Here’s the plan: breakfast!
Here’s the second plan: dice up potatoes, toss it with stuff, and call it hash.
Here’s the other part of the first and second plan: serve it to someone you love. Maybe that’s your dad. Maybe that’s your handsome husband. Maybe it’s that dude who takes your trash bins in just because he’s nice.
Here’s another important part of the plan: parsley and butter… they should go in pretty much everything (except probably cupcakes).
This is Dad and me. I know because my mom put a sticker on this… one of my favorite photos. My Dad is the best man I know. I also love those jeans… I wish he still had those so I could borrow them.
But seriously… best man I know. Thanks for being that guy, Dad.
Other Dad-friendly foods include:
Dad’s Buttermilk Biscuits & Dad’s Buttermilk Pancakes & Dad’s Perfect Sweet Potato Pie
See a theme here? Yea.
I’m obsessed with these assorted new potatoes. I like when food is pretty.
Corn is out of control right now. It tastes like candy.
Parsley still tastes like parsley though… not candy… be cool.
Corn nibblers.
Listen… it’ll go all over the kitchen floor as you slice it off the cob. It just will. Hopefully your cat eats corn.
Mine does. Weird.
This breakfast side is super simple and versatile.
New potatoes are roasted in the oven with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Onions are grilled in cast iron.
Fresh corn gets cut from the cob and a handful of parsley is chopped.
Potatoes and onions get engaged, married, and move into the cast iron skillet together. Potatoes makes onions get rid of her couch that he hates.
Corn and parsley come over. They bring their friend butter… and everyone lives happily ever after, in the belly.
Serve with scrambled eggs.
Real life. This is mine. Welcome to it.
Sweet Corn Hash
serves 2
1/2 to 1 pound potatoes, cut into chunks (as many as you and your guest would like to eat)
olive oil, salt, and pepper
1 small or 1/2 of a large onion, diced
2 fresh ears of sweet corn
1/4 cup chopped parsley
2 tablespoons butter
salt and pepper to taste
Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place potatoes on baking sheet, and toss with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until tender and cooked through.
While the potatoes are cooking, saute onions in a cast iron skillet, over medium heat until tender and browned. Turn off heat and set aside until potatoes are done baking.
Slice corn off the cob and chop parsley.
When potatoes are done baking, remove from the oven and place in the cast iron skillet with the onions. Cook over low heat. Add corn and remaining 1 tablespoon of butter, salt, and pepper. Toss until butter is melted and corn is just warm.
Remove from heat. Toss in parsley and serve.
This hash lasts, in an airtight container in the refrigerator, for up to 4 days. It’s delicious.
sheila @ Elements
Oh Joy…your hash looks heavenly!! I just have to try it these days! I’d make it right now if I had any fresh parsley, but sadly, I’m all out. :( I just love that picture of you and your father by the way. It’s such a sweet photo of you two in the kitchen, and it makes me smile. I love sweetness…and not just in food. :)
Sandra
You were such a cuuute baby! I love your dad’s shirt, too! Happy Father’s Day to him! I’m going to try the sweet potato pie….me and desserts……
Lynne @ 365 Days of Baking
Happy Father’s Day to your dad, Joy! Love the picture of the two of you.
The hash and eggs will be a good hearty breakfast before my boys go golfing tomorrow.
Thanks!
Amy
I made this for breakfast! Okay, it was really more like brunch, but it was still be delicious! Subbed sweet potatoes because that’s all I had, and lovage for the parsley because we got a big bunch in the CSA box yesterday, and added venison sausage because my hubby loves it. Oh, and I used frozen corn. It’s totally not sweet corn season here yet. Even with all those changes, it was still sooooo good.
Brian @ A Thought For Food
That is most beautiful hash i’ve ever seen. Gorgeous job.
christine [the sugar apothecary]
MY CAT EATS CORN TOO. My sister’s cat, anyway. He regularly steals corn on the cob from the table and runs away with it… it’s awkward. Loving your dad’s jeans, by the way. My dad (and grandfather, too) has similar badass clothing choices, and a crazy moustache: (case in point: https://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-ash1/v646/50/23/10907912/n10907912_34365777_3824.jpg).
joythebaker
Uh-Mazing!!!!
vegfoodie
now i am thinking about the men in my family like to cook… my dad making pancakes for us sunday morning, or dinner when my mom was working nights… my gramps baked my birthday cake almost every year, and yummy cheesecake… my uncle’s awesome pierogies and boston baked beans.
homegrown countrygirl
What a super delightful real life photo!!!
homegrown countrygirl
p.s. where in the world did you find a patient boy? I thought they were extinct. (My sincere apologies to BoyJoyFans… because you guys are definitely awesome.)
Lucia
Joy, how I’d love to have breakfast with you and your dad. You both are very nice people. Of course.
Sandy
Happy father’s day to your dad Joy!
doe mora
i agree with a poster further up the compliment ladder- you are amazing! love the pic of you and your dad.
One in a Brazilian
I want to take a moment and thank your dad, Joy. His sweet potato pie is a staple in my house during the holidays. I bake it at least twice a year, once for Thanksgiving and once for Christmas.
Ashlae
That patient boy has nice nails; I’m jealous of his half moons. Oh, and this hash looks/sounds delicious. I think I’ll make it for Father’s Day then Skype with my dad while I eat it.
Shawn
Ha – I, too, was going to comment on what nice hands and nails the patient boy has. Joy, thanks for always remembering that food and baking are about comfort and love.
Hilda
You totally have your dad’s eyes! So this may not be a dish my dad would like but I’m soo making thus for myself and the bf! I love your wittiness
Justeen @ Blissful Baking
Cute picture of you and your dad :) Thanks for the brunch ideas – just what I need!