Eight recipes with potatoes for using up a bag of spuds: a sausage and potato bake, twice-baked potatoes, crispy parmesan potatoes, colcannon and more.
Potatoes are cheapest by the big bag, which is how most of us end up with a few kilos quietly sprouting in the pantry. The good news is they can be dinner, not just the side.
The first few recipes here make a meal on their own; the rest are sides worth building dinner around. If you've got something to pair them with, see potatoes and bacon, potatoes and cheese, chicken and potatoes, beef and potatoes or eggs and potatoes.
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The Cookie Rookie30 min8 servingsFamily mealStart with Sausage and Potatoes Casserole from The Cookie Rookie for a simple bake that turns sausages and potatoes into a full dinner.
A pack of sausages and a few potatoes is a budget dinner most kitchens can make without going to the shops.
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RecipeTin Eats30 min8 servingsDinnerFor potatoes as the main event, make Twice Baked Potatoes from RecipeTin Eats where the scooped-out potato is mixed with fillings and baked again in its skin.
Treat them as a base. Cheese, leftover chilli or a few rashers of bacon all work as fillings.
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03RecipeTin Eats21 min12 servingsLeftoversIf there's leftover mash, turn it into Mashed Potato Cakes with Cheese & Bacon from RecipeTin Eats and fry them until the edges are crisp.
This is the best thing that can happen to yesterday's mash.
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04RecipeTin Eats45 min4 servingsSideFor the side everyone fights over, roast Crispy Roasted Parmesan Potatoes from RecipeTin Eats with a crunchy parmesan crust.
Put them next to a roast chook or a few sausages and nobody minds that the rest of dinner is simple.
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05For a richer side, bake Scalloped Potatoes with Goat Cheese from Well Plated with thin layers of potato and goat cheese for tang.
It needs over an hour in the oven, so save it for a weekend or a night when the oven's already on for a roast.
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06The Cookie Rookie35 min8 servingsComfortWhen there's cabbage to use up, make Colcannon Potatoes from The Cookie Rookie for the Irish mash with greens folded through.
It's a great way to sneak in the last of a cabbage or a bunch of kale.
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07For a warmer kind of potato salad, try Pea, Lentil & Potato Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing from Well Plated which is made more filling with peas and lentils.
It's substantial enough to be a light dinner, not just a side.
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08And to have potatoes ready when you walk in the door, set up Crock Pot Baked Potatoes from Well Plated in the morning and let the slow cooker take it from there.
Top them with whatever's in the fridge: cheese, baked beans, leftover mince or sour cream and chives.
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