-New Urban Yum!- What To Cook For the Long Weekend: All Too- Easy Potato Side Dishes for Easter

From everday to extraordinary: always on hand, potatoes are easily dressed up to add flair to your Easter entree of choice.
It's the easiest g- to for family meals and works just as well for holiday occasions: Germany's favorite all-purpose side, the everyday potato, is beautifully gentrified for dinner table celebrations without much work, and can add a heartiness to your spring time Easter meal during what's predicted to be less than mild weather before we have a temperature blast on Tuesday. For easy ideas on what to do with th vegetable you likely already have on hand in your pantry, check out our curartion of favorite poatoe recipes below to try for your Easter celebration on the long weekend. Click the website title under each dish to get full recipe instrcutions.
eaItalian Roasted Garlic Parmesan Potatoes
Your everday potato with Italian twist: ITALIAN ROASTED PARMESAN POATOES from CINNAMON SPICE AND EVERYTHING NICE

All purpose, fitting nearly any entree: using the simple "Hasselback" cutting technique, elevate your potatoes from simple to sublime in this CRISPY POTATO ROAST from CAKE'S COTTAGE.   The bacon bits can be omitted for vegetarian menus.

AMAZING Smashed Potatoes with Garlic Herb Pesto! 9 ingredients, buttery, flavorful, SO delicious! #vegan #glutenfree #potato
One of our all time favorites and easier to prepare than it looks: CRISPY SMASHED POTATOES WITH GARLIC PESTO from MINIMALIST BAKER . To save even more time, you can always substitute fresh pesto from your local market

Giant Hashbrown...great for feeding a crowd! With tips for getting a crunchy crust every time!!
Perfect for Easter brunches with Gravad or Stremmellachs and other German smoked fish: this GIANT HASH BROWN from RECIPE TIN EATS 

Simple sometimes may be the best - Roasted Potatoes, Parsnips and Carrots- one of my favorite side dishes
Man cannot live on potatoes alone: for a bit ofcolor and taste contrast, mix it a little by adding other root veggies to the table like those shown in this ROASTED POTATO PARSNIP & CARROTS recipe from HOME COOKING ADVENTURE  roasting parsnips ( known as "Pastinaken" in German) and carrots, or other root veggies like beets will add a sweetness to your side dish that compliments the salty, earthniess in your potatoes.


And that concludes our  NUY 40+Yum! posts for the month! We wish you happy cooking adventures during this extended holiday weekend, a very Happy Easter, and we'll see you soon for additional posts on our Extended Weekend Edition of New Urban Youth!

xoxo,
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