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Potato Pizza For St. Paddy's Day

Combine your St. Patrick's Day and St. Joseph's Day celebrations this week with a free recipe for delicious Potato Pizza Rustica!

 

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I know putting potatoes and Irish together in a sentence is cliché. But I love my spuds! I consume them in moderation since it’s a good idea to eat a varied diet. Brown rice tops my grain/starch list these days. But there’s something about the taste of potatoes that screams to the Midwestern Irish in me, and I can’t think of a better day to indulge those cravings than St. Patrick’s Day.

 

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My paternal grandfather was born on a small sustenance farm in County Cork. It’s now a successful dairy farm and still in family hands. When my late mom, two of my sisters, and I visited there in the 1980’s my cousins treated us to a delicious roast beef dinner. It was amazing to look out onto the same turf my grandfather saw in the 16 years he lived in that house back in the 19th century. And I was distracted by the view out the window when my plate full of meat, gravy, vegetables, and mashed potatoes was served.

 

With no disrespect to the British, that meal was heaven on earth after 3 weeks traveling through England on the only vacation on which I have ever lost weight. So I was taken by surprise when my cousin, Rita, dropped a boiled, red-skinned potato onto what I had assumed to be the little bread plate. It was then I realized how important the potato is to the “real” Irish!

 

In fact, potatoes can and do sustain life for many cultures and they’re used more widely around the world than you might think!

 

Read more about potatoes, the Irish, and get a free recipe for Potato Pizza! And find lots more in the way of food fun, cooking resources, and menu ideas from Colleen.

 

 

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