Food Friday: Oil Free Hashed Browns

Today we had the quickest, easiest hashed brown potatoes for breakfast.  They were cooked in the air fryer.

Shred or grate one russet potato and spread in air frier basket.

Air fry at 375 degrees F. for 15 minutes.

This is all that is left after Dear One ate all he wanted.  He considered these leftovers to be burned!  Next time I will only cook them for 10 minutes, then check them.  It is so much easier to cook more than to cook less...!

Food Friday: Waffled Hashed Browns

That Belgian waffle maker we purchased at Deseret Industries, or maybe Goodwill Industries, when we first arrived in the mission almost two years ago, has been a great treat-maker for us, but mostly for Dear One. He LOVES waffles and maple syrup...the real maple syrup, though.  We ate up all the Vermont maple syrup we brought with us pretty soon after our arrival.  Now we use maple syrup from Costco.  We are hoping this will be a good sugaring season so there will be plenty when we arrive in Vermont come summer.

So, back to the waffle iron...we have tried a variety of foods in the waffle maker.  The most recent was hashed browns.  They worked pretty well.

What I did:  scrubbed a large russet baking potato then used the julienne cutter that Elder and Sister C gave us  soon after they came into the mission office.  It works great!!  For so many things!

After making a large pile of julienned potatoes, I sprayed the hot waffle iron with vegetable oil spray then put the shredded potatoes into each of the wells in the waffle maker and shut the cover. I let them cook for 4 minutes then checked them.  They looked pretty good but, knowing the texture Dear One likes, I let them go a couple more minutes.  Since they had looked a little dry, I put a pat of butter on top of each one before lowering the lid again. 

After that two minutes, I served them.  He liked them.  Well, how bad could somewhat crispy buttery potatoes be?!

Next time I think I will have a bite or two.

Food Friday: Homemade Hashed Browns

Recently Elder and Sister C brought us a set of Titan Stainless Steel Peeler/Julienne tools.  Elder C uses the peeler to peel carrots and brings them to the office to eat.  These tools work great!

My first project was to use the julienne peeler to julienne half a red potato which I made into hashed brown since Dear One is a really big fan of eating hashed browns.

While I was using the julienner to cut half the potato, I set a small frying pan heating on the stove with a little olive oil and butter to melt.  By the time the grease was ready, so were the juliennes.  I spread them in the pan and let them cook on medium high for about five minutes.

After five minutes I flipped them over and smushed them down with a spatula.  After five more minutes I pulled them out and put them on Dear One's plate.  He loved them with a little salt and catsup.

They looked good enough that I was sorry I had only made one serving.  Maybe next time.