Post Punk Kitchen Forum

Elizabee, your "weird green potatoes" remind me of the time I ordered a baked sweet potato and guacamole. I had had a wisdom tooth out several days ago and was desperately trying to put together a vegan and soft meal from the menu. The waiter looked at me, very disturbed, and said "You aren't going to put the guacamole on the sweet potato are you?" For the first time in my life, I wanted to invoke "the customer is always right" but over-polite me kicked in and I said "Yes, that's what I was planning on. I'm sorry, is that disgusting?" Ok, maybe I was being a little devious. The waiter seemed to realize he couldn't outright tell me that what I wanted to pay money for was gross and said "Oh, um, no, that's fine." and dashed away.

I thought this thread was about jacket baked potatoes but this-

sounds to me like hasselback potatoes, which are definitely amazing! Some folks call these hedgehog or accordion potatoes. I made these All. The. Time. when I nannied and lived in a coop where we'd get a glut of potatoes come fall in a past life, because obviously they're much more exciting than plain baked potatoes. I'd slip tomato and mozzarella slices in between the slices and serve with pesto or balsamic reduction, or stuff them with crushed garlic and herbs/pesto/faux parmesean and serve with tomato sauce, salsa, caramelized onions or gravy, use preserved lemon and onions and eat with garlicy oregano pesto, go for the classic apple and cheddar with crushed crackers on top for good measure, pickled jalapeno and red onion served with guacamole, stuff them pull of pickle slices and onion douse them with vinegar and serve with dilled sour cream, or just any compound butter hanging about my fridge. While drinking once, I poured a cream-of-something soup over hasselback potatoes and, giggling, added something crunchy crushed crackers or chips or cornflakes.

If you're a sweet potato lover, and you haven't experimented with preparing them the same way, I bet you'd love it. I used to make 'exploded sweet potato pies' for the kids I watched by filling them with pecans, spices and a touch of brown sugar, basted with orange juice, whiskey and maple and to finish, only if they insisted, topped with marshmallows and broiled. Coconut butter (spread, not oil) and almond butter with either apricot jam or a tamari heavy miso sauce, mustard and maple sauce with plumped raisins, cream cheese mixed with dates, cardamom and fake bacon, and sage pesto were, somewhat shockingly, other hits with picky kids.


Also, I have a hard time deviating from eating baked, roasted, or hash browned potatoes with anything but gaucamole AND hummus TOGETHER these days (by that I mean last winter, when potatoes were on rotation). I guess sometimes the hummus was switch out for noochy queso. It makes a silky carby mush fest. I love it.

Hummus, grated carrot and coriander (cilantro).

This ...



...and this sound awesome.

This thread inspired me to buy potatoes big enough to bake when I was grocery shopping this week!

Refried beans, salsa, Daiya (if I have it), handful of shredded cabbage, lime squeeze.

I like to make Julie Hasson's smoky soy curls (Vegan Diner) and do a twice-baked thing with lots of nooch and a touch of organic smart balance and top with broccoli.

In the summer, when I make a lot of salsa I really like broccoli and salsa on 'em tho.

Dal with cilantro
Broccoli and Cheezly
Hummus, olives, and parsley
Homemade sour cream and bacon bits with scallions (all vegan, duh)
Chickpea piccata from AFR
Interesting salads
Margarine, chili flakes, cider salt, and nooch

Salsa and jalapenos.

This thread made me buy potatoes to bake this week! Gonna do them in the crockpot. I got 4 large organic yukon golds, lets do this!

Haha I got potatoes this week too! I have a ton of fresh basil in my garden, and tomatos, so i am going to do a pesto/tomato sauce to go on them. Yummmy.

This is a great thread! Aside from the avocado/guac suggestion (which sounds *amazing* and I intend to try!), do you guys have ideas for toppings to put on a baked potato ordered at a restaurant? I mean like a standard diner or very veg-unfriendly place.

A favorite of mine that hasn't been mentioned is steamed broccoli, buttah, nooch, ume plum vinegar.

Hummus, baked beans, BBQ sauce and avocado - now I want baked 'tatoes for dinner!

Depends on the place...sometimes you can ask for veggies sauteed in oil, or if they have a veggie chilli get that on the side. If they have a vegan salad dressing, get that on the side too (I like saucy stuff on my bakers)

Last night I had an AWESOME baked potato. I made a pesto/tomato/saucy thing out of stuff in my fridge and my garden. It looked kinda blah but tasted ahhhhmazing.

-Sauteed shallots, mushrooms, garlic and zuchinni in a small amount of oil
-added 3 small tomatos from the garden, added salt, covered and cooked down
-added small amount of white wine
-added a quick pesto: handful of basil, handful of spinach, almonds, nooch, garlic, lemon and water

it was kind of a greenish-redish mushy saucy thing. man it was TERRIFIC on the potato. And healthy/low calorie too.

1. Heinz Beans
2. Salsa
3. Cheezy sauce with broccoli or spinach
4. A disgusting amount of hot sauce or mustard
5. I've been toying lately with the idea of kimchi on baked potatoes, is that gross?

For lunch I roasted broccoli and chickpeas with salt, pepper, red pepper flakes and lime, and ate it atop a baked potato.

In my Plants and People class, my professor told us that potatoes are a great staple food, and that they have a pretty good nutrient profile, where you could eat only potatoes for months and be alright nutrient wise. I don't know if it's true, but it solidified my love for those starchy tubers. Also I learned potatoes are a part of the plants stem, while sweet potatoes are a true root.

oh man, this thread made me realize it's been forever since ive had a baked potato. I love them plain with italian dressing or loaded with eb and salt. MMMMMMmmmm

This thread inspired me to try baked beans on a potato last night. Genius!

mmm... baked potato...

I like scooping the potato innards out and mashing it up with roasted garlic, olive oil, and salt.

I also like weird things, like putting Filipino soy curl adobo or spaghetti mixed with pomodoro sauce on top.

Also, soy sauce + "butter" + potato = THE BOMB DIGGITY!

Crockpot baked potatoes are the best forking thing ever!

This thread inspired me to bake a potato for dinner and smother it in cheesy sauce, scallions, and bac'un bits. Microwave potatoes make me sad, and it was totally worth waiting an hour for a proper baked potato with crispy skin.

Salsa
Steak sauce
Balsamic vinaigrette
Stone ground mustard
Black bean chili (especially on sweet potatoes)
Mango chutney
BBQ sauce
Garlic
Sauteed mushrooms and onions