One Potato, Two Potato, Three Potato: Gourmet Dinner

Boiled potatoes topped with sunflower oil, salt, minced garlic, dill, and black pepper

We have an all time favorite dinner: a bowl of boiled potatoes and a bowl of fresh garden salad. No matter what elaborate meals I make, once a week (or more) we need to have our favorite meal. And I have two men to watch me (I've tried to skip it for some time but was firmly reminded to add "our favorite potatoes" to the weekly menu). 
Our Farmer's Market has a variety of potatoes, hence we have a variety of potato meals. My latest favorite are fingerling potatoes that come in different colors:  yellow (Russian Banana), Purple Peruvian, and red (French Fingerlings), to name a few. 
I started with the yellow: when cooked they hold shape but it's creamy flesh melts in your mouth into the pleasing your taste texture.


There is no recipe how to make this potatoes, you just boil it, drain the water and top with a tablespoon of a oil of your choice, salt, minced garlic, chopped dill (mandatory in my family!), and freshly grind black pepper. Mix and serve with a side of meat, fish, or in our home with some garden salad. 


Easy, quick, delicious, and healthy too (potato is a good source of dietary fiber and vitamins and minerals). 
Out of curiosity I made boiled potatoes for dinner several days in a row, thinking that my men would notice and ask for something else. 
Silly me! they didn't get bored of potatoes at all, and even when I asked they said they would eat boiled potatoes every day! Message taken.

Garden fresh salad: tomatoes, basil and onions are home grown

Do you have an easy "go to" meal?

See you,
Marina

Remember this? Pan Fried Potatoes

Pan fried potatoes, garlic wedges, radish and grilled chicken

On Friday nights we often have a relaxing dinner with wine, simple food, a movie (from Netflix) or guitar music (from the Husband). Tonight wasn't exception. The theme was college, not intentionally, it just came out that way. 
We went to different colleges, lived in different dorms, but the student atmosphere was the same: a daily dose of happiness with a little money, a very little time, and a little food. And we made sure to take it all in.

Pan fried potatoes - favorite student's food!

Most desirable food for most college students was pan fried potatoes in which my husband would have a PhD. It's not just a simple process of frying in a cast iron pan some sliced potatoes, no. 
It's rather a student's ritual of gathering with friends, peeling a couple of kilograms of potatoes, cutting it into long strips, while chatting (or gossiping) and sipping some wine. 
When potatoes go into the skillet it's important when to turn it: not too early to prevent it from mushing, and not too late (burned potatoes don't taste good, you know that, right?). 
How do you know when it's the right time? One guitar song - time to turn, another song - turn again. Third song - turn, season and cover. And the forth song - set the table, pour the wine, and grab your fork!  

Dinner tonight

Have a daily little dose of fun, my friends!

Music, especially guitar music, makes everything better. Add some good wine and enjoy! 

What was your favorite college meal?

See you,

Marina