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Healthy Three Potato Hash …and a Half Ironman

April 1, 2015 By Erica 27 Comments

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Get ready for pretty veggie colors! Because I have got like all of them going on in this recipe. Pair all that with tender, leftover Easter ham and a sunny egg, and you have a fabulous and healthy Healthy Three Potato Hash to start your day.
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Healthy Three Potato Hash

Who’s making ham for Easter raise your hand! I am. I always do, and my recipe is here. And then there are of course the leftovers (yay!), and I just think dishes with leftover Easter ham are even better than the main event itself. Like Gnocchi Mac ‘N Cheese with Ham and Peas, and Ham, Asparagus, and White Cheddar Breakfast Strata, and, this year, a healthy new hash.

Healthy Three Potato HashBut there is even more to this dish! This healthy hash was my carb-load meal last week before the HITS Ocala Half Ironman. This triathlon was just Saturday …1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, and 13.1 mile half marathon run, and it was in beautiful central Florida horse country….which means hills. Yes, Florida has hills. And they are all in Ocala. …And it was cold. So so cold.

Healthy Three Potato Hash

This is my baby Tracy. Tracy Trek. Named by my daughter.

51 degrees F. Wet from the swim. Going 21 miles per hour on the downhills. It was frigid. I had planned for this and had purchased a new, super-cute, super-neon bike jacket last week. Yay preparation! -not. Cuz I had not given a single thought to my hands and feet.

Healthy Three Potato Hash

I had on ventilated bike shoes, and I could not feel my toes the entire ride. Then my hands stopped working. I stopped at the mile 14 aid station, and a beautiful volunteer (thank you whomever!) had to unzip my pocket and get out my waffle for me. My hands wouldn’t hold it and I dropped it, so I had to beat my hands on my legs to get them functional again. It was like this the first 25 miles of the ride …until the sun finally came over the trees and…

Healthy Three Potato Hash

Yes, this is how the sun felt.

On the other hand, the swim was fantastic. The water was a perfect 64F. Clear beautiful lake water. Sooo much better than salt water. Another awesome part to this race was that my daughter volunteered and worked the event. She is currently broken (torn meniscus), but still came to support me [love her so much!!].

Healthy Three Potato Hash

Here we are before the start. I could not wait to get in the water since it was warmer than the air.

Then I had a surprisingly great run. Miles ~5-7 were terrible. The Quit Monster, as I call it, got really loud then, telling me to stop and walk. But I didn’t …cuz if I did stop and walk a bit, I would not have been able to run again. And there is no walking to the finish …So I kept going and all the sudden around mile 9, I got a second or third or fourth wind and breezed through to the end. Even placed third in my age group with a final time of 6 hours and 33 minutes.

Healthy Three Potato Hash
This was my tenth triathlon and second Half Ironman, and an experience I would not trade for anything. And this Three Potato Hash was the healthfulness that helped get me there.

I normally go with pasta or rice to fill the glycogen tank before an ultra-endurance race, but for this triathlon, I decided to go with healthy taters. Three of them. Red skinned potatoes, sweet potato, russet potato …then, red bell pepper, yellow tomato, green onion, garlic, parsley, carrot — holy vitamins for bonus. And protein with the salty yummy ham. …And olive oil, so there’s healthy fat too. Top with an over-easy egg and just let that silky yolk sauce it all up. This is so so good.

So this recipe checks a couple boxes with me …it uses leftover ham (which I usually have and definitely will next week after Easter) and it is beautifully healthy. Eggs and ham. Breakfast potatoes. These classic combos are classic for good reason – they are delicious – and they do not have to be gut bombed drenched in oil or butter. We can have our eggs and ham and taters too, and feel perfectly happy and healthy about it.

Healthy Three Potato Hash

Healthy Three Potato Hash

Healthy Three Potato Hash

Healthy Three Potato Hash

Healthy Three Potato Hash

 

Healthy Three Potato Hash
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Healthy Three Potato Hash

A fabulous and healthy Healthy Three Potato Hash to start your day.
Course Main Course
Cuisine breakfast
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 6 people
Author Erica

Ingredients

  • 1 large Russet potato skin on, small dice
  • 1 lb red potatoes skin on, small dice
  • 1 large sweet potato skin on, small dice
  • 2 Tbs extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 red bell pepper seeded and diced
  • 1 large carrot shredded
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1/2 cup finely diced ham
  • 2 yellow tomatoes seeded and chopped
  • 1/4 cup Italian flat-leaf parsley chopped
  • 4 green onions white and green parts, thinly sliced
  • kosher salt
  • fresh cracked pepper
  • 6 large eggs
  • cooking spray

Instructions

  1. Heat the olive oil in your largest nonstick pan with a lid on high heat. Add the potatoes and toss to coat with the oil. Cover, cook 2 minutes, then lift the lid and stir to keep the potatoes from sticking to the pan. Repeat until the potatoes just start to soften (~10 minutes). If necessary, reduce the heat to prevent burning.
  2. Add the garlic, red bell pepper, carrot, ham, and a couple good pinches salt and pepper. Repeat the cover-cook-toss every 2 minutes for 6-8 minutes until the potatoes are cooked through.
  3. Remove from the heat and toss in the tomato, parsley, and green onion, reserving some onion for final garnish if desired.
  4. Heat a nonstick pan spray with cooking spray over medium heat, and cook the eggs over easy. Season with salt and pepper.
  5. Serve the potato hash with an egg on top, garnished with fresh cracked pepper, green onion, and parsley. Yields 6 servings.

