Potato Recipes That Aren't Boring
Bring back the carbs! Is that low-carb diet fad over yet? Because The Daily Meal is excited to feature our very own potato recipes in this week's Recipe SWAT Team.
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Potatoes aren't just an efficient means of delivering carbohydrates to our bodies — they're also a great source of vitamin C, dietary fiber, and potassium. Not to mention, they're also delicious, and can be prepared in nearly as many ways as there are varieties — fried, roasted, mashed, boiled, puréed, or baked, put into casseroles, transformed into gnocchi, turned into edible baskets — you name it, and it's probably been done.
To help you get the most out of your spuds, here are a few helpful tips:
- Avoid keeping potatoes in the refrigerator, which will cause the starch to break down into sugar.
- Like apples and avocados, potatoes will oxidize when cut, so place them in a bowl of cold water with a little bit of lemon juice or vinegar to keep them from turning brown before cooking.
- Use starchy potatoes like russet for frying, roasting, and mashing, and waxy potatoes like red or new potatoes for soups, stews, and salads. Medium-starch potatoes like Yukon Gold can go either way.
This week, we have seven original recipes developed in-house, plus a couple from the Culinary Content Network.
Rachel Leah Blumenthal, author of the blog Fork It Over, Boston!, joins us for the very first time with her creative recipe for Potato and Poblano Pepper Wontons. Don't miss out on it!
And Milisa Armstrong of Miss in the Kitchen, joins us again with a recipe for Easy Twice-Baked Potatoes.
Last, but not least, before you jump into the kitchen, we'd like to give a shout out to the winner of this week's contest, Jessica Chou, one of our associate editors. Congratulations, Jess! Check out her recipe for Potato Flatbread.
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Will Budiaman is the Recipe Editor at The Daily Meal. Follow him on Twitter @WillBudiaman.