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Scalloped Potatoes from Supergolden Bakes

42 of our Favourite Potato Recipes #SaveOurSpuds

Published on November 6, 2017 by Elizabeth Atia

In collaboration with Love Food Hate Waste.

Potato season officially begins now with these longer, colder nights and sudden cravings for all things carbohydrate (ok, that could just be me…). Potato season means a surge in potato sales and therefore, potentially a rise in the number of potatoes thrown away.

Potatoes are one of the most demanded food products: 1.7 million tonnes are bought by UK households each year, yet 730,000 tonnes of these end up in the bin or compost. That’s 46% of all potatoes bought! The main reason potatoes are thrown out is because they are not used in time, according to Love Food Hate Waste statistics. Most potatoes are thrown away unpackaged (89%) (it’s better to store your potatoes in their original packaging if you can), and they were most likely to be thrown away in quantities greater than 800g, which suggests that either people are simply buying too many to start off with, they’re not storing them in the best way to make them last, or they’re not sure how to use them up. This accounts for 25% of all potato waste.

We’re sure you can agree that this simply won’t do. So, we’ve teamed up with Love Food Hate Waste to share some top storage tips and we’ve scoured the internet to find you some of the best UK food blogger potato recipes to help #SaveOurSpuds.

#SaveOurSpuds Love Food Hate Waste

Table of Contents

  • Top #SaveOurSpuds tips from Love Food Hate Waste include:
  • Top #SaveOurSpuds Tips & Recipes from UK Food Bloggers
  • MORE UK FOOD BLOGGER POTATO STORAGE TIPS
  • More information about the wider food waste problem in the UK

Top #SaveOurSpuds tips from Love Food Hate Waste include:

  • Store potatoes in a cool, dark, airy place because if they’re left in a warm, well-lit place they’ll start to sprout.
  • Either keep potatoes in their own packaging or, better yet, put them into a cloth or natural fibre bag.
  • Store potatoes away from strong-smelling foods like onions. Both onions and potatoes release gases that cause the other to spoil more quickly, so store them in separate cupboards.
  • Don’t throw out the green potatoes – when exposed to artificial or natural light, potatoes can develop a green colour due to chemical changes, but you can just cut off the green bits and still eat the rest of the potato. No problems! Same goes with sprouted potatoes, just cut off the eyes. They’re still edible.
Potato Skins by Veggie Desserts
Roasted Potato Peelings with Rosemary & Sea Salt by Veggie Desserts

Top #SaveOurSpuds Tips & Recipes from UK Food Bloggers

Us food bloggers can be a rather creative bunch. Give us an ingredient and we can transform it into a hundred different recipes; something for every taste. Here are some of the best ways we use up our potatoes:

Roast them!

Roast potatoes are definitely one of the nation’s favourite potato dishes. That crispy exterior and fluffy interior, no Sunday roast would be complete without them. However, what about those potato peelings?

Instead of throwing out the peels, just stick them into the oven and you’ll have lovely homemade crisps/chips. They’re a great way to reduce food waste. – Kate from Veggie Desserts. Try her Roasted Potato Peelings with Rosemary & Sea Salt

You could also try the Garlic & Rosemary Scalloped Potato Roast or Crispy Garlic & Herb Potato Wedges from Family, Friends, Food. Don’t forget my rather fantastic Crispy Roast Potatoes!

Grate them!

Once such a staple carb, potatoes have been pushed to the sidelines by pasta, noodles and rice, which are all thought of as quicker carbs for midweek meals. But of course that’s not true, you just have to cook potatoes in ways that minimise the cooking time, such as grating the potato so that it cooks quickly. Given that potatoes are a very natural ingredient, and a good source of fibre and potassium, I think it’s time they get into the spotlight again. – Kavey from Kavey Eats. Try her Potato Rösti Pizza Base

Other recipes that use grated potato include Claire’s Comté Cheese and Potato Rosti Waffles; Kavey’s Parmesan & Paprika Potato Waffles; Emily’s Creamy Tarragon Mushrooms on Potato Rostis or Camilla’s Potato Rosti Waffles.

Scalloped Potatoes from Supergolden Bakes
Creamy Scalloped Potatoes with Bacon & Parmesan from Supergolden Bakes

Bake them!

