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300 Best Potato Recipes Cookbook Giveaway!

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I LOVE potatoes!  Fried, mashed, baked, or in a casserole…it doesn’t matter!  I LOVE them all!  So for me, this is an excellent cookbook for my kitchen!  You know what’s cool about this cookbook?  It includes Breads, Biscuits, Scones, Griddle Cakes, Desserts & Confections!  I bet you thought that it’s just full of side dishes!  That’s what I thought before I went through it!  You can find Soup, Salads, Appetizers, Snacks, Light Meals, Main Courses, Vegetarian Dishes, and of course plenty of Side Dishes! There are only 16 full-color photos in the book, but the variety of recipes certainly makes up for that.  Check out a few photos from the book!
 

Cantal & Potato Purée with Parsley Garlic Butter

Photo credit: Colin Erricson

 

Carolina Sweet Potato Pie

Photo credit: Colin Erricson

 

Frites a la Kingsmill

Photo credit: Colin Erricson

 

The Nacho Wedge

Photo credit: Colin Erricson

 

I have permission to share The Nacho Wedge recipe with you!

 

The Nacho Wedge

Makes 6 to 8 servings

I’m here to tell you to forget corn chips when making nachos. Use much healthier crisp, oven-roasted potato wedges and top with all the usual nacho suspects - chiles, beans, cheese, olives, green onions, diced tomato. This is a great dish to serve at your next big televised game day. Add salsa, guacamole and perhaps even a dollop of sour cream, just to round things off.

Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C)

Ingredients

6 large floury potatoes, scrubbed

1⁄4 cup olive oil 60 mL

2 tsp sweet paprika 10 mL

1⁄2 tsp garlic salt 2 mL

1⁄2 tsp dried oregano 2 mL

1⁄4 tsp cayenne pepper 1 mL

Freshly ground black pepper

2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese 500 mL

1⁄2 cup cooked black beans, drained and rinsed 125 mL

3 tomatoes, diced

3 green onions, chopped

1⁄2 cup sliced black olives 125 mL

1 jalapeño pepper, thinly sliced, or 1⁄4 cup (60 mL) canned sliced jalapeño peppers  

Directions

1.   Halve potatoes lengthwise, then cut into thick wedges of uniform thickness. Transfer to a bowl. Add oil, paprika, garlic salt, oregano, cayenne and freshly ground pepper to taste and toss until potatoes are well coated.

2.   Transfer potatoes to baking sheets, lining them up nicely (do not let them touch). Bake in preheated oven, turning once or twice, for about 30 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through.

3.   Top potatoes with half the cheese, then beans, tomatoes, green onions, olives and remaining cheese. Return to oven and bake for about 5 minutes or until cheese has melted (broil if necessary).

Serve immediately (see Tips, left).  

Tips If you have a favorite spice blend that you use for chicken or ribs, use it to season the potatoes before roasting. For this quantity of beans, it’s probably easiest to use canned black beans, unless you have cooked dried ones from scratch and have some leftover. Plan on serving these spuds directly from the baking tray, but let everyone know how hot it is.

*Excerpted from 300 Best Potato Recipes: A Complete Cook’s Guide by Kathleen Sloan-McIntosh © 2011 Robert Rose Inc. www.robertrose.ca Reprinted with permission.

 

I made the O’Brien Home Fries on page 242.  They were delicious and easy to make!

 

I also made the Real English Chips on page 64.  You may have seen them on my previous deep fryer giveaway.  This was the first time I ever made deep-fried french fries!  They were just like the ones you get in the Pub!  Very tasty!

 

Interesting Feature in the Book

There is a Potato Glossary in the front of the book that is divided into 3 sections:  All-Purpose Potatoes, Floury Potatoes, Waxy Potatoes, and Specialty Potatoes.  Each section has a list of potatoes and tells of its origin, availability (country), description, and uses.  It’s pretty interesting!

 



 

Would you like to win a copy of 300 Best Potato Recipes?

 

Here’s what you need to do to enter this giveaway!

 

Mandatory Entry: What’s your favorite potato dish (either homemade or from a restaurant)?  Don’t forget to include your email address in the designated email box in your comment.

