My family’s ability to consume vast amounts of potatoes should allow us to be featured in the Guinness Book of World Records.
It isn’t so much that the family gets bored with the same old potatoes day after day.. I do. I hate cooking the same thing more than once. In fact I am pretty sure that I did not repeat a meal for at least the first ten years of my marriage. After that I got lazy.

I was always taught to eat the whole potato, including skins. This is great IF you are buying organic, but if you aren’t you …read more

Mashed potatoes are one of the major four comfort foods; chocolate, ice cream, mac and cheese, and mashed potatoes.  They are great plain, with plenty of butter and maybe some gravy, but when you want serious comfort food give these a try.  Smoky bacon, garlic, onion, and cheddar combine with the potatoes to create something amazing.

I served them with ham, but they make a great topper for shepherds pie, or anything where you want flavorful mashed potatoes.  Not sure that you would want to dump gravy on these…
1/2 lb bacon
1 onion, peeled and chopped
1 clove garlic, peeled and chopped
3 lbs …read more