300 Best Potato Recipes: A Complete Cook's Guide

 300 Best Potato Recipes: A Complete Cook's Guide written Sloan-Mcintosh.
The humble potato is a culinary powerhouse and inspires adventurous and tantalizing fare.
A "desert island" vegetable if ever there was one, the potato appeals to all of us, whether in the form of traditional comfort dishes or in the guise of the new and exotic. Versatile, nutritious, inexpensive and unfailingly delicious, no other vegetable, and few foods in general, can make those claims.

Recipes include: Appetizers and snacks, soups and salads, side dishes, main courses, hearty vegetarian main dishes, baked goods and desserts make up this vast and colorful collection of recipes. The author also includes a complete history and origins of potatoes as well as a comprehensive chapter that covers hundreds of potato varieties.


These are just some of the delicious possibilities that the humble potato offers in this wide and varied assortment of recipes:

•Garlic roasties with rosemary
•Real English chips
•Gnocchi-roni and cheese
•All-American potato pancakes
•Sweet potato-crusted shrimp
•East Coast chowder
•Creole potato salad
•French potato galette
•Potato lasagna
•Sweet potato gnocchi
•Mennonite country potato doughnuts
•Potato fudge
Kathleen Sloan-Mcintosh is an author, food journalist and the owner and operator of the Black Dog Village Pub & Bistro in Bayfield, Ontario.

For my review, I decided that I would try the Grilled Potatoes with Cream Aioli this night. I simply boiled the potatoes for a quick 5 minutes, then I threaded them onto my rope skewer thing and grilled them for 10 minutes. The Aioli sauce is garlic, egg yolks, lemon huice, olive oil, dijon mustard salt and pepper and dill. These were delicious with our grilled steaks.
I have a 5 lb bag of Yukon Gold potatoes in my pantry that need to be used up, I'll have to look for a few other recipes in this book so I can use them up. This book sure has every kind of potato recipe you could possible think of.

*Disclosure* I wrote this review for "Mommy? I'm Hungry!" about 300 Best Potato Recipes. The product(s) in this review were provided to me free of cost for the purpose of conducting my review. All opinions expressed in this review are my own and are not influenced by monetary compensation. Product info & stock images provided by PR or Co.

Orchard Bars Giveaway and Review

Orchard Bars are loaded with real fruit, heart-healthy nuts, nutritious seeds, and protein-rich soy nuggets. No date paste filler, no peanuts, no strange substances from the lab. Just all-natural energy from fruits, nuts, and seeds.

As I was opening these packages, I was amazed how wonderful they smelled. Already I could tell they'd be good. They come in three great flavors.

-Blueberry Pomegranate & Almond is filled with real fruit and nuts.
-Pineapple Coconut & Macadamia tastes like you're in a tropical getaway.
-Strawberry Raspberry & Walnut loaded with sweet berry flavor.

•A Good Source of Protein
•Made with Heart-Healthy Nuts
•Rich in Antioxidants, High in Omega 3*
•All-Natural, Non-GMO, and 60% Organic
•No Preservatives, Trans-Fats, or Cholesterol
•Vegan & Kosher, Low in Sodium
•Gluten-Free & Dairy-Free

WoW, these are great, they are soft and have a sort of gelatinous/pureed texture to the fruit, I can't really explain it, they are really good. They're not like any other fruit bar I've tasted. I like all the flavors but the pineapple coconut & macadamia the best I think. If you like pineapple you'll like this one too. My little girl like that one too. If we happend to find them in a store here I'll be sure to grab some for snacks.

