Hi there, I hope you all have a splendid Sunday. Sending good vibes. Let's talk about baked potatoes. For me they're the ultimate budget food hack. I buy potatoes in bulk and usually do a tray of baked potatoes at least once a week. A few of them will be eaten directly as lovely baked potatoes 😍.
But I will let the bulk cool out and put them in the fridge. Here they last a few days and they are a great base for some quick meals:
Breakfast potatoes: just dice a few of the baked potatoes from the fridge and fry them up in a pan. Add some onions garlic paprika and whatever other leftovers you have, like sausage or meat and add a few eggs in the end. Cheap and powerful breakfast.
Potato salad: just dice the baked potatoes and add some mayonnaise, onion, gherkins and paprika and you have a quick potato salad.
Hash browns: just shred them in a bowl and combine with some flour, egg, salt, pepper and spices. You can even add herbs or cheese.
Twice baked potatoes: just soup them out, fill them to your liking and quickly heat them up in the oven or microwave.
Potato burrito: Mash, shred or just cut the baked potato and fry in a pan with some eggs, cheese, bacon and other available leftovers. Fill in a tortilla.
Potato soup: just peel and blend the potato with some broth, milk and seasonings and you have a simple potato soup.
Loaded potato skillet: cut the baked potatoes up and saute with some onion, garlic, peppers and other available leftovers. Then top with cheese and eggs.
I hope this can inspire some of you and maybe help a little. Thank you.
by Still_Tailor_9993
6 Comments
I usually put oil, salt and pepper on mine. Idk if I’m bold enough of this type of seasoning.
Did you throw them back in the dirt after washing and peeling them!?
They are also excellent for helping to use up left overs. My Bil loves to make brisket and ribs, we often use the left over meat on baked potatoes.
I like to do French dip sandwiches in the crockpot, then I will make some Philly sandwiches and then the 3rd day is meat, mashed potatoes and making gravy from the left over Aus Jus from the French dips.
I bought a quality dicer and shredder to make it easier to do things faster.
Can also slice them up and sear each side with some butter, and throw a couple over easy eggs on top for a nice budget breakfast.
And just about anything that goes on rice or bread is pretty good on potatoes too.
Long long potatoes
Can we stop using the word “hack” to describe stuff like…cooking potatoes