A call for recipes

[ewt]

I've had a windfall in the form of 16kg of baking potatoes of various quality. This is exciting.

I've been spending a LOT more time at Trinity the past few weeks, with the result that I've been getting coursework done and handed in, without having to pull any serious all-nighters. This is not as exciting, but it is still good. However, I am a disorganised ewt and have not quite got the hang of bringing my lunch with me in the morning, and this is getting expensive - because when I'm starving, thrift goes out the window and I buy whatever seems like a really good idea at the time (expensive salad from M&S with expensive smoothie things, or pies from the pie shop - cheaper but with only two veggie pies I can't eat there every day!).

I want to attempt to remedy my lunch problem in part with these potatoes. So, I need potato recipes that can be prepared in advance and eaten cold.

Forgot to post this earlier, oops!

EDIT: People have asked me about my dietary requirements.

In theory, I do not eat pork or shellfish. and do not combine meat products (excluding fish) with dairy products.

In practise, I also do not eat chicken or beef or lamb when preparing food at home, as I have no meaty dishes.

I love dairy produce! Especially the full-fat stuff.

The easiest way to think of my diet, for most people, is going to be 'lacto-ovo-vegetarian plus fish', but I'm also pretty good at making substitutions for things like sausages and chicken, so if you have a recipe which is TEH GOOD except it has bacon bits, let me know anyway and I might be able to do it a different way.

I'm not really supposed to have huge amounts of sugar.

I find mayonnaise, prepared mustard and salad cream seriously off-putting and do not eat them at all. Again, I'm not too bad with finding appropriate substitutes.

Comments

Something like this, maybe?

[mubeimmik.livejournal.com]

Tato Salad

Ingridients:
6 each potatoe, large
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 each onion, minced
3 tablespoon vinegar
1/2 teaspoon mustard, prepared
1 teaspoon sugar
2 teaspoon dill seed
Preparation:
Potatoes should be peeled and quartered. In medium saucepan cook potatoes in boiling salted water until tender. Drain, reserving 3/4 cup of potato water. Dice potatoes. Add oil and minced onion; toss gently. In small saucepan bring the 3/4 cup potato water to a boil; pour over potatoes and onion. Keep at room temperature for 2 to 3 hours. Stir in vinegar, mustard, sugar, and dillseed. Potato salad will be creamy. Serve at room temperature.

Potato soup also comes to mind, but I don't know how delicious that would be cold. Perhaps you could put it in a thermos? I just chop up into chunks 2-3 potatos, some onion, and celery. Add a bit of salt, put water in halfway covering the potatos, and milk the rest of the way (I do recall you do milk, right?). Then add just a touch of butter, and let it boil until the potatos are soft. You can put clams in too for a yummy variation. We put sausage/bacon/ham in, but that's probably not good for you *L*

If I think of something else, I'll comment again.

Re: Something like this, maybe?

[mubeimmik.livejournal.com]

http://www.therecipebox.com/members/box/soup/sou0125.htm Cold potato soup, who'd have thought?

Re: Something like this, maybe?

[ewtikins.livejournal.com]

The thermos I have is not likely to be really great for thick soups as it has a fairly narrow mouth, and I'm not really a thin-soup person, but it's worth a try. If I start finding it's impossible to eat the cold potatoes then I may invest in a wide-mouth thermos that I could just chuck potatoes and butter and cheese into.

MMMM cheese.