Good ingredients to pair with potatoes
Decide whether the potato should be crisp or comforting. Eggs, cheese and beans suit a quick hash or loaded potato, while chicken, sausages, onions and peppers work well in a traybake or pan dinner.
Easy potatoes meal ideas
- loaded potatoes — use it as a starting format and adapt the vegetables, seasonings and portions to what you have.
- potato hash — use it as a starting format and adapt the vegetables, seasonings and portions to what you have.
- sausage traybake — use it as a starting format and adapt the vegetables, seasonings and portions to what you have.
- cheesy potato bake — use it as a starting format and adapt the vegetables, seasonings and portions to what you have.
How to get the best from potatoes
Cut potatoes to a similar size so they finish together. If you want crisp edges, give them space on the tray or in the pan and avoid covering them once the cooking is underway.
Turn a few ingredients into a coherent dinner
Choose a base, a flavour direction and one or two supporting ingredients. For example, rice or potatoes can make the meal filling, while lemon and garlic, tomato and herbs, soy and chilli, or curry spices can give the ingredients a clear direction.
Make the idea fit your evening
The same ingredient can produce a very different answer depending on whether you need dinner in 20 minutes, want one pan, are feeding four people or need to use another ingredient before it goes to waste. Add those constraints before choosing the final recipe.
Use SIZZIO to make it specific
Tell SIZZIO what you have, how many people you are feeding and what kind of meal you want. You can then save the recipe and move into the cooking flow instead of starting another search when it is time to cook.