Rethinking potato
Cooking on a budget means making the most of cheap ingredients. The potato is king in this regard. Consider some of these potato recipes:
Potato Pizza
Instead of topping your homemade pizza with tomato sauce and mozzarella, make it a potato pizza. Thinly slice potato (food processor works great) and then blanch by dropping it in boiling water, leaving it there for 3 minutes, then draining the water. Top your pizza dough with goat cheese, some rosemary, and the potato and brush with olive oil. Who knew potato could be so fancy?
Potato gratin plus as a main dish
Instead of making potato au gratin as a side dish, add some ham or vegetables to make it a main meal. Thinly slice potato (again, food processor works well). In a glass dish, put one layer of potato, one layer of shredded cheese, one layer of ham or broccoli, and repeat. Bake in oven for 45 minutes.
Garden mashed potato
Make mashed potato your main meal by adding some veggies and cheese to it. My favorite mix-ins are peas, grated carrots, chopped spinach, sauted onion (maybe not all at the same time!). Serve with some sausage or ham and you are set for dinner.
Potato dough
Potato can be added to different types of dough to create a heartier dish. Consider the following: Potato cake, gnocci , potato cookies.
Don’t forget my favorite. Stuffed Baked Potato. Take the insides of the potato out of the skin, mash and mix with yogurt or sour cream or ricotta and some vegetables and salt and pepper. Top with a sprinkling of mozarella or other cheese depending on the mix you have made. Makes for a simple but hearty meal! It’s basically your mashed potatoes but with the skin. Love this posting. All great ideas.