I just wanted to point out a delicious creamy baked potato soup recipe from the personal finance blog Get Rich Slowly.  It’s pretty cheap, pretty healthy, and tastes really good.  It’s thick enough, too, to work as a whole meal.
All you need is 3-5 russet medium to small russet potatoes (I used five, a couple [...]

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This past Sunday I used my lentils to make a lentil and potato curry dish. It looked pretty simple and I had the ingredients I needed on hand.
How was it? Decent. Not amazing, but not terrible. The main flavoring is curry, of which I used a plain store bought brand, but I could imagine the [...]

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So I’m working on an impromptu dinner last night consisting of sauteed chicken breasts with a sweet and sour pan sauce, mashed potatoes, and frozen corn, when my chicken breasts take way too long to thaw. Of course my potatoes were already boiling and practically done when I finally started to pre-heat the [...]

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I didn’t realize how many varieties of potatoes there were before I began cooking. Not only are there many types, but they have quite a few different names that aren’t always self-explanatory. Today I’d like to cover the main categories of potatoes and what they’re good for.
Potatoes are categorized by many traits, including [...]

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Tired of that old, plain baked potato? Looking for something to spice it up, add some kick and wow you? Well, you’ve come to the wrong place. A bay-scented baked potato isn’t going to wow anyone or turn the potato world upside down, but it does add a little flavor and interest [...]

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