher, btw.) This makes one feel part of the community. It’s important stuff, bed head, poor fashion choices, awkward conversation and all. :)
This looks incredibly delicious. I want to run to the store right now to buy all the needed ingredients to make. YUM!
Probably a dumb question. But could you tell me how to fry an egg- to perfection? :0
not a dumb question… and i’m totally bad at frying eggs! i might not be the person to answer this for you.
Well, not sure if this will be “perfection” but I’ll give it a try–
Heat up a non- stick skillet & spray w/ Pam or even better melt some butter in the pan. Carefully crack an egg into the heated pan. If the white seems like it is spreading a little much, don’t be afraid to use your spatula to sort of push it back on itself. Let it sit there until the white begins to set up. This just really depends on how runny you like the whole thing — I like my eggs over medium, so I let the white set for just a bit. Now carefully get your spatula completely under the egg and gently flip– this may take some practice, believe me, I have had many a yolk break on me so don’t beat yourself up on this ! Now let it cook a couple more minutes on this side ( oh, you might need a little more butter, just to ensure it doesn’t stick.) Carefully remove w/ spatula & enjoy! I also love to make ” eggs in the nest” which is an even easier way to fry the egg and it won’t break or spread out. Just get a bisquit cutter and cut a whole in a piece of bread, butter the bread, put it in the pan and break the egg into the center. Fry the egg as above. It is delicious this way!! Hope this helps!
The key is to have enough oil in your pan (bacon grease is totally the best, if you’re into that sort of thing) and to let it completely turn white before you flip it. Also, cook it on medium heat, otherwise if your heat is too high your yolk will get hard. And then, what’s the point of a fried egg if you don’t have a runny yolk? Hope that helps. I love fried eggs. They’re my favorite!
After many a fried egg that broke while turning– I have found the easiest way to cook a fried egg (and my son’s favorite way to eat it) is by making “egg in a nest”, You simply get a piece of your favorite sandwich bread, use a round cookie or bisquit cutter and cut a large hole in the middle. Put some butter in your non-stick pan, then the bread, and then crack the egg into the center hole. Cook a few minutes on one side, until the white is set, then flip the whole thing over. The bread helps to keep the egg all intact and together. Cook a couple minutes on the other side, salt & pepper, enjoy!
Also, after you flip the eggs, immediately turn the burner off and let the residual heat complete the cooking–only takes a couple of minutes.
* I was a breakfast cook (in a former life) and learned that to make “over-easy”
1. wait til the whites are cooked
2. gently turn the egg over
3. quickly grab a plate
4. flip the egg out onto the plate
Hope this helps!
Okay, I have to put my two cents in! I was taught to not flip the egg just gently baste the vegetable oil or whatever over it with a spoon. Makes a very light film and then take it out and place on paper towels and then put on the plate. The yolk stays nice and runny.
That’s how I was taught too. :)
I just wanted to tell you that I peruse a lot of food blogs and your’s is one of the only ones I actually read! Your writing style and humor is so fun. And of course I love the food you post too! I just thought I would tell you :)
ps…I wish I knew Miguel.
somehow, i had these exact ingredients in my fridge/pantry and was wondering what to do with them, so i just made the most delicious dinner ever, thank you!
love.
So, I have my own produce man at Smith’s grocery store.
His name is Oscar. He’s so sweet, speaks very little English,but always says “Howareyou?” When I can’t find something I need, we play charades and he finds it in the back. If he can’t find it, he is so sad that I promise to come back in a few days and he will try and get it….
love him..
I wouldn’t think of something like this for breakfast normally, but it sure does look good. Hmm. I could make it right now, as an almost midnight snack, now can’t I? Sounds good.
you crack me up…literally..here I sit with some warmish tea looking outside, knowing that the inevitable is awaiting me , with the lawnmower…I jump on here to look for a cake..a cake will make me happy after sweating like a pig behind that cumbersome machine.. and low and behold you have a hash, that I will be making for dinner, before I eat my cake.. Thanks for the laugh, and Im sure Miguel looks forward to your awkwardness haha
Brilliant idée! A salty but yet complete breakfast, it looks really good, even for a good brunch!
you want to hear something messed up? my landlord lives directly next door to me and we share a common entryway/hallway. everytime my fiance or i cook and/or bake (which is a lot) she sprays toxic air freshener in the hallway so it looks like a cloud. apparently, the smell of home cooked food is offensive. i wish we lived next door to you.
thats downright crazy!