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Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in IMAX Theatres -MyBlogSpark

 

My mission, I choose to accept it is to check out Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in IMAX theatres this Holiday season. MI is one series of movies I can get into, they're always edge of your seat action packed movies, I can't wait until Mr. and I get to check it out.
Join Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team of rogue IMF agents, in this mind-blowing adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish.
Starting December 16th, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol will be playing in over 300 IMAX theaters in North America, a full five days earlier than its traditional release

With 30-minutes of scenes shot with IMAX cameras, fans will be able to enjoy certain sequences of the movie in larger than life, full-screen proportions

As an added bonus, IMAX will offer the first previews of the upcoming Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, prior to Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol

*Disclosure* I wrote this review for "Mommy? I'm Hungry!" about Mission: Impossible. The product(s) in this review were provided to me free of cost for the purpose of conducting my review,Tickets and information have been provided by IMAX through MyBlogSpark . All opinions expressed in this review are my own and are not influenced by monetary compensation. Product info & stock images provided by PR or Co.

Three Big Reasons To Visit Swagbucks This Monday

-Swagbucks is going crazy on Monday 12/19, with more ways for you to earn reward points towards free stuff. First, they're having a Swag Code Extravaganza, which means a fun day where you can earn up to 70 Swag Bucks from 8 different codes throughout the day.


-Second, there's a new set of Holiday Collector's Bills which you can only earn through search - get all five and you'll receive an instant 12 Swag Bucks bonus. The set starts at noon on Monday 12/19.

-Finally, for any referral you bring in through the 19th, you'll not only get up to 1000 matching Swag Bucks from Search, but 1000 Matching Swag Bucks from everything they earn (not including codes) all day Monday - they're calling it Mega Match Monday. Come sign up now.

Three big reasons to visit Swagbucks this Monday.

Also, now through December 31st new users who sign up can earn a bonus sign up and it's worth 100 additional Swag Bucks when applied during registration only. It's active now and the code is HOLIDAYSWAG.
If there are any problems with this code please contact Swagbucks Support, who have been instructed to credit your account.



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Kettle Cuisine Soups Giveaway and Review

Kettle Cuisine is an independent, artisan soup maker that has cooked uncompromised soup since 1986 by treating food the way it’s supposed to be treated at every step of the way—sourcing the best natural ingredients, preparing each ingredient properly and with painstaking attention to detail, and never adding anything unnecessary or artificial. Kettle Cuisine are All Natural, All Gluten Free Soups, Chilis and Chowders. Some are also vegetarian, dairy free and low fat.

When Jerry's daughter Kate was diagnosed with Celiac Disease nearly twenty years ago and was forced to live on a gluten free diet, Jerry quickly realized how limited the prepared food options were for this growing community of people. In 2006, when the FDA proposed a formal definition for gluten free foods, Jerry finally had his opportunity to serve this community with great tasting, wholesome, real food products. This line of ten single serving, frozen soups is now available in grocery stores in all fifty states.

I added some jalapenos & cheddar to mine served w/GF cornbread

I was sent 6 of their frozen varieties for review. Angus Beef Steak Chili with Beans, Chicken Chili with White Beans, New England Clam Chowder, Thai Curry Chicken Soup, Roasted Vegetable Soup and Tomato Soup with Garden Vegetables. Let me tell you, these soups are FANTASTIC. The flavors are all great and they come frozen in a singe serve 10 oz. bowl that you can either microwave or cook on the stove, and it just takes a few minutes. I really loved the Angus Beef Steak Chili with Beans with Angus beef a blend of Southwestern spices, red beans, ripe tomatoes, hand-chopped peppers and spicy green chilies. Wish I had more of it right now.

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Thai Curry Chicken Soup

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Swagbucks Tasks

Swagbucks Tasks are an opportunity to do specific actions (called "jobs") and earn Swagbucks based on performance, accuracy and time spent. You can even bank the Swag Bucks you earn from a task if you have to stop in the middle and come back later. Once your task meter is filled up, cash out and watch your Swag Buck total increase. Come and sign up for Swagbucks with me and be on your way to earning free cool gifts.

