Easy Gratin Parmentier

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Quick and easy potato salad

Quick and Easy Potato Salad

    32 ounce package frozen cubed Southern style hash browns
    4 eggs, hard-boiled and chopped
    3 strips bacon, cooked crispy and crumpled
    1/4 cup of pimento or red sweet pepper diced
    1⁄2 cup Miracle Whip
    1 tablespoon yellow mustard
    3 TBS sweet or dill relish     

Bring a pot of water to boiling and place hash browns in the water. Let them boil over medium heat for 3 minutes.  Drain boiled hash browns in a colander.  Stir in pimento or sweet red pepper diced.   To that add Miracle Whip, mustard and relish.  Then add in bacon, boiled eggs and salt and pepper to taste.  Sprinkle top of finished dish with paprika.  Refrigerate overnight or several hours.

Hasselback Potatoes

No, not the pro football player or his wife.  This is a recipe from a restaurant in Stockholm.  I may try these.

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Spinach, Bacon and Potato Pie

2 lbs of Yukon Gold Potatoes
1-6 oz bag of baby spinach
3 TBS bread crumbs
4 slices of bacon
1 large onion
3 garlic cloves
1 large egg
1/2 Cup Romano cheese
1/2 Cup Mozzarella cheese
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
2 tsp hot sauce

Cook pealed potatoes in boiling water until tender.  Stir in spinach.  Drain, place in a large bowl and mash.  Spray a pie plate and sprinkle with bread crumbs.  Cook bacon until crisp and then crumble.  Cook onion and garlic in bacon drippings until soft.  Then stir into potato mixture with egg, cheese, salt, pepper and hot sauce Spoon into pie plate Sprinkle with 3 TBS of romano cheese.  Bake at 350 for 50 minutes.

Sweet Potato Skins

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Paula Deen's Sweet Potato Bake

I can't seem to weasel Mrs. Jessie's Sweet Potato Casserole out of Trisha so here is Paula Deen's version.

3 cups mashed sweet potatoes
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter, melted
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 cup heavy cream, half and half, or whole milk
Topping:
1 cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons butter, melted
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped
Mix together with fork; sprinkle over top of casserole**

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Mix all ingredients together except for cream. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Add cream;mix well. Pour into greased casserole dish ( 1 1/2 quarts). Add topping. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
**Note Trisha always puts miniature marshmallows over the top after the casserole is done cooking and browns them lightly in the oven.  YUM!

Loaded Baked Potato Soup

* 12 slices bacon
* 2/3 cup margarine
* 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
* 7 cups milk (I use skim milk)
* 4 large baked potatoes, peeled and cubed
* 4 green onions, chopped
* 1 1/4 cups shredded cheddar cheese
* 1 cup sour cream
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions:

Prep Time: 45 mins

Total Time: 55 mins

1. 1 Place bacon in a large, deep skillet.
2. 2 Cook over medium heat until browned.
3. 3 Drain, crumble, and set aside.
4. 4 In a stock pot or Dutch oven, melt the margarine over medium heat.
5. 5 Whisk in flour until smooth.
6. 6 Gradually stir in milk, whisking constantly until thickened.
7. 7 Stir in potatoes and onions.
8. 8 Bring to a boil, stirring frequently.
9. 9 Reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes.
10. 10 Mix in bacon, cheese, sour cream, salt, and pepper.
11. 11 Continue cooking, stirring frequently, until cheese is melted.

Tater Tot Casserole

I found this recipe in a cookbook that my step-daughter gave us when she was working at Marlboro Park Hospital in Bennettsville, South Carolina. The hospital staff put together a benefit cookbook.

1 lb of hamburger
1 sm onion
1 can cream of celery soup
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 Cup grated cheese
1 medium bag of tater tots

Brown meat and onion, drain. Mix with soup and pour into sprayed dish. Cover with tater tots, then sprinkle with cheese. Bake@350 for one hour