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Ukrainian-style Potato Cabbage + Leek Tart

It’s been an uninspiring period and I haven’t been feeling well but now that my tum tum is better, I feel like cooking and baking again. Comfort food on the menu, so I made this Ukrainian-style Potato Cabbage + Leek Tart as my weekend lunch food. The pan was actually the inspiration — I found it at a thrift store and just said “Ukraine” to me (go figure, with those colors!) What came first — the recipe or the pan? Sort of like what came first — the chicken or the egg!

13. April 2025

Dinner, Lunch, Sides

Poutine-y Hasseltots

Dear Sweden. Dear Canada. We need to talk.

Just when I thought that my love of poutine could not become greater, the mini-hasselback potato, affectionately known as a hasseltot came into the picture and stole my heart. You are delicious. You are divine. You are just the right combination of baby potatoes, bathed in olive oil and herbs, lush and hearty gravy and those melty ooey-gooey cheese curds. Food of the gods from two of the best countries.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, there is a cheese coma nap to attend to.

28. February 2025

Dinner, Lunch, Savory Snacks, Sides

Oven-Roasted Red Bliss Mini-Potatoes

OK, these are absolutely delicious and seriously easy to make. Make sure your potatoes are clean, add some herbs and garlic, pop ’em in the oven, turn once and eat. In fact, I just ate these as an entire meal with some salad. Meatless Mondays!

29. April 2024

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Colcannon Cakes

If you follow this site, you know that I seem to make a variation of Colcannon (Irish mashed potatoes) most St. Patrick’s Day — varying the potatoes (sometimes sweet potatoes) and the greens (cabbage, kale, even spinach), but this year, I stuck with transitional russett potatoes and cabbage, but make “cakes”, sort of like potato pancakes. Fried up, they are a great side dish to Irish-style sausages, or even for breakfast with bacon and eggs. Very filling!

17. March 2024

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Mini-Rösti
(German/Swiss-style Potato Pancakes)

There are lots of names for these…. (mini) Rösti, Kartoffelpuffer, Reiberdatschi, Latkes, Placki, Potato Pancakes, Hashbrown patties. These are so many many variations and personalizations. While many of them have onions, I use finely sliced red onions (just a little) and I use a very uncommon ingredient: carrots. I like the color and a little bit of sweetness and because they have similar characteristics when it comes to cooking, it works well for me. If you don’t like the carrot idea, leave them out but add 2 more potatoes.

I haven’t done this in a while, but back in the day, Ben and I would use these rösti as the base for Smoked Salmon Eggs Benedict, so today I made both smoked salmon and avocado eggs benny with mini-rösti patties. Delicious.

21. January 2024

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