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Target's Archer Farms and Market Pantry Holiday Foods

For your Holiday goodie needs, check out Target's line of treats. We were sent some Holiday goodies to try out from Target. They arrived in the perfect timr for Thanksgiving. I put out the nuts into a big bow and well enjoyed the variety they put in there. The gingerbread cookies were also put out to snack on, they loved how soft the cookies were and loved the flavor of them. We had the Red Velvet pancakes for dinner one night and the kids thought they were great. My oldest enjoyed the Pumpkin Spice oatmeal and Sister in Law loves the Pumpkin Spice Coffee. For your Christmas guests, go grab some treats from Target and enjoy.

Archer Farms Roasted Deluxe Mixed Nuts ($11.99)     

Includes Cashews, almonds, hazelnuts, pistachios & walnuts.

Archer Farms Cranberry Orange and Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal ($6.99)

Archer Farms Pumpkin Spice Coffee ($6.99)
Archer Farms Red Velvet Pancake Mix ($2.99)
Market Pantry Gingerbread Cheesecake Cookies ($1.99)

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Tumaro's New York Deli Style Wraps Review

Tumaro’s Gourmet Tortillas, America’s best-selling gourmet tortilla brand, today “flattens” the most popular NY deli bread flavors in a new line of New York Deli Style Wraps.
Inspired by the flavors abundant in the Big Apple’s legendary delis, Tumaro’s New York Deli Style Wraps are available in five varieties: Rye, Pumpernickel, Sour Dough, Everything and Cracked Pepper. Each extra large 10” wrap has the bold, authentic flavor you’d expect from gourmet deli bread but is 96% fat-free, cholesterol-free, high in fiber and 100 calories or less. Now that’s a wrap.

“We love the bread and bagels we find in New York delis, so we wanted to create a line for Tumaro’s that delivers those classic varieties in a convenient, wholesome wrap,” says Chris Jensen, director of marketing for Tumaro’s. “Packed with fiber, low net carbs and 100 calories or less, our New York Deli Style Wraps are true to the original breads while helping our customers maintain a healthy lifestyle.”

Tumaro’s, the first company to introduce flavored tortillas, now adds New York Deli Style Wraps to its successful lines of flavored, gourmet tortillas and wraps. Tumaro’s other product lines include 8” Flavored Tortillas, 10” Wrap Tortillas, Soy-Full Heart Tortillas and Low-in-Carbs Tortillas.
All 5 varieties of Tumaro’s New York Deli Style 10” Wraps have an SRP of $2.99 - $3.99 for a 4 pack. For more information, please visit http://www.tumaros.com/. For a store near you, check here.

About Tumaro’s Gourmet Tortillas and Blue Marble Brands[Soft Break]Tumaro’s® Gourmet Tortillas® was founded in 1994 and has grown into America’s Favorite Gourmet Tortilla company. All Tumaro’s wraps and tortillas are made domestically and distributed nationally. Tumaro’s is one of fourteen organic, natural, specialty, ethnic, and functional food companies within the Blue Marble Brands portfolio of industry-leading food brands. Blue Marble’s portfolio today includes brands such as: Woodstock Farms®, Rising Moon Organics®, Natural Sea™, Fantastic World Foods™, Ines Rosales, Koyo, Mediterranean Organic™, Mt Vikos®, AH!LASKA®, A. Vogel®, Harvest Bay® and Old Wessex™.
Blue Marble Brands is an independent subsidiary of United Natural Foods (Nasdaq:UNFI). For more information, please visit http://www.bluemarblebrands.com/.

We were sent all five flavors to try out, actually two of each flavor, extras to send home with my Niece.
I was not able to get to personally review them because I am gluten free now, so they got to taste them for me. I can say they smelled really good. I made them ham and cheese sandwich fixings in the Everything Bagel flavor, boy these tortillas are soft. I even kept them in the freezer for longer life and took them out before I needed to use them. They were great for that. The kids enjoyed them. Mr. still hasn't tried them yet, but couldn't you imagine a Reuben on the Rye wrap? Mmm. These tortilla wraps would be great for the Holiday's meat leftovers for some great sandwich wraps.

ham and cheese sandwich wraps

 

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Shortcut Desserts Bookazine Review

