Microwave baked potatoes

You can bake potatoes in the microwave to get the same result as you get with oven baked potatoes. The cooked skins are softer that those baked in the oven and of course the microwaving doesn’t take nearly as long.  So this is a good way of cooking potatoes in a hurry. …Read more

Cheesy baked potatoes

When my daughters were young and I was working full time, I’d sometimes be heading home and think – OMG what have I got for dinner tonight?  Invariably on those nights we’d have cheesy baked potatoes. And if we were lucky …Read more

Mashed potatoes

We used to put a great dollop of butter into a pile of fluffy mashed potatoes on our dinner plates.  Our different lifestyles now makes this a bit hazardous to our health.  But fluffy mashed potatoes are still a tasty way of serving potatoes. …Read more

Boiled new potatoes

Boiled new potatoes

The method for boiling new potatoes is the same as for old potatoes. The only difference is that new potatoes don’t need to be peeled because the skins are soft.  This is great as there is more fibre in the skins and that’s ‘good for you’! …Read more

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