Yeah, and very rude too!
LOL..hilarious. the breakfast looks deelish but I have to admit I was too busy lol-ing to jot down the ingredients.. and I can totally relate to comparing myself to fictional characters–and Im not bragging by the way. :0)
Yum, I am making this for lunch today :)
I make something like this about once every other week for dinner. This week it was sunchokes instead of potatoes. Good decision. You should try it!
The hash looks oh-so-delish and healthy. I would leave the runny eggs off mine (blech!) but if I’m feeling like a nice wife, my husband’s has would have a runny egg because he loves runny eggs more than anything in the world. Thanks for the awesome recipe!
It’s amazing to me that I never ate an egg like that (sunny side up, over easy, etc.) until about 8 years ago. I always ate them scrambled until they were lightly browned. My life has never been the same since I discovered a runny yolk.
Like you I loved scrambled eggs BUT now I adore over-easy, just like the photo!
Yum!
Joy…all your pictures tempt and tease me, but I think this one tempts and teases me the most! I love spinach and eggs any day of the week, any time of the day. Add potatoes, onions, peppers (with or without meat)…well…that’s my idea of heaven!
Any other day I’d have spinach in my fridge so I could make it for dinner this evening. But as luck would have it, we’re out. : ( But without a doubt I’ll be making it very soon!! Thanks so much for sharin’ the recipe, and by the way…I’m sure you look great in scarves, and besides…I think it’s perfectly normal to wear them! Bet the produce guy thinks you look great in them too! :)
Love me my produce guy.
Once he asked what I was making, and when I told him salsa verde (I was standing in front of the tomatilloes), he quickly grabbed my arm ushered me over to the the international foods isle and helped me pick out all the ingredients for his favorite salsa verde sauce.
It was ackward. But I have mad love for that man.
This looks so good…. maybe I’ll have this for dinner. Breakfast for dinner is always welcome in my book.
This totally takes breakfast hash to new heights! My hubby makes the b’fast hash around here, so if I want onions and peppers (and I do) I’ll have to make it myself. I think I could talk him into the sausage and spinach though…
This looks sooooo yummy! I wish I could make some rightnow.
Wow, this looks fantastic as I sit here in my apartment with nothing but oatmeal in the pantry….I think a shopping trip is in order. I guess now that I’m officially a college graduate I should stop living like a college student, huh? :-) Anyway, I think I might have to try this for a breakfast party with my fiance or girlfriends or mother sometime in the very near future….yummmmm.
I love hash. so versatile with whatever is in the fridge. And then add a couple of over easy eggs. perfect.
looks really good and cute story too
First time poster, been reading daily though for a long long time. Girl, do you serious eat such stuff for breakfast there? It looks delicious, I won’t argue that, but if we ate this in Greece for breakfast we wouldn’t ever get anything done. Though it does look delicious. And I so happen to have all mats in my fridge, and some excellent veil sausage. And those potatos really look like they want to get eaten by someone. I wouldn’t mind trying a little. Maybe just a little? With some fresh crusty bread? With some butter in it?
You are the devil:S
Saw this this morning and cooked it just now. It was great, even lacking sausage or spinach (too hungry to shop first). I had got into a rut always using fennel with chilli, and never thinking of frying eggs. It was really yummy. Thanks for a great lunch!
Hilarious! But I’m not one to talk… we have a fish guy and a meat guy at Whole Foods….
This looks so delicious! I will definitely make this sometime this weekend for my family :)
love the style of these pictures joy!
This looks delic! I’m a vegetarian but for some reason have always been afraid of veggies sausages. I must admit I do miss having a sausage with my morning breakfast. I’ll give this recipe a try this weekend, and I’ll even go with veggie sausage. My boyfriend gets totally weird about the idea of tofu and veggie sausage (he is a carnivore), I think I’ll entertain myself and sneak it in without telling him. I bet he won’t even notice.
Not only are you cuter than the 10:30 fictional gal… you’re a waaaaay better cook, too!
Yum! There’s nothing better than a savory breakfast dish…must try this one this weekend!
Ok, so I love the image of your get-up and early morning convo. The folks at Whole Foods know me too and we chitter chatter, especially in the meat/fish department. They know me because I’m the one looking for goat and kangaroo and sushi grade fish. Not often, mind you, but often enough to make my butchers remember me.
this totally makes me hungry right now! I’ve always wanted to cook with fennel but haven’t yet–I bet it’s really good though.
joy this looks absolutely delicious. a hearty and tasty meal my BF would love!