When it comes to baking potatoes, my personal favourite is to turn the oven up to 200C (fan), poke holes in the potatoes with a fork, rub them with vegetable fat, sprinkle liberally with sea salt flakes and bake them in the centre of the oven (no baking tray so the air circulates) for an hour and a half or so, until they feel soft when you squeeze them. I like baked beans and plenty of cheddar cheese on mine (with a nice hefty dose of chilli powder).

You could also try Lucy’s Creamy Scalloped Potatoes with Bacon & Parmesan; Jaqueline’s Cheesy Cauliflower & Potato Bake with Spinach; Rebecca’s Cheesy Pesto Dauphinoise or Welsh Rarebit Loaded Potatoes with Crispy Leeks; my Paprika-spiked Potato Wedges or Rhian’s Vegan Potato Dauphinoise.

Mash them!

Mashed potatoes have to be one of the best comfort food dishes, ever, especially with lashings of gravy. Try my Cheesy Mashed Potatoes with Kale or Creamy Roasted Garlic & Chive Mashed Potatoes recipes. Mashed potato also make a rather lovely filling for homemade Polish Pierogi (Dumplings) with Cheese & Potatoes Sardinian Ravioli (Curlurgiones). I use leftover mash in my Herbed Potato Bannocks, and you can also put them in a Chocolate Cake or use them as a base for some Coconut Chocolates! True story! You can also combine leftover mash with cheese to make Potato Croquettes or why not try Diana’s Cheesy Mashed Potato Cakes or use them to top my Creamy Fish Pie with Prawns and Dill.

Roasted Garlic and Grilled New Potato Salad
Roasted Garlic & Grilled Baby New Potato Salad by Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary

Whip up a potato salad!

Just because it’s cold out doesn’t mean we have to forget about potato salads. These will often keep a few days in the fridge and make for rather nice packed lunches too. Try Emily’s Autumn Potato Salad, or my Roasted Garlic & Grilled Baby New Potato Salad (pictured above) or our Family Favourite Potato Salad perfect with grilled meats. You could also try Rhian’s Vegan Japanese Potato Salad or Amy’s Roast Potato Salad with Sumac Dressing.

Throw them in a curry, soup or pie!

Adding potatoes can make for a lovely, thick, creamy soup or act as a base for a wonderfully filling curry. The perfect comfort food for these cold days. Try Emily’s Thai Peanut, Potato & Spinach Curry, Angela’s Easy Homemade Potato Soup on a Budget or her rather gorgeous looking Homity Pie. I’ve got a nice Pea, Potato & Lovage Soup recipe you might like, while Cullen Skink, the traditional Scottish fish soup made with potatoes, has to be one of the best potato soups out there.

Italian Potato Frittata by The Petite Cook
Italian Potato Frittata by The Petite Cook

Fry them!

You can’t have a potato recipes post without including fried potatoes now, can you. I like slicing cold, leftover boiled potatoes to a one-centimetre thickness and frying them in plenty of butter, seasoned well with salt and pepper. The ultimate comfort food with a good squeeze of tomato sauce over the top. Alternatively, if you’re wanting something a bit more classy try Andrea’s Classic Italian Potato Fritatta Potato, Amy’s Courgette & Halloumi Hash with Tomato Sauce, Rebecca’s How to Make Fondant Potatoes, Diana’s Middle Eastern Batata Harra (Hot Potatoes) or my Leftover Roast Beef & Potato Hash or Potato Canapes with Bacon and Asparagus. Leftover boiled potatoes make for excellent Mini Lamb, Pea & Potato Samosas too, if I do say so myself!

