Kitchen appliances are wonderful things, making certain tasks much easier. If you have ever had your stove stop working suddenly or had your kitchen remodeled, you probably remember what it was like to try to feed your family without your typical kitchen cooktop. Kitchen appliances like slow cookers are a great solution for stop gap …
Potatoes are inexpensive, versatile, and filling. They also risk being bland. On the flip side, Mexican food is never bland. Make your potatoes the Mexican way, and there’s zero chance you’ll be accused of dishing up boring potatoes! Here are 25 exciting Mexican potato recipes for you to try: from healthy snacks to decadent mains, …
Whether you like it smooth or lumpy, mashed potatoes are one of the ultimate comfort foods that very few can resist. It is known and enjoyed worldwide partly because of its versatility, richness, and decadence. And, although many might consider it only suitable as a side to a family meal, it is a delight as …
Many people consider themselves “meat and potatoes” kinds of diners. These people love basic foods without a lot of unusual ingredients. Rather than going to a fancy, French restaurant where new and exciting foods might be discovered, these folks prefer a place where they are familiar with all of the items on the menu and …
When most people picture mashed potatoes, they think of mounds of creamy, fluffy, pale white potatoes. Mashed potatoes pair well with all kinds of dinner entrees. Whether you are having a roast chicken, beef roast, pork tenderloin, or turkey, mashed potatoes are a wonderful side dish. This dish takes cooked potatoes and mashes them together …
There is one real universal truth in our home: potatoes are king. We eat potatoes at least twice a week, so it makes sense that I’ve tried to find every unique way to make a potato. We’ve landed on stuffed potatoes as a favorite in our home because they are so easy to personalize. If …
Mashed potatoes surpassed simple comfort food when world-famous chefs took to televising their culinary masterpieces. This gave home cooks the confidence to jazz up their food in unique ways. Today, we bring you mashed potatoes – “we’re delighted to think they’re just great,” as Cheryl Wheeler sang. One of my favorite things to do when …
Creamy and thick potato soup is the ideal comfort food, especially for those cold and snowy winter nights. Potatoes are highly nutritious and go well with a variety of meat and dairy ingredients, as well as spices. Potato soups are excellent options for dinner and leftovers for lunch, and if you’re so bold, sneak the …
Potato bread, potato pancake, potato farls–all of these are favorite mealtime components of the Irish. Potato farls are fried cakes simply made from mashed potatoes and flour. The dough is patted into shape, divided into fourths, and pan-fried until brown and crispy. There are versions of this tasty bread in other countries. In Scotland, these …
If you need a great side dish that almost everyone will love, look no further. Our recipe for Air Fryer Roasted Carrots and Potatoes gives you all the goodness of oven-roasted, charred veggies, but without the mess and in much less time than the traditionally made recipe. While most of us love complicated recipes that …
The main thing that I love about potatoes is that they make it easy for me to create all the kinds of recipes that I want to enjoy. A potato recipe in my kitchen makes it so much easier for me to plan accordingly for weekday dinners and even dinner parties. I can make dishes …
Stopping by the grocery store deli and buying a rotisserie chicken is a convenient and nutritious way to have an “almost” home-cooked meal. The chicken is juicy and delicious, and it’s much healthier than picking up a “heart attack in a sack” at the fast-food drive-through. But, did you know that you can make a …
Baked potatoes are amazing. These root vegetables bake up light and fluffy, and when you add some salt, butter, and sour cream, they get even better. Pretty much everyone loves the basic baked potato. While baked potatoes are wonderful just on their own, their mild flavor profile begs to be embellished. Many people add all …
Most people consider that things like tacos and quesadillas to always be in the category of Mexican food, but did you know that this categorization may actually be incorrect, depending on what is in the food? Mexican food has been around in Central America for thousands of years. This genre of food features lots of …
With a cheerful orange color and slightly sweet taste, sweet potatoes are powerhouses of nutrition. Sweet potatoes are high in Vitamin A, Vitamin C, and Vitamin B6, and they also provide fiber and potassium. These sweet tubers have lots of antioxidants, those cancer-fighting chemicals that you just cannot get enough of. Did you know that …
Whether you serve them baked with smooth sour cream and rich butter piled on top, fried in the form of French fries, or mashed in a creamy bowl of tasty deliciousness, potatoes are one root vegetable that pretty much everyone enjoys. Much maligned in today’s low carb culture, potatoes are one of those things that …
Thick, creamy, and full of savory flavors, our recipe for Potato Soup ticks all the boxes for comfort food. Every home chef should have a foolproof recipe for potato soup, and ours is one that pretty much anyone can prepare with success. This weekend, whether you are cooking for yourself, for your family, or for …
While the sweet potato most people are familiar with has bright orange flesh, did you know that hundreds of other varieties exist across the world, many with the flesh of other colors? Sweet potatoes can have yellow, white, cream, or even purple flesh. A root vegetable that is a member of the morning glory family, …
While the potato has gotten a lot of bad press in the past five to ten years, this root vegetable has historically done great things for certain societies. Potatoes were originally discovered and cultivated by primitive human societies in the Andes Mountains of South America around 5000 BC. The Inca people group cultivated potatoes as …
In the summertime, grilling is the perfect solution for dinner. Everyone loves grilled hamburgers, steaks, chicken, and veggies. But, when you cook on the grill, you still have to figure out the side items to round out the meal. Nobody wants to spend tons of time in the kitchen on a night when you’re grilling. …
Most people come to a cookout for hamburgers, steak, grilled chicken–you know–things that are cooked on the grill. Often the side dishes are just an afterthought. Some consider the sides to just be filler or an accompaniment to the meat. If you want a side dish that is just as popular as the meat, we …