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Recipe: Greek Lemon Potatoes
Greek lemon potatoes – they’re fairly simple to make and taste great. If you know me, you know I love potatoes and these greek style spuds are fantastic, even cold! Let’s get started and bake up. Quick note they do take a while to cook, a little under 2 hours, so it’s the kind of recipe you’ll need to plan for, at least for me! Okay, recipe time. Greek Lemon Potatoes First, wash and peel the potatoes, then cut them into eights length wise. The…
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Recipe: Caramelized Onion Mashed Potatoes
Caramelized onion mashed potatoes are the ultimate comfort food! They’re perfect for your upcoming Thanksgiving meal, or even for a Sunday night family dinner. Either way, you should try them! Okay, let’s get cooking. Ingredients First, let’s get the potatoes on, so wash and peel them, then cut each potato into 8 chunks. Add to a large pot and bring to a boil. While the potatoes are boiling, let’s get the onions going. For the onions, pick a pan that will create build up. I’m…
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Recipe: Breakfast Potatoes
Breakfast potatoes. They’re easy to make, crispy and you can add any spices you like to change things up. Cumin? Yes! Garlic? Yes! Tex-Mex? You bet! Okay, let’s get cooking. Ingredients 2 pounds of yellow potatoes 3 tablespoons of salted butter 2 tablespoons of grape seed oil about 1/2 a teaspoon of garlic and onion powder 1/4 cup of chopped green onions salt and pepper to taste First, wash and peel the potatoes. Then, quarter them and nuke them in the microwave for about 3…
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Recipe: Duchess Potatoes
Duchess potatoes – what? I know – they’re not totally royal, yet they’re good! These potatoes are a great balance of a twice baked potato and mashed potatoes. Plus, the wonderful thing is you can make these a day ahead. Thanksgiving, here we come! Okay, let’s bake up. Ingredients 1.5 pounds of yellow potatoes 3 egg yokes 1 tablespoon of chopped garlic 1/2 cup of soy milk 1/2 cup of greek yogurt 5 tablespoons of salted butter salt and pepper to taste First, this recipe…
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Recipe: Roasted Parmesan Potatoes
Roasted parmesan potatoes – the perfect side dish to match bbq drumsticks. These potatoes are salty, crispy, and full of flavour. Let’s get cooking! Ingredients bag of baby potatoes 2 tablespoons of grape seed oil 3 tablespoons of chopped garlic 1 tablespoon of Italian seasoning 3/4 cup of fresh parmesan cheese 2 tablespoons of melted salted butter 1/4 cup of green onions salt and pepper to taste First step is to set the oven to 400 degrees on roast. Then, parboil the baby potatoes whole.…
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Recipe: Potatoes au Gratin
Potatoes au Gratin and the richest and cheesiest potatoes around this holiday season. This recipe adds in fresh herbs for added flavour. Let’s get cooking. Oh, and it’s gluten free. Total bonus. Ingredients 3 pounds of potatoes 4 springs of thyme 1 tablespoon of chopped garlic 3 tablespoons of salted butter 1 1/2 cups of heavy cream 2 1/2 cups of gruyere salt and pepper to taste First, set your oven to 350 on bake. This recipe takes about 90 minutes, so be sure to…
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Recipe: Smashed BBQ Potatoes
Smashed BBQ potatoes – yes, it’s time to fire up the barbeque and get cooking. I’ve never really been a barbeque person – don’t get me wrong, I love to eat most items that come off the grill, yet I haven’t ventured out to cooking with it. Well, one of my goals this summer is to fire up the propane a little more often. Let’s get cooking! Ingredients 2-3 pounds of mini potatoes about 3 tablespoons of canola oil tablespoon of steak spice teaspoon of…
