Potato

  • Creamy Potato and Leek Soup

    thedizzydieter

    Potato and leek has always been one of my favourite tinned soups and so it seemed only right when brainstorming ideas for Soup of the Month that it should go on the list. It may seem boring or unoriginal but it’s definitely a classic that I wanted to try making my own version of. Potatoes are awesome. I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it. In every form and recipe, they are just there…. being awesome. You can mash or boil them to provide a background for the main event, or they can come to the front of the…

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  • Best Dressed New Potatoes

    thedizzydieter

    Okay, now I know what you’re thinking. New potatoes, butter and herbs is not a new concept – what are you playing at? To be honest with you, 10 years ago I wouldn’t have been able to successfully boil some new potatoes – I might have been able to knock…

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  • Creamy Tuna, Mushroom and Gnocchi Bake

    thedizzydieter

    What I’ve essentially done here is taken the traditional tuna pasta bake and, for want of a better phrase, tarted it up a bit. Pasta bakes are one of my absolute favourites but it seemed a natural evolution to try swapping out pasta for potato gnocchi to make something a…

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  • Fondant potatoes (Pommes Fondants)

    thedizzydieter

    Potatoes, potatoes, potatoes…. probably one of the main reasons I am overweight. Unfortunately, I cant blame the potatoes themselves (obviously they didn’t come and hold me up at gunpoint until I ate them) – I just have a personal weakness for them in pretty much any and every form. These…

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  • Oven baked gnocchi with cherry tomatoes

    thedizzydieter

    Meet one of my favourite sides! This is soooo good. Yes, it has mozzarella and parmesan cheeses in it but it also has fresh cherry tomatoes, spinach and butter/cannellini beans so it both tastes and feels pretty good and virtuous to eat! We tend to serve this with a gorgeous…

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  • Sage and onion potato rostis

    thedizzydieter

    I think potatoes are one of the most wonderful food stuffs known to man. So versatile, delicious and a great source of fibre and antioxidants. I’m an absolute sucker for them in almost any form- mash, jackets, big chunky chips, wedges, mash…. Wait, had I said mash already? I really…

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