#potatoes

Welcome to thenfeedthem.com!
The write-ups are short and so are the recipes! You won't have to scroll far to reach what you're really after--the food. Thenfeedthem.com focuses on providing tasty, easy, simple recipes for time-crunched, hungry, frugal, cash-poor people. Or just about everyone at some point or another.

No, there's not a lot about me here. I'm a writer (of books), cook, and normal person, most of the time. I'll tell you a little about my life in my posts but not much (I'm kind of boring). After all, the filler is the food, not my life story! And if, "food is love," I hope you are filled to capacity. And cook to fill others, too!

Jan 2
2 min

Make an Easy, Not Too Expensive, and Fancy Beef Cabernet in Your Slow Cooker

Now doesn't "Slow Cooked Beef Cabernet" sound much better than "beef stew"? I love beef simmered with red wine, herbs, and plenty of vegetables. I also like the way the aromas from the slow cooked, wine-rich stew hit me when I enter the house in the evening. Even more, I appreciate being able to use a less expensive (well, relatively) cut of meat and not having to take the time in the evening when I'm tired to scrounge up dinner. Our meal is in the slow cooker, bubbling a

Aug 1, 2022
2 min

What to Make With Chicken Thighs? Quick Chicken Vesuvio

I love boneless, skinless chicken thighs. They're cheap, easy to prepare, versatile, and hard to mess up. I also like recipes that have all those characteristics. So, I decided to adapt a recipe for Chicken Vesuvio to my needs. Chicken Vesuvio is chicken that's been floured, browned, and cooked with potatoes, broth, a little white wine, and peas. It cooks in a skillet on the top of the stove for low clean up. The version I'm posting here is especially easy. I have litt

Nov 18, 2021
2 min

How to Make Low Hassle, Homemade Scalloped Potatoes

With Thanksgiving coming, it's time to make real scalloped potatoes. Yes, the boxes of scalloped potatoes are easy and fairly cheap, but they come with far too much salt and an assortment of other additives that don't have much to do with real food--in short, far from a healthy choice. Making your own scalloped potatoes allows you to control what goes into the recipe, and the "do it yourself" version also tastes better. The version below is quick to put together and can ba

Mar 23, 2021
2 min

Something Different for a Spring Dinner: Lamb and Potato Bake with Tahini Sauce

The recipe I'm posting today is a favorite and one that I've posted before. It's my version of a dish my husband and I used to have--pre-pandemic--at a favorite Lebanese restaurant. I think the dish makes a great option for a Spring dinner if you're looking for something different that nonetheless features some familiar items, in this case lamb and potatoes. The restaurant's version features beef, which you can substitute for the lamb, if you prefer. I like the lamb optio

Mar 22, 2019
2 min

Forget Scalloped, Instead Make Crunchy Cheesy Baked Potatoes

Why bother with fussy scalloped potatoes when you can have a crunchy, cheesy version that features tender, silky potatoes that are subtly spiced with a bit of thyme? These potatoes aren't swimming in a creamy sauce. Instead they bake up slightly crisp, with plenty of buttery-cheesy goodness. They also take require far less preparation time than scalloped potatoes. Pop the potatoes in the oven next to a roast, ham, or meatloaf, and you'll have a great side dish that people

Sep 26, 2018
2 min

Lamb and Potato Bake with Tahini Sauce

The recipe I'm offering you today is my version of a dish my husband and I have had frequently at a favorite Lebanese restaurant. The restaurant's version, though, features beef, which you can substitute for the lamb, if you prefer. I like the lamb option, because it's a bit different and I think complements the mixture of spices and vegetables far better than beef. Speaking of spices and vegetables, onion, parsley, mint, cumin, and coriander give wonderful flavor to the d

Mar 26, 2018
2 min

Chicken Vesuvio Re-imagined: Quick Chicken Thigh Recipe

I love boneless, skinless chicken thighs. They're cheap, easy to prepare, versatile, and hard to mess up. I also like recipes that have all those characteristics. So, I decided to adapt a recipe for Chicken Vesuvio to my needs. Chicken Vesuvio is chicken that's been floured, browned, and cooked with potatoes, broth, a little white wine, and peas. It cooks in a skillet on the top of the stove for low clean up. The version I'm posting here is especially easy. I have litt

Jan 13, 2018
2 min

Quick, Easy, and Cheap: Potato Pancakes

Need a comforting main or side dish that you can throw together fast? How about potato pancakes. Yes, I'm serious. These don't require grating by hand or hauling out a food processor. The batter takes only a few minutes to mix up, and cooking the pancakes doesn't take long, either. Plus the pancakes can be topped with your choice of toppings--mushroom sauce, applesauce, cottage cheese and green onions, goat cheese and chives, sour cream and bacon crumbles, broccoli and c

Nov 3, 2017
2 min

Slow Cooked Beef Cabernet

Now doesn't "Slow Cooked Beef Cabernet" sound much better than "beef stew"? I love beef simmered with red wine, herbs, and plenty of vegetables. I also like the way the aromas from the slow cooked, wine-rich stew hit me when I enter the house in the evening. Even more, I appreciate not having to take the time in the evening when I'm tired to scrounge up dinner. It's in the slow cooker, bubbling and ready to eat. Yes, this is beef stew, but a slightly dressed up version w

Oct 16, 2017
3 min

Homemade Scalloped Potatoes: Ditch That Boxed Mix

Okay, so that box of scalloped potatoes is easy, fairly cheap, and people like the result. Of course they do. The boxed mix produces potatoes that have been engineered to appeal to our tastes, with far too much salt and an assortment of other additives that don't have much to do with real food--in short, far from a healthy choice. So, put down that box and pick up a bag of real potatoes. They are good and good for you, despite the anti-carb craze that's been sweeping the

Sep 18, 2017
2 min

Easier Than Take Out Chicken

Sometimes you just don't want to cook. Nonetheless, you're hungry, and so are your family members. Take-out food is expensive, terrible for you, and usually requires a wait or delivery expense. So why not try an economical chicken dish that you can prepare in a few minutes, pop in the oven, and bake while you take a walk, pet the cat, or surf the news? This isn't a fancy recipe. It's made with inexpensive, bone-in, skin-on chicken quarters. Nonetheless the dish will sen

Where are all the advertisements?

I hate them, so I'm not including them! I'll figure out how to "monetize" the site/blog later--much later (or maybe never). For now, enjoy the ideas, recipes, and food and please post the links on your social media so others can enjoy the food!