Hi from Finland! I have been you fan since I discovered your blog, about a month ago. You are really funny, and your pictures and food look excellent :) This is a feel-good blog for me!
This is perfect. If I magically had this on my table tomorrow morning, I would be in heaven.
haha cute story! I most certainly do not have a produce guy. I wish I did though. I would tell him how awesome his potatoes made my breakfast hash!
You are a pure unadulterated delight. :)
So…your amazing thanks for making me smile in the middle of my hectic finals week…you will always be cuter than any fictional girl!
Yay for Whole Foods produce friends!! My friend’s name is Brian, but unlike Miguel, Brian isn’t all that friendly to me. We don’t really talk. Actually, I’m pretty sure Brian doesn’t know I exist. But he is super cute. So what’s that called when it’s a one sided friendship? hmm….
Anyway, your breakfast hash looks utterly divine. If I give up eating raw for one day, can I come eat breakfast at your house, Joy? I’ll bring the coffee and homemade cheese danish!
In fact..I’m going to leave the picture of the finished product up on the computer screen in HOPES that my husband will see it. Tomorrow is our Sunday and he always makes breakfast so MAYBE I can get someone ELSE to make it for me!
I mean…I just never thought of adding spinach to this. It’s genius.
As always, looks and sounds divine! In fact, the whole routine–the glamour-meets-grunge early morning trip to Whole Foods–sounds like a lovely start to the day.
I am ALL about a yummy breakfast and this is right down the Missy aisle. I am making this as soon as humanly possible. Thanks!
It’s 11:24 pm here, is that too late for taters? Thanks for making me smile Joy!
So. Isn’t it the rule that the first customer of the day wins the produce guy? So you TOTALLY beat the 10:30 girl, that skank, but it’s the 7:05 temptress you have to look out for.
Just sayin.
P.S. I’m the 10 pm girl. I never win the produce guy. I only win stoners. And really, is that a win at all?!?
best comment ever.
I was just thinking what i should make for dinner tonight when i checked your blog. Dinner, DONE.
Thank you!
I love your style of writing just as much as your recipes. Cutest!
Thanks for making me smile. I had a crappy day.
This looks so incredibly delicious. Just found you via twitter. So glad I did. Hubby even looked over my shoulder, and said how delicious that looks.
Joy–I love you! Your posts always make me smile:)
Always look forward to your posts and recipes!!! You are hilarious!
Oh Joy… you’re de-finitely cuter!! :) this looks so delicious… if I hadn’t just finished a spinach blueberry smoothie… I’d have to whip up some of this hash right now… oh my, my…… I just adore you and your blog… you always make me smile!!
This is totally a “breakfast for dinner” kinda meal!
I love love love dishes like this. And have some potatoes I need to use up. So I think I know what we are eating tomorrow.
(Also, loving your blog!)
I’m jealous of your fried eggs. What magic do you work on them? They look way better than mine!
This looks delicious. And my girlfriend, the-awful-vegetarian-who-doesn’t-like-vegetables, actually says it’s something she would try if I made it. Win-win. Thanks for the breakfast rec!
Wish I had a produce guy to talk to. This looks good, I can actually see myself eating this for breakfast… and usually I only eat sweet things for breakfast
can I just say, I found your blog yesterday and have clicked thru it so much I cant even remember how I clicked myself here in the first place.
I feel like I have discovered a pot of gold….
Normally when I discover something so amazing I want to share it w/ everyone! No offense, but I don’t want my people to know about you… I don’t want any of them knowing the GENIUS that is behind all my new found amazing cooking.
So for now….. your my dirty little secret (:
Amazing meal Thanks for a great recipe! ;)
I love the idea of adding spinach, fresh and crisp, to hash. Was that the produce guy’s idea? So much color in a typically dull brown lifeless food. I love making hash with turkey sausage and peppers, but veggie sausage and spinach sounds even better.
I think I might make this for dinner. Its everything I’m craving in one dish!
You’ve probably heard this a thousand times, but since I just discovered your blog today (love it!), I’ll tell you anyways: you’re hilarious. Thanks for the smile you just put on my face, I’m looking forward to reading more.
Yes, I agree, you’re certainly way cuter than that fictional girl. I love this breakfast hash! I’ve been eating raw for over a month, I love every moment of it…but seeing this hash and imagining how great it would be with those black beans and salsa, has got me thinking maybe I’ll ditch the green smoothie tomorrow morning. And if it guarantees engagement, even better!
