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One potato, two potato, three potato-four! Introducing the next book in our thriving 101 series, 101 Things to do With a Potato. Each year, the average American consumes close to 140 pounds of potatoes. With that in mind, nothing seems better than a cookbook featuring one of America's major food staples-the potato! "Mrs. 101" Stephanie Ashcraft has ingeniously created simple recipes that take potatoes to a whole new level. Try a Breakfast Burrito in the morning, sample the Sausage Corn Chowder for lunch, have the Italian Potato Chips as a mid-afternoon snack, for dinner try the Potato Crust Pizza, and then savor the Sweet Potato Cheesecake for dessert!

Stephanie Ashcraft, author of the New York Times best-selling 101 Things to do With a Cake Mix, is a full-time mom who has created and collected recipes for years. She also teaches a monthly cooking class for Macey's Little Cooking Theater in Orem and Provo, Utah. She is currently living in Rexburg, Idaho with her family.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #58138 in Books
• Published on: 2004-08-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 128 pages

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• ISBN13: 9781586852900
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$9.95 U.S.

101 Things to do With a Potato

Savory, sweet, and simple spud recipes from the author of the New York Times Best-Seller 101 Things To Do With a Cake Mix!

Sweet Potato Fries Potato Crust Pizza Deluxe Baked Potato Salad Peanut Butter Chocolate Fudge Potato Chip Cookies And more!

About the Author
Author Biography:Stephanie Ashcraft, author of the original 101 Things To Do With A Cake Mix, has taught cooking classes based on the tips and meals in her cookbooks for almost twenty years. She lives in Tucson, Arizona.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Parmesan Seasoned Potato Spears

3-4 medium Idaho russet potatoes 2 tablespoons vegetable or olive oil 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese 1 teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon Paprika 1/8 teaspoon chili powder

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. With or without skins, cut potatoes into ½" thick strips. Place potatoes and vegetable oil in a large Ziploc bag. In a small bowl combine parmesan, salt, paprika, and chili powder. Sprinkle seasoning over potatoes in bag. Close bag and shake until all the potatoes are evenly covered in oil and seasonings. Spread the seasoned potatoes on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and flip all the potatoes. Bake an additional 15-20 minutes or until fries reach desired crispness.

Heavenly Mashed Potatoes

5-6 medium Idaho russet potatoes, peeled and cubed ½ package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened 1 cup sour cream 1/4 cup milk Salt and pepper to taste

Boil potatoes for 20-25 minutes until tender. Drain and mash with potato masher. Mix in cream cheese, sour cream, and milk. Serve immediately.

Tater Tot Casserole 1 pound ground beef or ground turkey ½ cup chopped onion or 1/4 cup dried minced onion 1 can (10.5 ounces) cream of mushroom soup 1 can (14.5 ounces) french style green beans, reserve liquid 1 bag (16 ounces) bag Tater Tots

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brown meat with onion. Drain meat and spread meat and onion into lightly greased 8 x 8-inch or 9 x9-inch pan. Reserve liquid from green beans. Pour green beans evenly over meat. Mix together liquid from beans with condensed soup and spread evenly over beans. Place tater tots length-wise up and cover the entire surface with tater tots. Bake for 25-30 minutes until tater tots are brown and crispy.

Customer Reviews

Creative Ideas
One potato is about 100 calories and is a good source of Vitamin C. While it is a fat-free food to start with, who can resist butter and sour cream?

Stephanie Ashcraft loves to create the 101 Things to Do With A ...cookbooks and she is a highly creative cook who knows how to create delicious recipes. She has a bachelor's degree in family science. She has been teaching cooking classes since 1998.

In this book, she also includes helpful hints for buying potatoes and gives the basic potatoes and their uses. You might want to choose a russet potato for hash browns or a waxy potato in salads. She gives information on how to select potatoes and this is great information for all your potato recipes.

Recipes You might Enjoy:

Cheddar Potato Soup
Easy Chicken Pot Pie
Beef and Scalloped Potatoes
Chili Cheese Fries - only three ingredients
Baked Oven Fries
Coconut Chocolate Bars - made with mashed potatoes, who knew?
Chocolate Chip Banana Spice Bread

Delicious recipes and this series is a real hit with cooks who need easy recipes for their families. I can also recommend the cakes in the 101 Things to Do with a Cake Mix and the casseroles in 101 Things To Do with a Slow Cooker.

~The Rebecca Review

Potatoes Plus
I can't believe all the things that are possible to do with a potato! Recipes look easy to follow and don't have a lot of impossible to find ingredients. Wish there were pictures though.

Who doesn't love a good potato?
Potatoes are cheap, good for you, have a long (refrigerator) shelf life, and the potential to be very tasty. While many of these recipes don't appeal to the educated palate, they probably taste just fine to people who think chikcen tenders are real food. And in that group, the majority are teens and 20-somethings. Because these recipes are pretty straightforward and don't call for a lot of exotic ingredients, they are just that much more appealing to our young people. Throw in a gift card to a grocery store and you've got a great graduation, birthday, or other holiday gift for your favorite 20-something who's recently left home and gone out on his own. 50 Ways to Leave Your Mother