Get your paring knives ready because this month Baking Delights is hosting the Potato Ho Down..the brilliant, if somewhat starchy, brain child of Cathy over at Noble Pig.  The round up will be posted next Wednesday so you have an entire week to come up with the recipes, make them, post them and send me the links.

There are certain rules to be obeyed which you can find here.  If you don;t usually participate in these events…why not? It is fun.  And remember, a potato is a terrible thing to waste.

I have all ready begun to get the entries and I can tell you that they look ….delicious.  So… ready? set! Go Idaho!

Image:Homemade Chips,  (c) Marye Audet

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I am getting this in under the wire.  In fact, I am counting on the fact that Cathy is on Pacific time and I am on Central.

It isn’t that I forgot. It really isn’t.  It is just that I sometimes put things off until the very last minute. Like this.

Oddly enough one of our family’s favorite foods is potato and cheese tacos.  What’s not to like? They are cheap, spicy, cheesy, and ..umm.. cheap.  And they will fill up a sixteen year old boy.  Eventually.

Versatile? You bet.  You can do about any combination and it magically turns into something really good.  Here are some of our favvorites:

• Potato, Monterey Jack and chard
• Potato, and cheddar
• Potato, cheddar and jalapeno
• Potato, pinto beans, and cheese
• Potato and cabbage
• Potato, cheese, and  taco seasoned beef

I haven’t tried potato and chocolate yet..but you never know….

The ones I did tonight were potato, cheese, onion and ground buffalo.  Happy trails!

Awesome Potato and Cheese Tacos

24 corn tortillas- warmed until pliable

4 potatoes, peeled and diced

1 onion, peeled and chopped

1 tsp dried chipotle

1 lb ground buffalo

1/4 cup good quality taco seasoning, preferably homemade

1/4 c cilantro

1 cup shredded colby

garnish: 

ripe chopped tomatoes

chopped and seeded jalapeno

salsa

Put about a tablespooon of oil in a large frying pan.  Add the buffalo, onion, potato, and chipotle.  Brown over medium heat until the meat is cooked and the potato is tender.  Add the taco seasoning, and about 1 cup of water.  Simmer until the water is absorbed.  Add the cilantro and the cheese and mix well.

Spoon into warm tortillas and add tomatoes, salsa, and jalapenos to taste.

Makes 24 tacos.  The number of people that will serve will vary. Alot.

See? Perfect.     Simple.  Best of all…cheap.

For more Potato Hos check out the roundup on Noble Pig 

Banner: Noble Pig, used by permission.

Image: Marye Audet 

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