A fascinating fact I found on Kickstart Today, points out:
“Dieters are all scared of eating potatoes, but pound for pond they have almost the same calories as apples. You would need to eat 11 pounds of potatoes to put on one pound of weight. The problem is not so much the potato itself, but the oils, butters and fats that they tend to be cooked in or served with!“
My own “philosophy” on potatoes is this: I need something in my meals that will fill me up, something relatively healthy and that contains vitamins, fiber, etc.
Compared to other “filler foods”, like pasta, pastries and breads and, to a certain extent, rice, the potato seems to do a better job of providing all those needs.
So, rather than being afraid of them, I tend to give potatoes a bit of “positive discrimination.”
Two ways in which I use potatoes in less fattening ways and that are ideal for singles are, firstly is as a main ingredient in soups and stews that can be cooked in “bulk”, then frozen or stored. Whilst I do use a modicum of olive oil in cooking this kind of dish that is healthy in itself and, it hardly has the effect of the oil on fried potatoes.
Actually, I can think of a few dishes that I regularly make, which I will share with you later. Probably next time I cook them, so that I can take photos to go with them.
The other way I often eat potatoes, which really requires no recipe or instructions, is the simple potato baked in it’s jacket - dead simple to prepare and quick if you cook it in the microwave. (To get that “authentic” crispy skin, give it the 10-15 minutes in a regular oven afterwards.) Combined with fillings or sauces made from cottage cheese or low fat yoghurts, you need not worry about the calories.
PS: The potatoes pictured above are “Papas Andinas” (Andean Potatoes) grown in the Canary Islands, which are as close as you get to the original potato introduced to England by either Raleigh or Drake. You can read some fascinating facts about them, here.
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