 

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THIS GIVEAWAY WILL END ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11 AT 5 PM EST.  THIS GIVEAWAY IS OVER! *It is open to the U.S. and Canada only. The winner will be chosen by random.org and will be contacted by email. Please respond within 48 hours or a new winner will be chosen. To be fair to everyone, the comments not meeting the requirements will be deleted. Good luck!

*I received a copy of this book for the purpose of this review/giveaway.  The comments in this post are 100% my own.

 



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  12. 12

    My favorite potatoes are the Potatoes Supreme from
    Lark’s Country Heart. Delicious. Had them for
    Thanksgiving and Christmas.

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  45. 45

    I’ve never met a potato I didn’t like! If I have to pick a favorite it would be my mom’s fried potatoes and onions. She gets just the right crispness on them on the outside and they are so tender and moist on the inside.

    Reply
  51. 51

    My favorite potato dish is mashed red potato mixed with green onion and bacon bits.

    attct[at]aol[dot]com

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  53. 53

    I mentioned this giveaway on Facebook using the button at the top of this post.

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  63. 63

    Favorite way is peeled, cut in half, covered in butter on a cookie sheet and roasted till brown. Then maybe a little more butter & salt.

    Reply
  67. 67

    My husband loves potatoes but his favorite is still a baked potato with lots of butter. When we dine out, he will order every kind of potato on the menu to have with his dinner!!! I so need this book because I get tired of trying new potato recipes. I often can’t even eat potatoes because I am so sick of cooking them.

    Reply
  80. 80

    are you kidding? In our hous potatoes rule! We eat at least 10 lbs/wk!
    I am your newest follower..pls follow back if you can! ths photos from the book are fabulous!

    Reply
  104. 104

    My favorite potato dish are potato cups cooked in muffin tins. They are like individual au gratin potatos in crispy crusts. I would love this cookbook!

    Reply
  105. 105

    Favorite is Crack Potatoes….lots of cheese, onions,sour cream,real bacon and shredding cheese.

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  136. 136

    Looks so good - especially when it’s so darn cold here!! BTW if you ever do book giveaways (Fiction) let m eknow 🙂 Stopping in to follow from today’s hop - hope you have time to visit today 🙂 And if you get the chance check out my book - it’s on special right now through Amazon for $0.99 🙂 Have a great one! http://www.shaunanosler.blogspot.com

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  137. 137

    My absolute favorite potato has got to be the fried taters that my daughter makes. I don’t know what she does different but they are GOOOOOOOOOOOD

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  195. 195

    I too love potatoes almost anyway you can cook them. I even like them raw. One of my favorite ways with potatoes and my families too is Colcannon - Mashed potatoes, cabbage, green onions, ham, lots of butter and my son sometimes even puts Irish cheese in his.

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  201. 201

    My favorite potato dish is one my family makes every year for the holidays. Its called make ahead potatoes. Its really easy to make, you can make it a day ahead of big holidays to make it easier on the day itself. It is basically a bunch of mashed potatoes, that you add a bunch of cream cheese and butter too. So simple, but its so rich and creamy, after you mix it all together in the mixer. It a great compliment to the holiday table, and always a big hit.

    Thanks for the chance!

    chocoa16@yahoo.com

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  208. 208

    I love potato and leek soup. I could eat it every day, morning, noon and night. Course, just about any other potato dish would be ok too! I love them all.

    Reply
  228. 228

    Baked potatoes with cheese, bacon, sour cream and chives is my favourite potato dish

    bluebelle0367(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  275. 275

    I have a new favorite - scalloped potatoes and ham. Now that we found a recipe with the “proper” way to make them!

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  276. 276

    My favorite potato dish is homemade potato latkes. My Dad made the best and even though I follow his recipe, his were always better. 🙂

    Reply
  294. 294

    I love twice baked potatoes!! I have tried several different recipes and I am always on the lookout for new ones!

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  300. 300

    I love the home fries that many restaurants serve on their breakfast menu
    Digicats {at} Sbcglobal {dot} Net

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