I am a "potato" person.

I eat all of them too, but I like potatoes best as I feel they are more versatile. I`m the kind of person who doesn`t like to eat the same thing often. So even though I love pasta, I save sauce in the freezer to have some a couple of weeks later. I use that sauce with rice sometimes, or fry an egg over it to make it different.

I sandwich a lot when I`m all by myself. I bring a sandwich and a mug of coffee to my computer and eat and mylot. My grandchildren love to have a pasta dish here when they come.

I plant basil every year and make pesto to last for the whole year. When peoplecome unexpectedly for a visit, I just boit same spaguetti and add pesto.

My kids love to eat spaghetti. And so when I feel in the mood of cooking, I make two sauces- the red sauce that kids love and my white sauce. Goes well with that tasty french bread! Yum!

I get frozen pizza and order it in. I just found a great pizza place within walking distance of home! So these days I go there too. It is rare for me to have a bad pizza. The best is made at Uno's. I go there for me birthday every year.

Do you make your own pizzas or do you just order them?

I haven`t orfered a pizza for ages as I live alone. But I make small pizzas for me at home. They are yummy!.

Hiya margi, I am having a blast writing to people this week with all these ideas that I am really enjoying too. Is that Ham so expensive where you live then? Shame on them. It should not be seeing as you are where you are. I would have thought it a bit more expensive than here but not that much. If you lived near to me I would share mine with you. Mind you I don´t buy the whole leg of Ham that is beyond me too I buy it in bits and pieces in packets you know when I can. I buy Navidul which is one of the better marks you get less but the taste and quality is better. Don´t wait for your Birthday gal go and get what you can and share it around hey save a piece for me. Me I make a sort of Paella but nothing like the Valencian Paella which is supreme of course. They would not stop me from eating two whole plates in one go so tasty oh yummy yummy. So you hear me now and out to buy a bit of that Ham don´t dream about it manifest it even if its in a small packet.xxx

I always make potato salad for barbecues. But as I make it from scratch, I think it has less mayo than the american one.

Home made potato salad is the best, I love putting in a lot of veggies and just the right amount of mayo for it to not be dry. Veggies help a lot though.

It is nice on a hot day. I love talking about potatoes. :)

I had to go to the kitchen to heat my food after commenting on this post. Talking about food makes us hungry

I had a veggie soup and only had to heat it while I mylotted

I guess I so I had to just go make a cup of soup to eat but would have rather had fries

That sounds really good and a healthier than how we've been using up left over mashed tators. Might make that for the kids one night and see how they like it.

THey will love it. Just put enough flour so that the "crust" dries a bit at the oven. Then you add whatever you wish.

I created it when I once had leftover cold mashed potatoes. I added some flour and mixed it and molded it over aluminum foil and to the oven. After a while (when I though that flour was cooked) I added tomato sauce, cheese, tomato and dry oregano. I would have added other toppings, but vicente does not like mushrooms or olives and that was all I had.

I`m afraid we tend to grow carb-a-holic and sedentary at the same time. I ban some food from my house and then an evil friend brings it when he/she visits.

Pasta is so easy to make if you have some frozen sauces in your freezer. I also make twice the amount I need, so that I can have some on hand if unexpected company comes.

I am a pasta hound. In fact I am having some of that for lunch in just a few minutes. I am not a huge rice fan but it is great occasionally.

Mine is hereditary so have to watch my starches. Potato is a no no, red meat a no no, fried foods a no no, was even told to watch starchy veggies like corn and green beans. cheese...don't even get me started on cheese....

One of my grandchildren has genetic high cholesterol level. We cut out some goodies, but fortunatly he likes sushi and chicken wings. I know cheese has too much fat (that must be the reason why it is so good).

I didn`t know that potatoes were so bad for your cholesterol. That is, unless you eat then with mayo or fried. It is fat what is bad for cholesterol levels and not carb of any kind.

What do you use as side dish when you make meat? I have potatoes in any form or rice or veggies even when there`s a lot of meat for everyone.

We normally have a salad and a vegetable along with the main dish, which is eaten with rice.

I don`t eat french fries much. But I use potatoes for a lot of dishes at home.

I don`t know why you say that they are not meant to be eaten with meat. I like Sheperd`s pie and I often make boiled, baked or mashed potatoes as a side dish.

If I understad correctly, it must be a bread made with salt and water. I`m guessing from the Spanish: pan de sal.

I just bought about 8 kilos of strawberries. Froze some for smoothies, made jam, ate some. One thing will not keep the other away. Fortunatly I don`t have diabetes so I can eat both.

Hi Maxine, Potatoes as, as you say, very versalite. That`s why I prefer them to other foods that give us the carbs we need. There are lots and lots of ways I eat potatoes and I like them all.

I don`t mind to be defined in any way, as long as people say that it is a partial definition. Still, if you don`t eat meat, you`d better tell your friends. My husband invited once someone with his wife and I made an awesome roasted beef. The lady was vegetarian and I wasn`t told. She hid the meat under lettuce. Fortunatly I had made differentv salads.

And how about french fries? Not that they are very healthy. But when I eat frech fries I set to sleep the moral part of my brain

I like to mix, as I often get tired if I eat the same food every day. Sometimes I love wonderful homemade mashed potatoes (with plenty of whole milk and butter) but yesterday I was perfectly happy with an omelette I made with some leftover rice, chives and cheese.

THen you should check online a recipe for the onion and potato soup. I think that it is out of this world and a wonderful dish when you don`t want to make two courses.

I do as you do, but if asked about what I prefer, I would say potatoes. Wheat bread is a must in my country, and a main source of carbs for most of the population.