Potato Famine or German Comfort casserole

This is a thing of beauty for a cold night.

Peal and cut about 6 potatoes (1-2 per person)
Boil and mash with 
-2 tbs cream cheese
-1/2 cup of dairy of choice (sour cream, milk, cream)
-pinch of parsley (to pretend you are having your vegetables 

While the potatoes are doing their thing:

Sweat one onion diced and as much garlic as you like (I like a lot and used 4 cloves)

Cut up your Kielbasa.  I used a beautiful organic, no antibiotic, uncured partially cooked Kielbasa.  (Not this one, but this is close.)

Shred 2 cups of white cheddar.  (Orange cheese is so wrong)

Once the potatoes are mashed add the potatoes and the onions, garlic and kielbasa, and 1 1/2 cup of cheese in a casserole dish of your choice.  Mix well.  Put the last of the cheese on top.

Bake for 35-40 min at 375 or until bubbly and impossible to ignore.
This would be perfect with roasted cabbage.


Eat like a German!  Have a beer.  Feel food love.

Here's some nice German music (Yes, angsty goes with any food.)

Menu or the Week

Poverty Casserole 

Chicken Breast Sandwiches with Fries and Corn

Spaghetti and Meatballs with Blanched Spinach

Savory Spaghetti Squash for the Gluten Free Cook (Recipe to Come)

Left Overs (Someone has to eat them)

Broccoli Chicken Supreme

Lemon Artichoke Chicken with Rice and Blanched Spinach

Brisket with 36 Cloves of Garlic with Potatoes and Cumin Carrots

Tortilla Soup

2 chicken breasts either baked or grilled.  Shred it up.

1 onion
3 cloves of garlic

Sweat in the soup pot

Add:
1 can of diced tomatoes
1 can of whole tomatoes

Add:
1 cup of corn ( I used frozen)
1 1/2 quarts of chicken broth.

Add chicken.

Stir in:

2 tbs chili powder
1 tbs oregano
Salt and pepper to taste
1 adobo pepper (or more for more spice)

The heat is sneaky, so be careful with your peppers.

Serve with avo, sour cream, jack cheese, and a hand full of crushed up tortilla chips.

Yum.