Potato Recipes - EZ Potatoes Au Gratin

Sometimes I just don't get the time to go shopping and put together a recipe or variation of a recipe to make a video with. Sometimes, I just don't plan ahead and I think that is something that happens to all of us at times, right? Well, I think so at least. There are also the times like this week where things worked out to be a combination of both of these things mixed in with the plain fact that I really did not have a budget to go shopping with to come up with a video recipe for you.

There are just times when you have to work with what you have in your cupboard and refrigerator and make something happen with what you have on hand. That is what I did this week. I did not get to go shopping because of some "ghost" bills that had to be paid and I was getting hungry. So I started looking around the place and I found some of the staples of live like beer! Gotta have beer! I found that I had a bag of red spuds and some onions and some cheese. I also had some chop meat and butter (butter is the other staple of life!)

I thought about some potato recipes like making meat and potato pie? Nah! I thought about making Sheperds pie? Nah! Wasn't in the mood for those. I hadn't eaten all day and I wanted something quick and easy and satisfying, so I said to myself: "Ah Ha!, Potatoes Au Gratin!" Who here doesn't like potatoes au gratin? I can't see any of you out there saying to yourselves "Yuck! I hate potatoes au gratin" Come on! You know you love em! Call them what you will: potatoes au gratin, cheesy potatoes, scalloped potatoes, or just plain au gratin potatoes it is still yummy, EZ and tasty potatoes au gratin! OK! if you wanted to dress it up a bit you could make it with Gruyere cheese and then plain old potatoes au gratin now becomes the fine dining version called potatoes dauphine or dauphinoise.

Anyway, I thought I would do something quick and EZ because me and my Cockatiel Gizmo were getting hungry and potatoes au gratin was the ticket. I've loved this recipe since I was a kid and potatoes au gratin is one of the all time classic  comfort foods. So, I got my Mise en place together and then my camera gear and I went off to the races to make my dinner. I hope you enjoy the video and the recipe!

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