Category Archives: Potatoes

What’s for dinner? Simple Pork Chops, parsley potatoes and corn. Tossed salad and rolls on the side.

    Homemade chutney to eat with the chutney    

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day ! Time for a party.

  Happy St. Patrick’s Day !   Corned beef, cabbage, boiled potatoes and carrots, colcannon, soda bread,German Chocolate Cake, cheesecake, pistachio pudding, or plain pound cake. and so much more.   I have a large 22 QT electric roaster AND … Continue reading

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What’s for dinner tonight? Pork Chops, potatoes, apples and onions, and homemade creamed corn. Served with a tossed salad.

    When someone goes above and beyond to make dinner for you…….. it is so important to just say “thank you, it was great”. Sure, not every meal is good but when someone does something nice….. fake it with … Continue reading

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A product review. “Idahoan steakhouse cheesy hashbrown potatoes” for a fast tasty side dish in a hurry. Ask me, I know !

We grilled country ribs and corn on the cobb and then the doorbell rang so out comes the products that can be whipped up to feed extra “drop ins”.     Okay the photo is blurry because i didn’t put … Continue reading

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Pork Chops with an onion glaze, scalloped potatoes, three bean salad, dinner rolls…and I call it “tonight’s dinner”.

  The strangest thing happened when I put a pork chop on the plate. It Popped real loud and kinda blew up. I have never ever seen that before.         Scalloped potatoes ready for the oven. The … Continue reading

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Happy St. Patty’s Day………Corned Beef and Cabbage………My corned beef was too tender and fell apart towards the end of the night.

Way too busy to take a lot of photos sorry. We had such a good time but super busy.   Day before …………..And Day Of.   make Cole slaw…………………………….. (check) Get the large roaster from box and clean………………………..(check) I love … Continue reading

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Lower Carb Flat Iron Steaks, baked sweet potato and green beans with bacon. Split between THREE people.

Served along side is a crisp salad with onion, cucumber, grape tomatoes, and real bacon bits ( mine without please) . Salad dressing tonight…. Ranch     UPDATE…  and a loss next morning.        

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Lower Carb Burger with swiss cheese, served with cauliflower and Vettetti Pro sweet potato cakes.

Sweet Potato cakes were made with my new Veggetti Pro ( NOT sponsored)     I don’t have a lot of photos because I was making different patties for different people. one…………. rare one……….. med well one……… with green peppers … Continue reading

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Sweet potato Cakes with onions….Yummy. I Starting to play with my Veggetti Pro .

      (This is NOT a sponsored post I bought this).           These can be made ahead and I am going to show you how……. keep reading         When you get done … Continue reading

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Homemade Sausage made into a stir fry…. (okay I was rushing for a fast easy dinner). Served with sweet potatoes instead of rice

  (okay I was rushing for a fast easy dinner). Served with sweet potatoes instead of rice   I didn’t serve with rice for everyone because a couple of us are watching our carbs. I served just mine with Brussels … Continue reading

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Burgers and fries for dinner…. Jell-O and Pudding for dessert. Yum !

Burger with swiss cheese, Homemade Low Carb Ketchup, lettuce, tomato, and onion. All On one large wheat Pita cut in half ( makes two burgers) I ran out of sweet potatoes so I had to use a russet potato for … Continue reading

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Lower Carb Fish and Chips… Mmmm

        Here it is right out of the freezer. Have I mentioned how much I love my dying foodsaver? I have had them ever since they first came out. FoodSaver (NO I did not get paid for … Continue reading

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Dinner was soooo good ! Strip Steak, baked sweet potato, green beans, small salad and homemade steak sauce dip.

And it was all low(er) carb. Yummy ! They look like they are “over cooked” but actually I think two were “under cooked” and mine was perfect.   From FoodSaver Bag to table. They were so juicy. They were rare, … Continue reading

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Braised Beef with Roasted Sweet potatoes, onions, celery and carrots. Nice meal for a yucky day.

This ends up to be so tender that I got laughed at for setting the tables with knives. Ha Ha so funny huh?           I used my Lodge Pot on the stove.   Brown the roast … Continue reading

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Baby Back Ribs, loaded sweet potato slices, and cauliflower . Dinner is ready !

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Pork Roast , roasted potatoes and green beans. A little glaze on the side that I used from the top and we have dinner

When I cut a large whole pork loin I use the ends for either roasts, cubes, strip or even grinding. This was a nice roast.                            

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Porterhouse Steak… YUM !!!

.               How many times can one person blow up potatoes ??? Let me answer that…. many. Please don’t tell me to poke holes in them. I DO know how to cook, I don’t … Continue reading

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Brats, Corn on the Cob and Homemade Fries. Thank Goodness for Foodsaver.

  We buy a million dozen corn during peak season then use the food saver and freeze. I always have enough corn to last to the following corn season. Brats, corn, and fries             This … Continue reading

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Crockpot Parmesan Potatoes

Let me say this right now…. you can do so much with this recipe.   Crockpot Parmesan Potatoes   6 potatoes, sliced 4 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled 1 small onion chopped 4 ounces Parmesan cheese, freshly grated 1  can … Continue reading

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Hash Brown Casserole

HASH BROWN CASSEROLE   2 cans (10-3/4 ounces each) condensed cream of potato soup, undiluted 1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream 1/2 teas. garlic salt dash pepper 1 package (2 pounds) frozen cubed hash brown potatoes 2 cups (8 ounces) … Continue reading

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