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Bangers & Mash Recipe

10/3/2023

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Welcome to day 2 of “Ontario Agriculture Week” where we all can celebrate the bounty of high quality food that’s produced and sold locally in Ontario. I’m releasing a new recipe every day this week to get you inspired to eat fresh. Today’s recipe “Bangers & Mash” has been one of my signature dishes on the About Cooking Potatoes page of our website for five years. Here’s one more look at this dish before it’s retired later this week:

Pork sausage, garlic mashed potatoes and easy homemade beef gravy create a delicious and hearty meal. Here is the story for this recipe that came from a massive cooking spree in my kitchen years ago: “This recipe was created with my good friend Chef Derek of Fraberts Fresh Food. I wish I could convey to you the anticipation and excitement in his voice when he waltzed into my kitchen and announced that we were going to be making Bangers & Mash. I was thrilled with the outcome of such a simple recipe cooked with one of the best! To learn more about my awesome experience cooking with Chef Derek you can visit Cooking with Chef Derek.”

Click on the PDF document above to print or download the recipe file. You can visit “Cottage Pie” and “Surplus Sweet Corn Salad” to see a few more recipes I created with Chef Derek. Bon Appétit!

Potato & Roasted Apple Soup Recipe

10/2/2023

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This is “Ontario Agriculture Week” where we all can celebrate the bounty of high quality food that’s produced and sold locally in Ontario. I will be releasing a new recipe every day this week to get you inspired to eat fresh. Today’s recipe “Potato & Roasted Apple Soup” has been one of my signature dishes on the About Cooking Potatoes page of our website for five years. Here’s one more look at this dish before it’s retired later this week:

Recipe development can be an interesting process here in my kitchen. This recipe was written because: “One day in the middle of January I was staring at my fruit bowl that contained one lonely apple. The thought dawned on me that I should work on a new recipe pairing potatoes with apples. And with that inspiration I began to cook. This recipe was created with the snow flying and the wind howling around our house so I can truly attest that this will warm both your body and your soul on a cold winter day.”

Click on the PDF document above to print or download the recipe file. You can visit “Potato & Sweet Corn Chowder” and “Mashed Potato Thick Soup” for more “souper” soup recipes. Bon Appétit!

Summer Sweet Corn Salad Recipe

8/26/2023

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Like it or not, we’re heading into our last week of summer. This salad should add some cheer to any “end of summer blues” you may be feeling. It’s bursting with all the flavours of fresh Ontario produce that are still available in late summer. The star of this salad is sweet corn which is picked fresh daily here at the farm and available to the general public seven days a week. The ingredients include tomatoes, cucumbers, orange peppers and black beans. It’s mixed with a creamy dill and cucumber salad dressing that compliments the sweetness of all the vegetables. You cannot go wrong serving this at one last summer BBQ!

Click on the PDF document above to print or download the recipe file. I have two other sweet corn salad recipes that can be found at “Mexicana Sweet Corn Salad” and “Tater Tales Sept 4th: Surplus Sweet Corn Salad.” Bon Appétit!

National Potato Day

8/19/2023

Today is National Potato Day. May I suggest you visit one of our customers for a great potato experience? Our customers have you covered whether you’re looking for a hearty breakfast, family dining, fine dining, fish & chips, specialty burgers & fries, or a quick trip to a food truck. You can visit “National French Fry Day” to see more restaurants in the GTA who use our potatoes.

I have also included four recipes that were developed, cooked and taste tested in my kitchen. I have almost 50 original recipes posted on this website. The links for the recipes featured above can be found at “Potato Salads” “Bacon Wrapped Potato Bites” “Potato & Sweet Corn Chowder”" and “This Spud’s For You: Baked Potato Bar.” Bon Appétit!

BBQ Smash Potatoes Recipe

8/14/2023

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We have our new potatoes for sale and I have a brand new recipe to celebrate. This simple BBQ recipe enhances the delicate flavour of new potatoes without overpowering their natural sweetness. Cooked potatoes are smashed with the palm of your hand (and yes, this is fun!) Then they are brushed with olive oil and lightly seasoned with salt and pepper. The smashed potatoes are grilled until the outside is crispy and browned. This potato dish will compliment your burgers, hotdogs and sausages and is completely kid friendly!

Click on the PDF document above to print or download the recipe file. If you’re looking for more new potato recipes you can visit “Tater Tales Aug 14th: Grilled New Potatoes.” Bon Appétit!

