How many things can you do with potatoes.

FrenchMaid_2

Potato Cakes

Grate raw potatoes, add an egg (or 2 if making large amount), some nutmeg, salt and pepper, a bit of flour to bind. Add spoonfulls to a heavy based pan with some hot oil flatten a bit, fry on both sides until nice and golden brown. Have either with soup or with pureed apple. The freeze extremely well, are nice in lunchboxes and are very yummy!

Potato and Garlic soup

Large onion, two bulbs of garlic peeled and chopped in half and about 1 kg of potatoes and stock of your choice (best would veg or chicken). Fry onion, add garlic and potatoes let it sizzle for about a minute or two then add stock so potatoes are just covered, bring to the boil, then reduce heat and let it simmer until potatoes are soft, blend soup and serve with crusty bread! Again freezes extremely well.

Pink.

Hi Lillibet,

I've added your thread into the main potato thread as it helps to keep all the suggestions together.

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katie_jane_2

hi peeps have been tring really hard to home bake and spend less at the supermarket but i need help with my current dilemma i have loadsa potatoes to use up(old) and have about an hour before all four kids need bathing so what can i do with em thats freezable and preferably intresting
tia katex

Fen1

Simply peel, boil for half usual time, cool and freeze in batches. Hey presto, par boiled tatties for whenever you need a quick dinner. They can then be used as boiled tatties, or mashed. You can cook from frozen.

Pink.

Hi katie jane,

I've added your post to an earlier thread that should give you lots of ideas.

These older threads may help with freezing:

Best way to freeze potatoes

Freezing and reheating roast potatoes

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squeaky

And... direct from The Complete Cooking Collection

- Potato - Baked Potato
- Potato - Chips
- Potato - Chips, best oil for home made?
- Potato - Coatings for Potato Wedges?
- Potato - Crispy roast potatoes
- Potato - horrible and gray
- Potato - Loaded potato skins
- Potato - Mash, boring mash!!!
- Potato - Mash, Mountains of
- Potato - Mash, what marge to use?
- Potato - Mash, the recipe says Smash, I want to use real
- Potato - Question (and quiche)
- Potato - Recipes
- Potato - Reheating jacket potatoes
- Potato - Salad
- Potato - Skins
- Potato - Sprouting spuds
- Potato - Use them or lose them
- Potato Wedges? - All you ever wanted to know about how make potato wedges

Many of the ideas in these threads will freeze. Mash certainly works well and as you can see, there are plenty of ideas for using up the skins too.

Sarahsaver

...have them baked to use up with leftovers, today we had ours with guacamole, cheese, salad, piccadillo (a Hugh FW recipe) and made a very nice meal from it;)

Bellie_2

Hi there, I once had nothing in the house for eating and no money to buy anything. The only things I had was potatoes, garlic and veg stock cubes. So I made soup with it and it was actually very nice!!!

Penelope_Penguin

Rosti, fishcakes, soup

There's an older thread with loads of suggestions for potatoes, so I'll add this question to it.

Penny. x

Sarahsaver

You dont just have to eat them...potato prints, a poultice for bruises, laundry starch (allegedly)