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[mangaroo]

I need potato recipes, please. I have a small bag of yukon gold that will form the base of my next 5 dinners, but I have no idea what to do with them. (Two caveats: no cheese, please. And if the recipe includes the phrase "move the potatoes from the double boiler to the chafing dish," you've lost me. Twice

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[wednesday_10_00]

re: potatoes - I like to just dice them up and pan fry them (in vegetable oil or margarine), adding salt, pepper, and herbs (basil is my personal favorite) just before eating.

I made this a couple weeks ago and it was REALLY good. Easy to modify, too. (I used regular flour and fresh tomatoes; I think you could make the guacamole with different herbs, too, if you didn't have those particular ones around.)

You can always do a baked potato (with corn and salsa is a favorite in my house). Or potato soup is easy. Or potato salad (which I make with just potatoes, eggs, mayo, salt, and pepper).

Dang, I keep thinking of things with cheese. This is hard! I bet spacealien_vamp has a good curry recipe, though.

[wednesday_10_00]

Oops, I got so distracted by the potatoes I forgot to say:

I'm glad you realized you can't declutter in one fell swoop. It's a big job! Take your time; keep doing it as long as you feel motivated, and don't feel bad about taking a break when you get sick of it.

What I don't like is the SIZE of the old TV. It's easily 2 feet deep.

Sounds to me like a good thing to get rid of. Small TVs are relatively inexpensive, too.

[mangaroo]

For me, dicing and pan frying wouldn't feel like a meal. It would feel like a side dish (as it was with the AWESOME omelet).

Given my boiled egg situation (they're perfect, I tell you!), I think I'll start with the potato salad tonight. I'm going to have to adapt the guac recipe to use fresh tomatoes, as well, since I have to make a single serving of this and would have no use for all that extra diced tomato sitting around in a can. Although I imagine there will be enough avocado and tomato leftovr to make a second serving later in the week. Sounds tasty! How important is the flour? I don't have any flour at all, but I don't think having undusted potato skins will be a disaster.

I can't decide whether to bookmark the potato oup recipe or not. It sounds like letting the soup boil after the milk is added will lead to something inedible, and I can pretty much guarantee I have no control over that happening.

Thank you for the yummy suggestions and making it past the cheese prohibition!

[wednesday_10_00]

Couldn't you have the diced potatoes with an omelet, or even put the potatoes in the omelet?

I don't think the flour is important at all--I certainly couldn't tell that it did anything. Unless it's to keep the potatoes from sticking to the pan...? In which case, just spray the pan or something. And yes, I think it would make enough for leftovers--I should have mentioned that when I made it, we only had two avocados, and that was plenty to fill four potatoes. (The potato innards, btw, I used to make mashed potatoes later. Yum.)

It's not going to destroy the soup if the milk boils; you just don't want it to boil a lot*. (Like, not very hard, or not very long.)

*I just imagined boiling an alot. Noooooo

[spacealien_vamp]

Mmmm...potatoes...

Here is the recipe for the spicy Indonesian potatoes from YaoiCon:
2 Yukon Gold potatoes, diced
1/2 cup diced Vidalia onion
2 t garlic (minced or puree)
2 t ginger (minced or puree)
1/2 t cayenne pepper
2 T oil for frying
2 T soy sauce
1/4 cup coconut milk

1. In a bowl, combine the onion, garlic, ginger, and cayenne.
2. In a large skillet, heat the oil and stir fry the onion mixture until fragrant, then add the soy sauce and coconut milk and cook about 1 minute.
3. Add the potatoes and stir to coat. Continue to fry, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are cooked through.

I have LOTS of recipes for potato curry, so you'd have to narrow it down a bit. (For example, potato/tomato curry, potato/legume curry, potato/coconut milk curry, potato/vegetable curry...)

I also have recipes for things like potato bread (Hawaiian sweet bread is awesome), but I don't know if you have a bread pan for baking.

You could also make potato okonomiyaki, which is a simple batter of flour/egg/water with shredded cabbage. Add any

[wednesday_10_00]

I don't know about mangaroo, but I'd love a potato + coconut milk curry recipe.

(I thought about okonomiyaki also, but I've never made it with potatoes and no cheese. In fact, I'm not sure I've ever had it without cheese? But if you've had it that way, I trust that it would be good.)

[spacealien_vamp]

I'd love a potato + coconut milk curry recipe.

Okay, here's the one that I always make. It's Thai-style, but it's not authentic because I use powdered spices due to the fact that they keep longer. (Real Thai curry uses paste. I'll include that at the end.)

Curry spice mix:
1 T dried lemon grass (I run it through my spice mill to chop as fine as possible)
1 T onion powder
1 T garlic powder
1 T yellow curry powder
1 t ground cumin
1 t ground coriander
1 t salt
1/2 t cayenne pepper powder
1/2 t ground cinnamon
1/2 t ground cloves

Curry:
2 T spice mix
1 can (~13.5oz) coconut milk
2 cups vegetable broth or water (I personally like kombu broth

[wednesday_10_00]

Oh, yum. I have to buy a couple ingredients for the curry powder, but I will definitely try it. Thanks! <3