Sep 24, 2008

Carrot & Potato Gratin

No real fancy recipe this time, just a personal trip down memory lane. A typically Dutch winter dish is called ‘hutspot‘. I grew up with it, just smelling it brings back memories of days long gone. The almost forgotten scents of my childhood. Hutspot is a simple, nourishing dish made from boiled potatoes, carrots and onions. Everything is boiled in one big pot and coarsely mashed up. Spiked with pepper…

Sep 14, 2008

Kayotic Mash

Filed under: potatoes,Recipes,Sides — Tags: , , , , , , — Kay @ 4:08 pm

This recipe sprouted from my mind not too long ago – when I needed a quick side dish to go with a pepper steak I was about to serve a few hours later. What do you mean last minute? It had to be a recipe that would include potatoes as well as vegetables, be creamy but without the use of heavy cream or even butter. Bonus points for incorporating the…