MORE UK FOOD BLOGGER POTATO STORAGE TIPS

• Only buy enough potatoes for what you need immediately. Resist the urge to buy one get one free. – Elizabeth from Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary

• Pop them in a pillowcase and put them in a cool dark cupboard. They are loose, have air and are kept dark. I was sent a big batch of potatoes and kept them for months. – Jacqueline from Tinned Tomatoes

• My tip would be to always cook/serve them with something fatty like butter or oil. It brings out the flavour but also slows down digestion so you get the energy more slowly instead of in a big spike. – Helen from Family, Friends, Food

• Buy ‘earth on’ potatoes and store them in a brown paper carrier bag, fold over the top to keep out the light and store in a cool place (that’s cool as in cold, not cool as in groovy!) They will keep much longer than washed potatoes. – Janice from Farmersgirl Kitchen

More information about the wider food waste problem in the UK

In the UK, every year 7.3 million tonnes of food is thrown away from people’s homes, costing around £13 billion, or around £60 per household each month. And on average, each person wastes the equivalent of two and a half main meals a week. As it stands, this means:

  • If this food waste was prevented, it would have the environmental benefit of taking one in four cars off the road
  • An area, almost the size of Wales would be needed to produce all the food and drink currently wasted
  • This is part of a global issue, and if food waste were a country, it would be the world’s third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases after the USA and China

Love Food Hate Waste believe that your food is for you, not your bin. Saving food saves money and helps to slow down global warming and deforestation, and reducing the amount of food that ends up in the bin also means you can say goodbye to unnecessary packaging waste. If we all make a few small changes and start using up the food we buy, together, we can make a big difference.

How do you use up your potatoes? Let me know in the comments! In the meantime, follow Love Food Hate Waste’s #SaveOurSpuds campaign on Twitter! For more potato recipe inspiration, and to find out more about how to store and use potatoes, visit the Love Food Hate Waste website.

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About Elizabeth Atia

Daydream adventurer. Expat Canadian. Foodie. Calls Shetland home.

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  1. Melina

    November 26, 2017 at 4:05 am

    I have to admit, I have fallen among those that do not always use potatoes on time!

    Reply
  2. Elise Ho

    November 12, 2017 at 10:31 pm

    These all look great. My daughter is anxious to come home and have my roasted potatoes šŸ™‚

    Reply
  3. Tabitha

    November 10, 2017 at 7:35 pm

    So many recipes! We really need to celebrate this versatile wonder more often!

    Reply
  4. Agness of Run Agness Run

    November 10, 2017 at 11:18 am

    I could easily eat potatoes every day, Elizabeth. So knowing all of these recipes is great and I will definitely try all of them. Pinning your post for later. šŸ˜‰

    Reply
  5. Danielle

    November 10, 2017 at 7:34 am

    Oh wow, look at all these amazing potato recipes! It’s insane how much goes to waste, but these will definitely help.

    Reply
  6. Katrina

    November 9, 2017 at 8:09 pm

    Potatoes are always a hit in our house and you have given me a couple of new ideas to try thank you

    Reply
  7. Emily Underworld

    November 9, 2017 at 1:05 pm

    I love potatoes! 42 recipes?! This is amazing.

    Reply
  8. Baby Isabella

    November 9, 2017 at 1:03 pm

    We love potatoes but always run out of ideas! We usually just do jackets but going to slice and dice them now after reading this!

    Reply
  9. the fashion matters

    November 9, 2017 at 10:55 am

    love those ideas! I’m a big potato lover for sure
    x

    Hadas | The Fashion Matters- Luxury travel and fashion blog

    Reply
  10. Lauretta at Home and Horizon

    November 9, 2017 at 1:47 am

    I love potatoes since I was a kid. The creamy scalloped potatoes with parmesan and bacon will be the number one on my list to try. A massive thank you for this! Pinned!

    Reply
  11. Sarah Ann

    November 8, 2017 at 11:21 pm

    I think we sometimes forget how versatile potatoes are. I love making potato salad.

    Reply
  12. Olivia Thristan

    November 8, 2017 at 9:44 pm

    I had no idea you could eat potato peelings, these sound amazing. I need to try these šŸ™‚

    Reply
  13. Ting

    November 8, 2017 at 1:17 pm

    Potatoes are my favourite carb! I love them in every form. Tx

    Reply
  14. Bethany

    November 8, 2017 at 12:56 pm

    Potatoes are my biggest vice in life, thanks for giving me even more excuse to eat them!

    Reply
  15. johanna @ green gourmet giraffe

    November 8, 2017 at 11:31 am

    Love potatoes but tucking them away in the dark means they do fly under the radar sometimes – love all your recipe suggestions and tips. I think i it has been too long since I had roast potatoes but I also need more potato scones in my life.

