You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream For …… Potatoes!!!!

And if you don’t well, we can’t be friends

Seriously … Who doesn’t love a Good Potato. Everything about a potato is delicious, EVERYTHING. No matter how you make them there is a part of it that is creamy. Mashed Potatoes, French Fries, Gnocci, Baked Potato, Scalloped and Roasted. Each of them have a crispy element and a creamy. How could anyone resist that. Not me thats for sure.

There is a small part of me that thinks that if there was an item that I would want if stranded on a desert island it would be a potato. But, then I think about how much help a potato needs. Would I really have that much love for it if the all the delicious seasonings and flavourings were taken away. Would you really love scalloped potatoes if you took away the cream and butter and all you were left with was thinly sliced unseasoned potato? Probably not. But seeing as no where in my perceivable future I see myself stranded on a desert island where I would only have to choose three things, potato, and all things potato are in my future, and my future looks delicious.

Question? What meal of the day do you think that these potatoes were made for?

1. Breakfast
2. Snack
3. Dinner
4. Lunch
5. All of the Above

Well if you answered D you would be correct. (Obviously not all on the same day)

And no, I don’t weight 1000 pounds. Somewhere along the line people started thinking that if you consumed potatoes on a somewhat daily basis you were going to balloon up a size. Do I recommend eating potatoes in restaurants a lot, no, do I recommend eating them everyday, no, but making them at home where you can limit the intake of butter and cream then go for it. The potato is actually very nutritious but the fact that the average person either enjoys them in a fried or chip form, they really have gotten a bad rep and I want to change that.

Also, potato (skins) are high in fibre so high in potassium they have nearly 4 times the amount of a banana. So stop peeling them all the time!

I love french fries but there is no doubt that after eating a whole plate at a restaurant the guilt sets in. The oil they are fried in, the mayo that tends to get smothered on them. Why? Why? But when making them at home its as if there is a whole new experience. Baked, a touch of oil and adding that oh so addicting parmesan.

How do I continue to enjoy french fries without the guilt:

1. Making them at home
2. Baking
3. Ditch the Unhealthy Oil
4. Seasonings
5. Portion Control

So ditch the restaurant fries and try making a batch of these to nibble on instead