Potato

My sister came down and made dinner for me and my family one day and instead of making straight forward roast potatoes she added some extras into the tin and since then we have never had roast potatoes on their own again: You will need as many potatoes as you would normally make for your family. We are a family of six and I usually peel about 13 - 15 potatoes to go with Sunday dinner. You will then also need whatever vegetables you fancy roasting with the potatoes. I usually use: onions - 2 large ones carrots - about 10 largish ones mushrooms - a handful as not everyone likes them courgettes - just one cut up in large ...

Everybody likes mashed potato, it's a really easy to make food and can go with almost anything in a meal. Plus kids really like it for some reason. The only thing I that I think is bad about mashed potato is that it can have a bit of a bland taste so I normally mix some ketchup into it, yum. This isn't everybody's cup of tea though so I've got a recipe to share with you which should help to add a bit of flavour to your mashed potato. It serves four people and only takes about 25 minutes to make. So here goes, this is a recipe for Swede & Garlic Mashed Potato: You will need: ½ a swede 3 medium potatoes 2 cloves garlic, peeled & crushed ...

Potatoes are one of the very few foods I enjoy in all its forms - well, with one exception - I don't like sweet potatoes, which typically are the best kind for you. They are very large and an orangy colour on the inside (the outside is also more orangy than regular potatoes). They are, if you will, the wholemeal version of potatoes, but like their name, are in fact quite sweet, and it is very rare than I enjoy mixing sweet and ssavory so I'll pass on these thanks! It's difficult to say what my favourite method of cooking potato is - how about you? A British classic has got to be roast potatoes though. My mum makes fantastic homemade ones. The only disadvantage ...