Tag: potatoes

A St. Patrick’s Day Celebration Means It’s Time for Potatoes!

Potatoes deserve to be piled high next to thin slices of corned beef for this year’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration. Ever so versatile, potatoes offer big satisfaction for the buck. These days we eat them rarely in favor of less carby offerings. Not so, on one of our favorite food holidays. We’ll boil and then…


Pantry Ingredients Are All You Need for This Smoky, Romesco-Inspired Sauce

A good sauce is a cook’s magic wand. It’s a trick up the sleeve, so to speak, for jazzing up all sorts of meat, fish, poultry, and vegetables, while also multitasking as a spread for sandwiches or a dollop for eggs, rice, and even soups. And it’s a definite keeper when it can be plunked…


Cheddar Herb Hasselback Potatoes

Getting creative for dinner is always a fun way to test out your cooking skills, but sometimes nothing beats a good old-fashioned plate of meat and potatoes. But you can get creative with that classic combination? Instead of baked potatoes, mashed potatoes or any other potato recipe, consider hasselback potatoes for dinner tonight. For the unfamiliar, hasselback potatoes…


Potatoes Don’t Increase Risk of Diabetes as Long as You Prepare Them Right, New Study Finds

Researchers in Australia have debunked previous findings that consuming potatoes is bad for your health and increases the risk of developing medical conditions such as type 2 diabetes. A team of researchers at Edith Cowan University (EDU) in Joondalup found that health issues associated with potatoes may actually be down to how they are prepared and…


Looking for a Last-Minute Holiday Menu Addition? This Is the Easiest Side Dish to Make

Forget the ketchup. Serve roasted potatoes with either of these creamy sauces for a special Thanksgiving side dish. Chive Sour Cream In a small bowl, stir together 1/2 cup sour cream, 1 tablespoon minced fresh chives, and 1/8 teaspoon salt. For extra zing, stir in 1 minced garlic clove. Garam Masala Yogurt In a small bowl, stir…


The Super Simple Secret to the Crispiest Oven-Roasted Potatoes

If there’s one thing that my colleagues and I here at Kitchn know, it’s that our readers absolutely love themselves some potatoes — baked, boiled, mashed, skillet-fried, you name it. As a result, we’ve amassed hundreds of recipes involving potatoes in some shape or form over the years. But is anyone really surprised? It seems…


Do Potatoes or Rice Win on Weight Loss, Preventing Diabetes, and Essential Nutrients?

It’s the eternal question—which food staple is healthier for us? Potatoes or rice? Which of these mainstays will give you a nutritional edge? How does eating one or the other impact our health and our weight? Is one better for us in terms of our caloric, fat, and protein intake? And of course, it’s important…


Loaded Potato Soup

Sure, the season may officially be called autumn, but the months of September, October, November and December may as well be called soup season in our book. From chicken noodle and chili to beer cheese, minestrone and everything in between, we cannot get enough soups and stews in the fall. And while those soups are all fine and good and comforting, there’s one…


Potato Seeds or Seed Potatoes

Q: I saw a sign in the store that said potato seeds, but it appeared that the boxes for sale had potatoes in them. I have never seen potato seeds. Can I buy potato seeds? A: Both potato seeds and seed potatoes are real, but it is unlikely that you will be able to buy…


US Authorities Issue Final Order Allowing PEI Table Potatoes Back Over Border

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has lifted the final barrier that was keeping table potatoes from Prince Edward Island out of the United States. A final federal order posted today clears the way for potatoes from P.E.I. after Canada and the U.S. agreed last week to let exports resume. Canada halted exports in November after…