Potato Recipes

Don't Have to be Fattening

Are you looking for a variety of potato recipes to serve with your weekly meals?

If you answered yes, look no further because here you will find some of the best potato recipes, and tips for preparing and cooking potatoes.

If you like potatoes, you will enjoy this assortment of recipes for potatoes, all of which are available for you to immediately download.

Here you will find nutritious recipes for potato soup, potato salad, sweet potato, baked potato, mashed potato, potato pancake, boiled potato, fried potato, garlic potato and roasted potatoes recipes.

Fried Potato Recipes

Potato Pancakes

Oven Baked French Fries

Potato Salad Recipes

Potato Salad

Southern Potato Salad

German Potato Salad

Baked Potato Recipes

Regular Baked Potato

Oven Baked Sweet Potato

Baked Sweet Potato

Mashed Potato Recipes

Buttered Mashed Potatoes

Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Potato Soup Recipes

Potato and Onion Soup

Candied Yams Recipes

Candied Yams

Over the years potatoes have gotten a bad reputation for being high in fat and calories. This simply is not true. Potatoes can be a welcomed healthy low calorie and high fiber addition to your meals.

The high fat and calories of today's potato dishes stem from the fact that they are cooked in grease and/or loaded with toppings such as bacon bits, butter, cheese, chili, and sour cream. If you just cut back a little you can still enjoy deliciously prepared potatoes.

I'm well versed in how to prepare and cook potatoes, since potatoes have long be a southern staple. So, before you go running off and cooking up some delicious potatoes, please review some tips on preparing and cooking potatoes.

What Type of Potato Should You Use?

Based on your cooking method there are several varieties of potatoes to choose from. Some potatoes are more suitable than others for a given cooking method (i.e. baking, boiling, frying, roasting, steaming, etc)

Because russet potatoes are low in moisture, they're the best for baking. Russet potatoes are also an excellent choice for frying, and boiling.

The best potatoes for boiling include new potatoes, round red potatoes and round white potatoes. Since these potatoes hold their shape after cooking they're ideal for potato salad and scalloped potato dishes.

New potatoes are by far the best potatoes for steaming and roasting.

The best potatoes for chowder and soup recipes are round red potatoes, round white potatoes and Yukon golds.

Picking and Cleaning Your Potatoes

Before you can prepare your potatoes for cooking you must run over to your local grocery store or farmers market and select suitable potatoes. As previous discussed you want to select the best potatoes for your given recipe and cooking task.

Since potatoes are available year round you always have a fresh selection. When you make your selection, avoid potatoes that: have areas of green skin or are shriveled, sprouting or wrinkled. Bottom line, you should forgo any potatoes that are not pleasing in appearance. I prefer picking from a bin as opposed to prepackaged potatoes in a bag. This way I can control which potatoes I buy.

Now with potatoes in hand, you're ready to give your potatoes a good scrubbing to remove dirt, germs and bacteria before cooking. Simply scrub potato skins thoroughly under cold running water. Then potatoes pat dry with paper towels before cooking.