PERFECT eggs! Now I want eggs for dinner :p
*hugs*
I REALLY need to move to the USA!
NOBODY talks to me in ANY dept. in my Canadian grocery stores & if I initiate the convo they think you are trying to pick them up, a psycho or just talking to your self!
TRUE & don’t ever ask for lemongrass….that makes them call store security!
Thanks Joy, I needed a smile today!
(sorry for all the ! marks)
I live in Vancouver, BC Canada and have a couple truly fab produce guys. Just sayin’. ;)
I think it depends on the grocery store. I find the cheaper stores like no frills and freshco are basically entirely staffed by teenagers who are awkward by nature to talk to. There are some super pleasant produce people at my Zehrs though…and a small local grocery store that I used to work at.
I live in Winnipeg Canada and I usually have super friendly produce people. They even go into the back to get things for me if I ask and give samples (even in the grocery store!) if I haven’t tried a certain fruit before. However if I want the best customer service I go to the Farmers Market, or local fruit mart. They are truly awesome there and even chat about recipes and give suggestions!
Gorgeous dish! I need more ideas for breakfast meals. Congrats on the big win! You are completely deserving.
Looks like breakfast for tomorrow is set! Thanks for always making me smile (and hungry) Joy!
I just finished reading “SAVEUR.” I am tickled pink for you!
thank you!
Love. Your. Blog.
Period.
I love this blog, and I’ve been lurking here for a while and now I just wanted to comment to say congrats! You deserve it!
This sounds delish.
Congrats on winning the Saveur Best Baking and Desserts blog. You rock!
Sounds like you and Miguel have a good thing going on. I would have totally loved the smooshed avocado, too! Haha! : P
joy- brilliant!
this is the BEST way to get my hubby to eat more veggies.
see he loves my sweet potato hash (one veggie down) and now
i can sneak in one more veggie: spinach.
brilliant!
YUMM! Omg Joy, this looks amazing! What brand of veggie sausage did you use? I don’t eat meat, and I’d love to find a great veggie sausage!
oh man, this sounds good! might need to pop over to the store and get some peppers…and perhaps, introduce myself to the produce guy.
I’m thinking breakfast for dinner!
Mmm delicious! Perfect for brunch with the fam this weekend!
Nice! I’m definitely going to have to try this – I love that you used vegie sausage, I use them often in cooking instead of the real thing.
I had a crush on my produce guy. He had red curly hair and whenever we made eye contact, I totally blushed like mad. (“had” because he doesn’t work there anymore :( ) Anyway, breakfast things like this are my favorite, and I have yet to try veggie sausage even though I went vegetarian a year and a half ago!
Also, big congrats on the Saveur award!!! :)
Mission accomplished…you cracked me up!
I make almost this same recipe with kale… and something crazy — radishes! Seriously, grab some fresh radishes and cook them with your potatoes.
thanks for giving me potato cravings. ah, the starchiness…
I totally want this for dinner tonight.
Once many years ago I decided that I was going to try to date my Whole Foods produce guy. Bad idea. He too drank many beers after work. He was better at selling produce. Live and learn.
I’m a big fan of awkward high fives! In other words, I give awkward high fives often enough that I’ve grown to like them rather than being embarrassed by them…
ha. i’m so totally that disheveled girl at the supermarket at odd hours! it’s worth the embarrassment when you’ve got results like this – delicious!
I love this post and I am going to make this for my in-laws this weekend. BTW…the produce guy at my Whole Foods is very chatty as well and talks with me about other stuff he is going to do after work (just think, Bay Area and it involves something green). I always get a kick out of him and his charming banter since he is about 20 years younger than me and we live such different lives.
Well aren’t I glad I clicked over to you site to get some dinner inspiration just now! This is totally dinner tonight with some Chorizo and runny eggs! Yay!
perfect!
BTW, it was delicious! And the husband took your suggestion of tortillas and cheese and salsa, also amazing!
Your stories are always the best. I WISH I had your gift for gab. And this recipe is fantastic. I don’t know why I’ve never thought to throw spinach in a hash but I haven’t and it sounds fantastic.
Nothing is better meat and potatoes..
Oh man, again with the potatoes! I really wish I loved them as much as the rest of the world! …Or at least liked them. Regardless, this still looks super beautiful, Joy!