Hearst Magazines today announced the release of Shortcut Desserts, a new 116-page bookazine brimming with recipes for indulgent cakes, sweet and spicy pies, melt-in-your-mouth cookies, creamy puddings, flaky pastries and more, all developed and tested by the editors of Good Housekeeping, Redbook, and Country Living. These quick and easy recipes draw on convenient, pre-made ingredients and provide fool-proof strategies sure to inspire even the most timid chef to dessert greatness. On newsstands now, Shortcut Desserts costs $9.99 and can also be downloaded as a digital edition on Zinio at http://www.zinio.com/.
Shortcut Desserts offers advice on such topics as choosing proper mixers, pie pans, rolling pins, and cookie sheets. Plus, simple baking tricks demonstrate the best ways to measure butter, flour, sugar, and sticky syrups, so recipes turn out right every time. Finally, Shortcut Desserts reviews the best store-bought mixes and pie crusts to shorten prep time even more.
Recipes such as Chocolate Raspberry Cream Cake (pg. 12) and Vanilla Crème Brûlée (pg. 69) will satisfy your craving for a rich treat, while updated classics like Grilled Angel Food Cake (pg. 26) and Shortbread Tiramisù (pg. 73) are sure to impress hungry dinner guests. You can even get the kids involved with creative recipes like Grasshopper Cake (pg. 28), Cheesecake Lollipops (pg. 89), and Banana & Chocolate Pizza (pg. 45).

This magazine has a lot of great treats. A few recipes that I have my eye on are the mini cherry pies (with raspberries in them too), the eggnog pumpkin pie and the pecan sticky buns. I chose to make my family the Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies. I cheated myself and used a box mix from another review and whipped up the peanut butter mixture. Mr. loves PB and chocolate so these did not stick around for long at all.



About Hearst Magazines
Hearst Magazines is a unit of Hearst Corporation (www.hearst.com), one of the nation's largest diversified communications companies. With its acquisition of Lagardère SCA's 100 titles in 14 countries outside of France, Hearst Magazines now publishes more than 300 editions around the world, including 20 U.S. titles. Hearst Magazines is the largest publisher of monthly magazines in the U.S. (ABC 2011) and reaches 87 million adults (Spring 2011 MRI). Hearst Magazines Digital Media, dedicated to creating and implementing Hearst Magazines’ digital strategy, has more than 28 websites and 14 mobile sites for brands such as Cosmopolitan, Popular Mechanics, ELLE, ELLE DECOR, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Marie Claire and Seventeen, as well as digital-only sites such as Delish.com, a food site in partnership with MSN; MisQuinceMag.com; and RealBeauty.com. Hearst Magazines has published more than 100 applications and digital editions for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, as well as the Droid platform. In addition, the company includes iCrossing, a global digital marketing agency.

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Shabby Apple Giveaway

Every Gal needs a simple black skirt in their wardrobe, right? Well, I am having a giveaway for the Francine skirt from Shabby Apple (http://www.shabbyapple.com/), an online boutique of women's dresses. They offer flirty, stylish dresses a woman can wear just as comfortably in the office, at a family dinner, or on a date. Shabby Apple is a fashion company for women, by women, and of women.


Francine Skirt {$47 value}

We know. You need a wardrobe staple as fashionable as it is functional, sticking it out rain or shine, season to season, year after year. Make it timeless, make it versatile, but please don't make it boring. Enter Francine, the antidote to your deepest wardrobe doubts. Cut in canvas twill the perfect thickness for all-season wear, this high waisted black pencil skirt needed only a smart bow topping to fulfill the measure of its waist-defining, hip-slimming, eye-catching creation.

-Fit Notes: This skirt follows our Fits Generously size chart. The cut of this skirt has a 1940s vintage waistline which is naturally very high. The pencil cut is fitted and flatters classic curves. Customers who are borderline on their waist measurements may prefer a size up.
-Skirt made of 100% canvas twill.
-To care for this skirt, Hand wash cold, separate wash.
-This comes in sizes XXS-XL, please refer to their size chart.

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