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Easy Cheesy Potatoes {Can be Made Ahead, Also Grain-Free Option}

April 4, 2014 6 Comments

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Easy Cheesy Potatoes

Easy Cheesy Potatoes…

I used to make my cheesy potatoes using boxed potatoes (can you say, chemical preservatives?), Ritz crackers (trans fats) and get this:  Velveeta cheese, full of vegetable oils and other fake stuff!  If you still cook with those things, don’t feel bad, you just didn’t know, like I didn’t used to know.  But now that we know better, we can cook better.  🙂

If you need a make-ahead (or not) easy cheesy potatoes recipe, you'll love this one that is simple and delicious.  Yes, these are pretty carb-heavy if you have blood sugar issues, but remember, the healthy fats in the recipe help to lower their glycemic index!  Read more about that here:  How to Eat Carbs Safely and Lower the Glycemic Index of the Foods You Love.

By the way, here's a recipe for potatoes with ham if you want it to be more of a main dish meal.  🙂

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Easy Cheesy Potatoes Recipe

Servings: 1 9x13 pan
Author: Kelly the Kitchen Kop

Ingredients

  • About 8 organic medium potatoes — organic is important for potatoes because they're a highly-sprayed crop
  • 1/2 to 1 onion chopped, or however much you like — you could also substitute 3-5 chopped green onions
  • 1/2 cup pastured butter
  • 1/2 cup flour – Einkorn flour is my favorite lately — read why here
  • 1 1/2 cup cream NOT ultra-pasteurized — you could substitute 8-12 ounces of cream cheese
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • Add 1-2 cups shredded cheddar cheese or whatever is your favorite
  • Sea salt and pepper to your taste
  • For the optional crumb topping:
  • 1/2 cup pastured butter
  • 1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs you might have in the freezer OR crushed organic cracker crumbs
  • Another 1/2 cup of shredded cheese

Instructions

  • Clean potatoes and cut off the bad spots.  I like to shred them (I used my Bosch slicer/shredder), but you could also just chop into small bite-sized pieces.  Stir onions in with the potatoes.  Set aside while you do the next step.  (Optional:  fry up a whole chopped onion in 4 Tablespoons of butter or ghee 'til golden and caramelized and stir these in instead of the raw onion for extra yummy-liciousness.)
  • Make the cheese sauce:  over low-medium heat (don’t let this burn, keep stirring) melt 1/2 cup butter, stir in flour.  Let cook on the stove for 2-3 minutes as it bubbles a little and starts to thicken.  Add in cream, milk , and sour cream.  Keep stirring until it’s all mixed in and has a nice consistency for a sauce, not too thick and not too thin.  Add 1 cup shredded cheese and stir in until melted. Add sea salt and pepper to your taste.
  • Drain any excess liquid off the potatoes & onions. Stir in the cheese sauce.  Spread into a buttered 9×13 glass or stainless steel pan. Sprinkle another 1/2 cup of cheese over the top of the potatoes.
  • Optional bread crumb topping:  Melt another 1/2 cup butter in a small saucepan.  Stir in seasoned bread crumbs you might have in the freezer OR crushed organic cracker crumbs and also add the remaining cheese.  Sprinkle over top of the potatoes.
  • Cover well until you’re ready to bake.  These can be frozen or just set in the fridge overnight.
  • Bake 90 minutes at 400*, until the potatoes are all the way done and not crunchy like mine were after only an hour.  Watch to be sure the top doesn’t get too brown, if so, cover loosely with foil so the foil doesn’t touch the food.
  • Grain-free option:  use this keto cheese sauce recipe!

How do you make your easy cheesy potatoes?  🙂

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  1. Michelle says

    March 30, 2024 at 11:45 AM

    I have made this before and it is so good. I love all of the whole ingredients!
    Do you recommend baking this in advance and reheating or can it be assembled the night before and baked the next day?

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    • KitchenKop says

      March 30, 2024 at 5:38 PM

      Hi Michelle, I’d probably partially bake them for about half the time (I don’t *think* the potatoes would get brown if you don’t cook it a little first, but just to be sure), and then before you want to serve them, add the crumb topping and heat up the rest of the way.

      Kelly

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  2. Charity says

    April 5, 2014 at 1:07 PM

    I steam mine until barely tender after slicing them……cuts way down on baking time, which I find reduces the chances of them being burned or underdone in my finicky oven!

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  3. Mrs Bic says

    April 12, 2010 at 2:41 PM

    Looking forward to making these for my husband, this weekend!

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  4. Carey says

    April 8, 2010 at 12:46 PM

    These are the potatoes I made for Easter, Potatoes Romanoff:
    https://www.tosmagazine.com/newsletters/homesteader/08-06/08-06.php
    (you’ll need to scroll down). The only thing I did differently was to cut my potatoes into quarters (they were large), the skins really do slide off (mostly) when you grate them. The best part was that I could prepare this dish on Saturday (I added some cooking time on Sunday). Delicious! I do make my own seasoning salt (there are many copycat recipes online). I’m a self-professed carb-aholic, but all the men (aka meat-lovers) in my family love these too.

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  5. Melissa @Cellulite Investigation says

    April 8, 2010 at 10:25 AM

    These look delicious, Kelly! I know people have a lot of different opinions on this one, but I’m not sure what I think about restricting carbs. I tend to agree with Weston Price, that things like potatoes and bread are fine as long as they aren’t the bulk of the diet. Personally, I would devour this dish without a tinge of guilt!

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