This sounds like the perfect breakfast, cookie dough for dessert included! You rock!
Heehee, you’re so cute. And for the record I think you’re cuter than her too.
I also think you’re in my head, I’ve been making potatoes and greens and eggs for lunch the past few days. So yummy :) I could totally eat it for every meal of the day.
Yum.
I made homefries last night as part of dinner. 4 potatoes, fine dice. I precook mine part way in the microwave and then fry them in a large skillet with butter and olive oil. Midway through I grind a bunch of pepper and toss on some cajun spice or something else delicious and spicy. Not as easy as wavy fries in the oven, but tasty. So tasty.
This is everything I like smashed into one dish (even the veggie sausage). I love your breakfast foods!
I feel like soft boiled eggs or eggs over easy just make everything look beautiful and taste better. This recipe looks amazing. Maybe my fiance would dig this since it’s a step up from the normal eggs and toast that I tend to eat 3 nights a week- as he eats his meat and potatoes. Thanks for the idea.
PS- My Maine friends and I have decided that if you ever want to come to the East Coast and teach us a cooking class- that we would repay you with all the free seafood and boat rides you would ever want. Think about it!
See how I renamed him Juan in my mind; Miguel is your produce guy, Juan is mine :)
I always get a fun chuckle out of your stories. Juan doesn’t know what he’s missing.
I love a good breakfast hash and the combination of fennel seeds and sausage is perfect. I may do this for a dinner for breakfast tonight. Keep up this recipe roll you’re on.
I love hearty dishes like this one…BLD for me!
“Hm… she’s probably more chatty and less awkward. But I’m probably cuter.”–
No doubt you’re cuter! :)
I love that youre in WF’s by 730am??! Whoa! I am barely going to bed (I work nights). And that you know the hours of everyone who shops there. Just means you ARE a food blogger and foodie :)
Wow, what an amazing breafast! Thanks for the recipe, i’ll be trying this at the weekend.
Joy? Are you turning into a vegetarian???
no way! i just don’t eat meat very often.
This looks so delicious. I am all over some sauteed garlic and onion potatoes. In fact, that’s my favorite way to eat potatoes; full of flavor and a little charred. Oh man, I’m hungry. And wondering if Miguel reads your blog? If so, he’s got to be soooooooo elated that he got a shout out.
Those are the most rusticly perfect fried eggs I have ever laid eyes on.
Oh, and I would like to scarf this down immediately. At 3:27 pm.
Oh yes.
rustic fried for sure.
I just ate lunch and I’m hungry again. I wanna make this for breakfast and lunch and dinner.
I go with my most terrible looks to get coffee on Saturday morning. My barista at the tiny coffee shop near my place, has already realized that the Spaniard is kind of weird. But she always greets me with a smile a ‘how’s your day going so far’ and some comment about my nationality.
I’m gonna have to find myself a produce guy. I’m jealous.
Joy,
You are too funny. I love reading your posts. And you are cuter than that fictional girl. And I love the addition of fennel seeds to the hash. And have I told you I LOVE your writing.
Can’t wait ’til your book is out.
Elana
This looks fantastic! I just added it to next week’s meal plan. Your eggs look amazing, btw. Why do my eggs never look like that?! Wow. I’m totally hungry now and I just finished eating my lunch. Sheesh.
Your posts always make me smile/laugh! Your eggs look absolutely perfect!
Dang it do I love hash. And fennel seeds.
I’m going to take the scarf off of my head and pound some spinach and potato breakfast hash later today. Did you bring some to Miguel?
And don’t be so hard on yourself – 10:30 produce girls are always more chatty and less awkward than 7:30 produce girls. But they get the bruised produce. It’s the circle of life.
Love the idea of using whatever you have in your fridge to make a delicious breakfast/lunch/brunch/dinner/snack/whatever. This looks amazing and I love the colours. Thanks Joy!
I usually do kashfi cereal ( did I spell that right? ) and fruit with soy milk for a weekday breakfast but, oh my gosh, does that sound like an absolutely wonderful weekend indulgence with my favorite chicken artichoke sausages – and, perhaps, a bellini cocktail or Ramos gin fizz!!
you are so prolific with the recipes these days lady! and i’m sure you are cuter than the imaginary 10:30 am girl.
mmm, if only I could wake up in time to make breakfast before work!
Yes, please!
Yum! This is definitely tomorrow’s breakfast. num num num num….