Fall Potatoes

When fall comes around it is nice to have a nice mix of potato recipes, away from the old standard of sweet potato casserole. Especially for weeknights, when time is of the essence. This simple and delicious recipe for a potato side dish is quick to make and goes perfectly with steak or pork chops.

Step: 1

Place potatoes and sweet potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer just until fork-tender, about 15 minutes. Drain.

Step: 2

Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Sprinkle potatoes and sweet potatoes with salt and cook until beginning to brown, about 3 minutes.

Step: 3

Mix in dates, pumpkin seeds, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Cook and stir until dates are warm and pumpkin seeds begin to brown, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat and serve.

Per Serving: 327 calories; protein 5.9g; carbohydrates 50.8g; fat 12.8g; cholesterol 22.9mg; sodium 183.9mg.

One of most obvious way to choose a side dish is to caught at your main dish (pasta, chicken, seared tofu) and choose more different. When you’re cooking pasta, go for a simple vegetable . Making steak? Go for something light. If you’re want to cooking stir-fry with rice, it must not a good idea to also make a rice salad.

One make sure is also can apply to cooking process . You don’t want to push more often your oven by making to do list three dishes at once in there, or be juggling four pans on the cooking items . But sometimes you can made a dish do double-duty .