Potatoe Cakes

The Concept

Tonight's dish is Potato Cakes. I'm doing 2 variations on the same thing. The recipes are easy enough, it involves food that I like, and I can make it a bit healthier/tastier as I see fit. Once I get the initial batches done, they're easily reheated in the oven. Making mashed potatoes is pretty easy, so making potato cakes doesn't seem like it'd be much harder.

Ingredients

2.5 pounds of potatoes
water
milk
butter (to taste)

flour (for dredging)
salt
garlic powder

oil (I use canola)

Special ingredients for half the batch
1/4 package mixed peas & carrots (frozen)
6 slices of turkey lunch meat-torn up

Process

1.Make your favorite mashed potatoes.
1a. peel potatoes
1b. boil (in water) for 30-45mins
1c. add milk & butter
1d. mash

2.Put said mashed potatoes in the fridge over night.

3. Prepare the dredging (coating). I did this in a wide stoneware bowl. I eyeballed everything-it's mostly whole wheat flour with a bit of salt, tiny bit of garlic pepper, and a sprinkle of black pepper. I have to be careful w/pepper due to IBS.

4. Form patties about half inch-I'm also experimenting with tiny balls-the size of the smaller bouncy balls.
4a. For half the batch of poatoes, I mixed in frozen peas, carrots, and some chopped up turkey.

5. add to the oil that has been heated in a frying pan to med-high heat. When you add the potatoes, reduce heat to med.

6. Fry the potatoes for 10-15mins per side...I'm still experimenting with what the right time is.

Results
Flipping the things wasn't as easy as I thought. I kept getting them caught on the other ones-ripping them open...and having the filling go into the oil. The rest of the process was pretty easy and they taste good.

Overall
This will get easier the more I cook. Some of them turned out really well, others-not so much. I'm going to setup a photo page for this blog.

Enjoy!

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