    Reply
  16. Emily Leary

    November 8, 2017 at 11:10 am

    Some fantastic ideas. Roasted peelings are especially gorgeous.

    Reply
  17. Linda Hobbis

    November 8, 2017 at 7:56 am

    I only recently found out you can actually eat the green ones if you cut the green bits off! I’d been chucking them out.

    Reply
  18. Angela Milnes

    November 7, 2017 at 7:29 pm

    ooh this looks like a fab list of ideas. Thanks for including my soup. I think I am going to be having potatoes in a variety of ways this week! Ha ha!

    Reply
  19. Mel

    November 7, 2017 at 6:55 pm

    What a great round up of potato recipes. I love potatoes in all forms so will definitely be giving some of these a try

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  20. jade bremner

    November 7, 2017 at 3:33 pm

    I love potatoes we like to cube them and smother them in garlic and herbs with a bit of oil and roast them. My son prefers mashed but we all like a good Jacket. It’s amazing how many recipes there are for potatoes x

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  21. kirsty

    November 7, 2017 at 3:16 pm

    I love potatoes they are such a staple in our house. From making our own chips, roast potatoes and mash are great. I’ve never tried Dauphinoise though. We have a potato bag that is great at keeping them fresh x

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  22. Angela Ricardo Bethea

    November 7, 2017 at 12:30 pm

    All of those recipes look amazing, I’d love to try making some of them. I love the look of Italian Potato Frittata by The Petite Cook or the Creamy Scalloped Potatoes with Bacon & Parmesan from Supergolden Bakes.

    Reply
  23. Shahneela

    November 7, 2017 at 10:39 am

    Potato is my favourite vegetable! I like all the recipes but that roasted garlic & baby salad is sounding great!

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  24. Shahneela

    November 7, 2017 at 10:37 am

    Potato is my favourite vegetable! I like all the recipes but that roasted garlic and baby potatoes salad is sounding great!

    Reply
  25. Angela / Only Crumbs Remain

    November 7, 2017 at 9:56 am

    That’s shocking so many are thrown arway Elizabeth! Hubby will be all over these recipes he can’t get enough of potatoes (whether it’s winter or summer!)
    Angela x

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  26. Kavita Favelle | Kavey Eats

    November 7, 2017 at 8:01 am

    This post is full of so much potato deliciousness! Thanks for sharing my tip, I am now clicking through to all the recipes, everything is making me hungry!

    Reply
  27. Ana De- Jesus

    November 7, 2017 at 12:42 am

    It really is crazy how much potatoes are wasted each week and we definitely need to do more to stop that! I love the sound of a potato curry!

    Reply
  28. Patrick

    November 7, 2017 at 12:11 am

    Maybe its me but I as I was reading this,all I could think about was the scene in “Forrest Gump” when Bubba was naming all those shrimp recipes.

    Reply
  29. Joanna Bayford

    November 7, 2017 at 12:01 am

    I love potatoes however tend to stick to having them the same way so its great o have some different ideas of how to have them.

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  30. melissa major

    November 6, 2017 at 11:12 pm

    I just love potatoes, you can make so many things with them! I like to keep the skins on the mash it gives nice flavour

    Reply
  31. Sarah Bailey

    November 6, 2017 at 9:54 pm

    These are some amazing ideas for things to do with potatoes, it really is such a versatile vegetable.

    Reply
  32. Lilinha

    November 6, 2017 at 9:39 pm

    Yummy, what a selection of delicious potato recipes. I have never used potato in a sweet recipe, but will give it. Try! Lovely tips to reduce waste too!

    Reply
  33. Mayah Camara

    November 6, 2017 at 6:41 pm

    You can’t go wrong with potatoes. Everyone loves them and they taste different all the ways you make them. I’ve been experimenting with them a lot lately especially sweet potatoes for a healthier option.

    Reply
  34. Camilla Hawkins

    November 6, 2017 at 4:45 pm

    I’ve never really considered potatoes having a season as we see them all year round. Where would we be without them, all these recipes look and sound delicious! Thanks for including my Rosti Potato Waffles:-)

    Reply
  35. Rachel Evans

    November 6, 2017 at 3:45 pm

    YES YES YES! I love that you’re celebrating the humble potato!
    I like the sound of potato peelings with rosemary!

    Reply

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