{"id":291,"date":"2011-12-31T01:00:51","date_gmt":"2011-12-31T09:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rjjblog.maryjanesfarm.org\/wordpress\/?p=291"},"modified":"2011-12-31T01:00:51","modified_gmt":"2011-12-31T09:00:51","slug":"idaho-spud-knocker-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/291","title":{"rendered":"Today’s Recipe: Case of the CUTES"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tYou say, \u201cpotato,\u201d I say, \u201cadorable!\u201d<\/p>\n

Or at least that\u2019s what I said when I saw these baby munchkins for sale at our local co-op.<\/p>\n

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Not quite catching my case of the cutes yet? Have another look:<\/p>\n

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Yup\u2014they\u2019re eensy-weensy, teeny-tiny potatoes. And since some of you are already getting your seed catalogs and dreaming about summer gardening, I just had to share my need-something-easy, not-in-the-mood-to-cook\u00a0cheesy potato recipe with you.<\/p>\n

After all, the potato (AKA \u201cspud\u201d or an \u201cearth apple\u201d) has been the victim of some seriously misguided criticism. In the last 15 years, we\u2019ve heard potatoes blamed for everything from obesity to diabetes to heart disease. Now that we\u2019ve all had a moment to lose our heads over this misinformation, it would seem that nutritionists are finally combating the rumors and praising the almighty spud for its nutritional value. Go figure\u2014six million Irish could\u2019ve told us that! (Or 1 million Idahoans.)<\/p>\n

Now, no one in their right mind would\u00a0go on a\u00a0potato-only diet<\/a>, but I will say this: they\u2019re nutritious, tasty, easy to prepare, and\u00a0kid-friendly. They\u2019d\u00a0be the single most important survival crop to grow at home if there were food shortages.<\/p>\n

Do you grow a particular variety of potato?\u00a0Our favorite is the Desiree. It isn\u2019t prone to disease, so every year we plant some from our previous year\u2019s crop. It\u2019s been years since we\u2019ve purchased seed potatoes.<\/p>\n

Here’s a shot taken last June\u00a0of our Desiree potatoes\u00a0that had been\u00a0in storage for nine months already. They’re still looking pretty good and tasting even better. In fact, we were getting ready to serve them to our summer B&B guests when I snapped this photo.<\/p>\n

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Potato & Ham BakeOver<\/h2>\n

4\u20136 servings<\/p>\n

Ingredients:<\/p>\n