20 Things To Make With Potatoes: Recipes

Potatoes are a staple for many meals since they’re cheap, tasty & filling–making this vegetable a budget dinner favorite. There are so many different ways to prepare them, but a lot of times we can fall into the old easy stand-bys: mashed, boiled & baked. This week’s Recipe Hit List offers 20 different recipes for potato dishes found around the ‘net (including twists to traditional favorites) that will bring some variety to your dinner table.

20 Things To Make With Potatoes

*Note: Descriptions below are quotes from the recipe sites

1. Fork Crushed Herb and Roast Garlic Potatoes: This recipe always has my mouth watering at the thoughts of it. Roast garlic has to be one of my absolute favourite roast ingredients. The process takes the pungent cloves and transforms them into a smoky, sweet and wonderfully creamy mush. This is a super side dish which goes really well with any main course, or even on its own as a tasty belly filler! Recipe found at The Good Mood Food Blog.
2. Potato Stuffed Corn Bread: What happpens when you have a whole bag of cornmeal sitting idle in the pantry & you see an easy & quick corn bread recipe? You get inspired!! I had this whole morning to myself & i was browsing thru’ a book when I came across this recipe of Bob Beauchamp.. who says this bread reminds him of his grandmother who lived in the deep woods of East Texas- well that is not very far from where we live now! This bread needed no rising, so it would be ideal for the lunch which I had to cook. I decided to stuff in some potatoes in it. Recipe found at eCurry.
3. Chunky Potato Cheddar Soup with Canadian Bacon (and Broccoli): Serve with a good hunk of bread, or in a home-made breadbowl. Recipe found at Al Dente.
4. Sour Cream & Onion Mashed Potatoes: You probably only want to eat these once a year. 300 calories and 15 grams of fat per serving. And you’re going to want seconds. Recipe found at My Oven Hates Me.
5. Fancy Mashed Potatoes With Cheese: Who doesn’t love mashed potatoes? This creamy comfort food is the perfect accompaniment to most any meal. This recipe of my mothers takes them up just a notch and makes them suitable for our “fancy” meal that I am featuring this week. Recipe found at Southern Plate.
6. Potato Salad Recipe: My SIL Bobbie-jo has always raved over my potato salad and I was more than happy to make it. I know she occasionally reads my blog so I will post it here for her. With summer just around the corner this salad is great served with sliced ham or any dinner for that matter. Recpe found at Canadian Crafter.
7. Oven Roast Potatoes – Recipe & Tips: From Tipnut.com.
8. Sausage-Stuffed Potatoes: What also drew me to this dish is how budget-friendly it is — and really, I made every effort to make it more expensive, with futsy Whole Foods fresh chicken breakfast sausages, organic and locally grown potatoes because I wanted to prove to myself that good food doesn’t need to cost much. Recipe found at Smitten Kitchen.
9. Parmesan Roasted Potatoes: I wanted a simple side dish for a roasted chicken. I had some baby Dutch yellow potatoes and Parmesan cheese so I decided to roast them together. Not only was this extremely easy to make it tasted great. The Parmesan was salty and crisp and made these little potatoes taste wonderful. Recipe found at For The Love Of Cooking.
10. Gremolata Potatoes: Perfumed with citrus zests and browned garlic and all those herbs, these are special potatoes, dinner-party potatoes, potatoes that will have the people at your dinner table asking you how you made them and what is in them and are there any more no seriously are there any more and can they please please please have the recipe. Recipe found at The Wednesday Chef.
11. Asiago Potatoes: The recipe is a bit decadent and Deen-esque, incorporating both 1/2 cup of cheese AND a cup of mayonnaise. But the ingredients pay off with huge flavors and delicious, tender cheese-stuffed potatoes. Recipe found at The Bitten Word.
12. Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Red Onions, Rosemary, and Parmesan: In case you need help with the mental image, think golden roasted tan sweet potatoes, crispy carmelized red onions, a hint of rosemary, parmesan cheese, and just a touch of parsley for a bit of flavor contrast. This recipe was outstanding. Recipe found at Kalyn’s Kitchen.
13. Roasted Aioli Potatoes Recipe: This roasted aioli potato side is so popular that every time I make it, I end up having to double or even triple the recipe. Also, I always get requests for the recipe so here it is finally! Recipe found at House of Annie.
14. YaYa’s Potatoes: Dotted with rich, caramelized onions, the potatoes are roasted in a lemon-spiked broth to a deep golden finish. You’ve never had roasted potatoes until you’ve had these. And if you don’t have a Greek best friend now, I suggest you find one. Recipe found at Buff Chickpea.
15. Jamie’s Blackened Potatoes: I can tell you that this potato and onion dish is so tasty. The potatoes look burnt, but they are actually just coloured by balsamic vinegar. Recipe found at Tinned Tomatoes.
16. Twice-Baked Potatoes: It’s also just the thing for the indecisive cook who’s got a few spuds on her hands. Can’t decide whether to bake or mash your potatoes? Do both! That’s essentially what this recipe instructs you to do. Recipe found at The Kitchen Sink.
17. Comforting Sage Scalloped Potatoes: It’s cheesy, creamy, smooth and warming from inside out. And it’s very simple to boot. Recipe found at Two Spoons.
18. The Best Scalloped Potatoes EVER!: There are a few things that makes this different from the way my mother scalloped her potatoes: 1) The potato slices are parboiled to reduce cooking time and assure evenness of cooking, 2) thyme and bay leaf are added to the stove top cooking for flavor not found in many traditional recipes, and 3) the parboiliong liquid is half chicken broth to reduce the amount of fat. Recipe found at A Fridge Full Of Food.
19. Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes: It’s so yummy and you don’t have to pre-cook the potatoes. Recipe found at Real Mom Kitchen.
20. Blue Cheese Potatoes: It’s incredibly tasty yet quick to fix because you don’t need to peel the potatoes. Recipe found at Taste Of Home.

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