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Pretty veggie colors paired with tender, leftover ham and a sunny egg a fabulous and healthy Healthy Three Potato Hash to start your day. #food #breakfast #recipe #leftoverham #potato #hash #eggs #healthyrecipe

Filed Under: Beef and Pork, Breakfast, Recipes Tagged With: breakfast, carb loading, clean eating, Easter, half ironman, hash, healthy, healthy carbs, leftover ham, pork, three potato, triathlon nutrition

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Janette @ Culinary Ginger

Congratulations on finishing another triathlon, sounded really tough. This breakfast is my kind of breakfast, eggs, ham, potatoes, veggies, I love it.

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4 years ago
Robin Rue

That sounds so good. I love this kind of stuff for breakfast.

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4 years ago
Julie @ HostessAtHeart

Congratulations on your race! This dish looks so yummy.

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4 years ago
Julie

The healthy hash looks delicious! Definitely saving this recipe. And congratulations on your Half Ironman!

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4 years ago
Michelle F.

That potato has looks so good and fresh. I love the shredded carrots in it.

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4 years ago
Patty Haxton Anderson

What a wonderful dish this is. Great job.

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4 years ago
rachael

I’ve always wanted to do a triathlon! awesome job! and thanks for an idea to use my left over ham on! this dish looks awesome!

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4 years ago
Michele

I know I could never do what you did-not in a million years! And I gotta watch my carb intake cause of diabetes so I probably will not be trying this delicious sounding hash. At the moment 55 sounds warm to me–I live in NY and we are still occasionally getting snow!

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Dan from Platter Talk

Great job on your race and on this delicious post!

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4 years ago
Shelby

You are a total inspiration Erica! Congrats to you 🙂 We are supposed to be in the 50’s tomorrow and I am thinking it will feel like a heat wave to me. lol Great looking hash its so pretty and colorful!

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4 years ago
Rholinelle Joy DeTorres

There is so much I love about this post. The recipe is gorgeous and sounds delicious. I am amazed by triathletes. I’ve done a few half marathons, and I can’t imagine adding the swimming and biking on top of that! Lastly, the giving of food to those who need it. Thanks for sharing!

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Peter Block

I love hash and love your recipe!

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4 years ago
Mary Ellen

Love this recipe! It looks awesome….

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4 years ago
Sandra Shaffer

Way to go, Erica! Another tri accomplished! This hash has so many ingredients that are so tasty together, and I love that you left the skin on the ‘taters!

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4 years ago
Crystal

It’s not hard to make good choices when the food looks this good! I do love all the pretty colors!

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4 years ago
Liz Mays

That looks so fresh and appetizing. I love everything in the hash!

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4 years ago
Ashley M

Girl that looks delicious AND it’s healthy. Winning. Congratulations on your 10th triathalon!

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4 years ago
Debra Hawkins

This looks absolutely amazing! I love a good hash!

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4 years ago
Heidy l. McCallum

This looks so darn good, I love eggs and homemade hash!! PS WTG on the Ironman!

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4 years ago
Kristin@Dizzy Busy and Hungry!

Wow, so colorful and delicious looking. Yum. Congrats on the triathlon!

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4 years ago
Caitlin Fore

What an incredible experience! Sounds like your race was amazing you did great! And this recipe looks fantastic!

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4 years ago
April Harris

Congratulations on the Half Ironman! Well done! Love this delicious, healthy hash, Erica. Pinned, stumbled and will tweet 🙂 Thank you for sharing with us at the Hearth and Soul Hop.

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4 years ago
Debi @ Life Currents

Oh my this looks amazingly delicious! I love dinners or breakfasts like this, filled with yummy veggies. Wonderful! And, congrats on another race. You amaze me with all the stuff you accomplish.

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3 years ago
Debi @ Life Currents

Oh my this looks amazingly delicious! I love dinners or breakfasts like this, filled with yummy veggies. Wonderful! And, congrats on another race. You amaze me with all the stuff you accomplish.

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3 years ago
Sharon @Nut Free Wok

Congratulations, you’re amazing! What a great dish for a champion. I can’t even imagine participating in an iron man, you should be so proud. 🙂

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3 years ago

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Welcome! I'm Erica ...wife, mother, and scientist, passionate about triathlons and pizza. Join me on my quest to enjoy all things food - both healthy and indulgent. After all, life is about balance right?
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