5 not quite potatoes Recipes

extra lean ground beef (browned ), onion, chopped, garlic cloves (minced ), blue cheese (crumbled ), cream cheese (softened ), butter, potatoes (sliced ), flour , for cream sauce, milk , for cream sauce, salt and pepper, colby-monterey jack cheese

mixed dried beans, water, ham bone , with meat still on it, mashed potatoes, salt, fresh ground pepper, chopped onion, garlic, crushed

olive oil, salt , to taste, whole black peppercorn, fresh garlic (don tsp be shy), bay leaves, anise seed, dried herbs, tomato paste, tomato puree, sugar, ground coriander, cinnamon bark, paprika , per 500 g meat and add more if using lots of veg, chopped onions (don tsp be shy), green pepper, sliced (not too small), meat (boned or deboned your choice(i have never used pork but would work) or 1/2-1 kg chicken (boned or deboned your choice(i have never used pork but would work), potatoes, chopped into quarters (not too small), mushrooms, vegetables , depending on your personal wish (examples of veggie are ( patti pans, cauliflower, broccoli, peas, corn or just frozen mixed veggies), gem squash, rice , at own discretion

olive oil, spanish onion (grated or very very finely chopped , or pulverised in a chopping machine), pressed garlic cloves (according to taste), whole tomatoes (or 4-5 very ripe ones grated, chopped finely or pulverised in chopping machine), paprika, ras el hanout spice mix (north african spice mix), crushed saffron (it tastes much better with this than turmeric), salt and pepper (around 1 tsp each, though maybe less than tsp if using stock cubes), potatoes (chopped quite small, but not grated or pulverised in chopping machine!), stalks celery, diced (thinly sliced, but not grated or pulverised in chopping machine!!), chicken broth (around two pints), firm white fish (i used more)