Tips for buying and cooking potatoes

Because we all like to save money these days, I bet that we all use more potatoes than ever before. Potatoes are a good source of vitamins and minerals. Potatoes, do not contain any fat, cholesterol and sodium. A six-ounce 2 grams potato contains highly digestible proteins, almost as much as a half a glass of milk. Here's the breakdown of the nutrients in potatoes:

An average (~ 5.3 oz) potato with skin contains:

* 45% of the daily value of vitamin c

* 620 mg potassium

* traces of thiamin, riboflavin, folate, magnesium, phosphorus, iron and zinc

* 110 calories and no fat.

Here are some tips from Graham and Rosemary Haley's book Haley's tips about using and buying potatoes:

Peeling-pour boiling water over peel potatoes just before the peeling process.

Don't think peeling-The Haley of offer an interesting statistic on potato peels."It is said that the following nutrients of the family of the average annual potato peels.The iron expressed as a percentage of about 450 eggs, the egg white of 50 steaks and vitamin c, you can enjoy 100 glass of orange juice. "

Potatoes baking-boil potatoes before entire for fifteen minutes in a hot oven.Half of the baking time. did you know that your furnace is one of the most expensive electrical appliances use with kilowatts used per hour?Slip your baked potatoes warm them in an extra pair of oven mitts. She will stay warm until you are ready to serve.

Creamy Mashed Potatoes-mash potatoes will be light and fluffy as milk is heated and added for stamping.If you do not want to use milk in your mashed potatoes add some water you boiled potatoes in fluffiness. If your mashed potatoes to soggy, stir in some milk powder gradually with a whisk until the texture is satisfactory.

Home fries-Sprinkle potatoes to be with the flour baked. they are coming to golden brown. Add garlic salt and peppers taste a little bit.

Un-fried Fries-Coat French FRY cut potatoes with egg whites and add a bit of spices such as pepper powder, salt and garlic. bake in the oven to 350 degrees until golden brown.

Buying potatoes-pick potatoes with a uniform shape size does not matter, as long as they are a good weight to them. look for potatoes with a smooth texture and feel solid. watch out for the ' eyes ', cracks, shriveling and a greenish texture.

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