Don’t toss those potato peels. They can be used as a tasty snack or in your garden. This is a guide about uses for potato peels.
Step One
Make potato skins. They are so much tastier and a heck of a lot more nutritious than store bought ones. Plus, you can add the toppings you like, instead of those that a restaurant makes you choose. To make it a meal-add some protein (like beans) and serve a side salad. Dinner is served!
Step Two
Dice them up, add onions, and make hash browns. Perfect for breakfast or use as a side dish to any meal.
Step Three
Pulse them in a food processor a couple of times and make smashed potatoes. Add a smidge of sour cream to the pot (along with milk, butter, and garlic) while they are heating on the stovetop.
Step Four
If you must eat fast food, why not do it yourself? How about slicing them into slivers and make homemade shoe string potatoes. Use the good oil, drain well, and limit portions. The kids love these!
Step Five
Chop them up and/or puree and make delicious homemade cream of potato soup. Perfect for cool, fall evenings.
Step Six
Toss them into the pan with a roast during the last 30 minutes of baking, or mix into your favorite casserole. This adds vitamins and flavor.
Step Seven
Use them in leftover meatloaf or roast beef sandwiches. Slice the peels (while still cold but not frozen) paper thin and feather them over the meat. It makes the meal more filling and full of good stuff.
Step Eight
Prepare the smashed potatoes and use it to cover a meat pie filled with leftovers. Your family will never know they are eating leftovers while digging into that bubbly goodness.
Step Nine
After you make the peels, try cutting off the ends of the raw potato, with the skin still on, and poke toothpicks on all four sides. Then place into a small (recycled) glass jar, filled with water, and position it on a window sill. They make great indoor plants!
Step Ten
And, if all else fails, and the taters are too far gone to be cooked-put them in your mulch pile. They will help to feed your plants next season.