Cheesy Potato Pancakes

Cheesy Potato Pancakes

These delicious pancakes are one of many favorite Irish recipes I love to make. Serve them warm by themselves or with eggs or omelets, or with sour cream.

What you need:

1 1/2 Quarts of prepared instant mashed potatoes, cooked, dry and cooled

1 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese

4 eggs lightly beaten

1 1/2 cups of flour, divided

1 1/2 teaspoons of dried rosemary

1 1/2 teaspoons of dried thyme

1 dash of salt and pepper

2 eggs lightly beaten

What you need to do:

1. In a large mixing bowl, combine potatoes, cheese, 4 beaten eggs, 3/4 cup of flour and herbs. Mix well.

2. Cover with suran wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours before preparing.

3. When ready to prepare, put 3/4 cup of flour in a medium bowl and put 2 beaten eggs in a separate medium bowl.

4. Using two spoons, scoop up some potato batter and dip in beaten eggs, then dredge in flour. (excuse my chipped bowl!)

5. Place potato batter in frying pan and flatten with spoon. Cook each patty over medium heat 3 minutes per side or until crisp and golden brown.

6. Serve warm and enjoy!

Spinach Salad

Spinach Salad

What you need:

A couple of handfuls of fresh spinach

1 hard boiled egg

1/2 cup of cooked crumbled bacon

1/4 cup of rough chopped red onion

1/3 cup of shredded Parmesan cheese

Ranch dressing, to taste 

Serving 1

What you need to do:

1. Put spinach in a medium mixing bowl.

2. Peel and rinse hard boiled egg. Roughly chop egg and put in bowl.

3. Roughly chop red onion and put in mixing bowl.

4. Put crumbled bacon into bowl.

5. Drizzle with desired amount of ranch dressing and toss.

6. Easy as that! Serve and enjoy!