Tag: potatoes

Recipe: Potato Latkes

Recipe: Potato Latkes

I was going to make you guess what’s in the photo above, but the post’s headline gives it away. Darn you, Google, and your search engine demands. If you hover your cursor over the image, you will know, these golden fritters are potato latkes. I made 

Potatoes: This Spud’s for YOU

Potatoes: This Spud’s for YOU

With dozens of product pitches landing in my inbox daily, it takes a lot for one to stand out. Yesterday, one jumped off the monitor and poked me in the eyeball. Their selling point. “[It] takes just 2 minutes to prepare in the microwave  — no 

Recipe: Accordion Potatoes

Recipe: Accordion Potatoes

It has been brought to my attention that I have been writing a bit too much about chocolate. As if there’s such a thing. However, I don’t want to give you a false impression of my eating habits, so I will change the topic (briefly) 

Easy Roasted Lemon Potatoes

Easy Roasted Lemon Potatoes

I have decided to strike the following phrase from my vocabulary: How hard can it be? It gets me into trouble. For example: Hey, honey, I need a new stove. Why don’t we just knock down a wall and add an eat-in kitchen while we’re 

Readers Question: Herb-Roasted Potatoes

Readers Question: Herb-Roasted Potatoes

This is another of James Ingram’s photos, snatched from the pages of Michael Smith’s The Best of Chef at Home because I was too hungry to take a shot. In my defense, these potatoes were cooked alongside the Apple Roast Chicken so it was one 

A Blue (Potato) Christmas

A Blue (Potato) Christmas

They might look purple, but they’re called blue potatoes. My sister got some in her organic CSA delivery and gave me a few to try. As with most fruits and vegetables, the more colour, the more nutrients. These spuds are packed with the same antioxidants 

Oven-Roasted Rosemary Potatoes

Oven-Roasted Rosemary Potatoes

The innocent potato has caused more trouble than any other root vegetable in history. It’s driven the Irish from their homeland, embarrassed Vice President Dan Quayle (or it it Quayl?) and today lead to the arrest of a 75-year-old grandmother. According to the Clearwater Local6