Foil Wrapped Potato Kabobs Recipe

6/13/2023

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Father’s Day is quickly approaching. If you’re stressing about getting something special for the man who says he has everything, look no further. I got you covered! Steak and loaded potato kabobs. Yum! Thinly sliced potatoes are skewered with a colourful medley of marinated vegetables, wrapped in foil and grilled on the BBQ. Serve this with dad’s favourite cut of meat and you will be sure to impress.

Click on the PDF document above to print or download the recipe file. If you’re looking for more inspiration you can visit “Camp Lake Baked Potatoes” for another BBQ potato recipe or have a look at my signature dishes at “Spud Smarts – About Cooking Potatoes.” Bon Appétit!

#AgProud Bacon Wrapped Potato Bites Recipe

2/15/2023

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While we are always #AgProud here at the farm, today is a special day. Canada’s Agriculture Day was created to recognize the work of all those who help produce the food that Canadians and people around the world eat. Every year on this day I release a new recipe to get you excited about eating locally grown food. This year I settled on a delicious and fun recipe for bacon wrapped potato bites which are perfect when you need a tasty appetizer.

Bite sized bits of potatoes are coated with a combination of spices and wrapped in bacon. They are oven baked until the potatoes are tender and the bacon is crispy. They can be served with one of my three original dip recipes which include a spicy honey mustard dip and an oniony dip.

Click on the PDF document above to print or download the recipe file. If you’re looking for more inspiration you can visit “Happy Anniversary To Us!” for mashed potato appetizer recipes. Bon Appétit!

Chili Loaded Potato Skins Recipe

2/8/2023

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I’ve got the perfect food for your sports gathering whether you’re looking for your favourite team to score the winning touchdown at the Super Bowl, your favourite driver to earn the checkered flag at the Daytona 500, or perhaps just looking for something to warm you up in the middle our Canadian winter. Forget skip the dishes! I invite you to “Eat Your Dishes” with the launch of my new series “Loaded Potato Skins.”

In this simple recipe, russet potato skins are loaded with chili, smothered with cheese and garnished with your favourite toppings such as sour cream, green onions or jalapeno peppers. I have included my recipe for homemade chili that has a nice kick that isn’t overly spicy. If making your own chili seems a bit daunting, it’s perfectly acceptable to use canned chili or use a dry chili mix package.

Click on the PDF document above to print or download the recipe file. Tips for cooking perfect baked potatoes can be found at "Cooking Potatoes 101." You can visit “Nacho Delight Potato Skins Recipe” for another fun and tasty potato skin recipe. Bon Appétit!

Mashed Potato Thick Soup Recipe

1/15/2023

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I got a little bit bogged down when I tried to name my new soup recipe. I started diving into accurate names for soups and discovered some very interesting facts. This new soup is not a stew (there is too much liquid), it is not a chowder (I didn’t use a roux) nor is it a bisque (there is no cream in the soup). I settled on “thick soup” as a sort of compromise.

The one thing that is not compromised in this recipe is simplicity, ease and taste. You can make this soup using entirely leftover ingredients. Chicken broth, mashed potatoes, cooked ham, cooked broccoli and shredded cheese are the only ingredients. This is a hearty, thick soup that can be scooped up with baguette or thick crackers.

Click on the PDF document above to print or download the recipe file. You can visit “Spud Smarts – About Cooking Potatoes” to see some of my signature dishes included “Potato & Apple Soup.” Bon Appétit!

Spaghetti Squash Recipes

11/3/2022

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Spaghetti squash is one of the more unfamiliar and least understood squashes of the squash family. Once it’s cooked, the flesh can be scraped out in long strands that are very similar to spaghetti noodles. It is delicious cooked and eaten on its own. However, the real fun lies with what you can do with the cooked squash. You can do anything with spaghetti squash that you can do with pasta. This squash can bring out the real creative side of you in the kitchen!

I have developed 4 simple recipes to showcase this vegetable grown by our sons John and Curtis. The squash is available for purchase at the farm door. “Basic Spaghetti Squash” is the recipe that you need to cook the squash. “Lasagna Spaghetti Squash” utilizes traditional lasagna ingredients such as ground beef, tomato sauce, cottage cheese and mozzarella cheese. “Garlic Shrimp Spaghetti Squash” is a heavenly mixture of shrimp, garlic, parmesan cheese and alfredo sauce. “Vegetarian Greek Salad Spaghetti Squash” uses fresh spinach, feta cheese, cherry tomatoes and black olives to create a fun play on a Greek salad.

Click on the link above to print or download the file. You can visit “Pepper Squash Recipe” to see my recipe for cooking pepper squash (which is also grown by our sons and sold here at the farm door.) Bon Appétit!