Potato, avocado and blue cheese salad

Year: 2016

  • Potato soup

    This tasty potato soup is ideal for a cool winter night; to make it into a meal, add some chopped ham, top with grated cheese and serve with crusty bread. Serves 4 ½ Tbsp vegetable oil ½ onion, peeled and diced 2 stalks celery, finely diced 4 large mashing potatoes, peeled and diced 1 L…

  • Potato skins

    These are so trendy and so delicious, as well as being so easy to make. Serves 4-6 4-6 baking potatoes 2 Tbsp canola oil Preheat oven to 220°C. Prick potatoes with a fork and place in preheated oven. Bake for about 45 minutes until soft. Remove from oven, slice into quarters and scoop out potato…

  • Potato portraits

    The whole family will enjoy making these self-portraits. It’s also a great idea for a birthday party game. Provide a platter of prepared vegetable sticks and slices for everyone to choose from to create a portrait on top of individual potato-top pies or mashed potato piled on saucers or potato rosti. For example: carrot for…

  • Potato pass-arounds

    Vegetables, either in dips or with dips, are simple to prepare and delicious to eat before a meal or with drinks at barbecues or parties. 600g small boiling or new potatoes e.g. Nadine, Jersey Benne, Draga, Frisia Scrub potatoes, do not peel. Boil or steam until tender but still firm. Slice into rings about 1…

  • Potato niçoise salad

    For a more indulgent salad, use two fresh tuna steaks in place of the canned tuna. Sear the steaks, slice and serve on the salad. Serves 4 16 small new potatoes, sliced in quarters or 4 medium boiling potatoes, sliced into small chunks 50g green beans, lightly blanched 6 cherry tomatoes, halved or 2 tomatoes,…

  • Potato gnocchi

    These small potato dumplings are a great base for fork only meals. Try adding chopped tomatoes, pitted olives and chopped salami to the gnocchi and garnish with torn basil and grated lemon zest. 2-4 servings 3 medium floury potatoes, boiled, drained and mashed 1 egg 1 egg yolk 2 Tbsp butter or margarine 2 Tbsp…