I love red potatoes because they are so versatile, not mention all the vitamins that go into your meal when you add the red potato as a side dish. The white potato itself, red skin or otherwise, boasts almost half the daily requirement of vitamin C and over 600 mg of potassium. One of the [...]
There are many cold potato salad recipes that can be used to make this family favorite dish. No potluck,picnic, or cookout is complete with out some form of this favorite dish. The usual ingredients include boiled potatoes, mustard and or mayonaise, and may vary somewhat after that point.
There are several steps to making cold potato [...]
Sweet potatoes are a traditional southern soul food that should be enjoyed more often. Sweet potatoes are high in nutritional value, an excellent source of fiber, vitamins A and C, iron, potassium and calcium. The darker flesh varieties have more vitamin A and beta-carotene than the lighter varieties. As a bonus, sweet potatoes are relatively [...]
Party potatoes will satisfy even the hungriest crowd! How do I know? Read on.
Back in college my volleyball team was in my hometown playing in a tournament. Mom was gracious enough to accept my request to host a team dinner at the house. Mom always says her goal is to prepare enough food to feed [...]
This time of year, we think more about staying inside our warm houses and enjoying a home-cooked meal. But sometimes it’s hard to think of things to prepare for dinner night after night, especially when you’re trying to use up things you have on hand.
Potatoes are a staple food in my family’s winter diet. They’re [...]
“The best tasting potatoes are those fresh out of the pot”, a saying my mum always used to tell me as a child, along with all the usual mum spiels about potato’s make your cheeks rosy, your hair curly and your smile brighter. However for our family, these sayings were not even needed, for our [...]
We are potato lovers. We eat potatoes many times each week. We slice them, we dice them, we fry them and we bake them.
One of our favorite recipes is onion flavored baked potatoes. I start with 3 larger sized baking potatoes and cut them into large bite sized pieces and throw them in a small [...]
Scalloped Potatoes a relatively simple yet seemingly rare recipe, heralded by those who can make it work keeping their delicious secrets to themselves. These days are long gone as I reveal one of my favorite potato scallop recipes, the most delicious recipe out there. There are quite a few ways to make potato scallops, including [...]
What makes a great baked potato recipe? Is it that it is full of flavor that burst out of your mouth as soon as you take that first forkful? Or is it perhaps the quality of the ingredients that you buy from your local grocer? I like to think it’s a combination of all of [...]