Bacon, Corn, and Potatoes - Breakfast Extravaganza!

The biggest surprise from the CSA so far has been how easy it is to incorporate fresh veggies into my breakfast and brunch plans. In that sense, this has already been a successful experiment - I am eating more fresh produce before ten-thirty in the morning than ever before!

This weekend, Smitten Kitchen pointed the way with Bacon Corn Hash.  Paired up with some fresh bread from a local bakery and home made Blackberry-Ginger jam - we had a great contrast of salty-savory with sweet-spicy.

The hash was not difficult to create, though it took a lot of dicing (dark red norland potatoes), and slicing kernels off of the sweet corn cob. Total, I spent about an hour and forty-five minutes prepping, sauteeing, and otherwise making this happen.

Top off that hash with a fried egg and...perfection! 

The blackberry jam was the first jam I have made without pectin and it turned out to be the perfect consistency! Fresh picked blackberries, grated ginger, and some lemon juice (and of course, piles of sugar). It was fun to use the canning pot again and now we have enough berry jam to last us until New Year's.