I've been working at eating the Sonoma way and it's GREAT.

My husband is a potato nut. If you ask him what his favorite food is, he'll tell you potatoes. He just loves them - mashed, baked, oven baked/fried with onions, rosemary and garlic, parsleyed. Loves them.

He is not overweight - I don't think I ever could get him to give them up forever. Mostly I try to make 2 vegetables as well as the potatoes and then he eats them and I eat mostly vegies. He's really not hard to cook for - eats anything and loves the vegies and good stuff, too.

I guess I'll just de-emphasize them - but he will miss them! After 30 years of marriage, it's hard to get them to learn new tricks - at least not quickly.

Anybody else go through this with anything you are trying to modify?

Cindy,

One way to "wean" him off of them so to speak would be to serve them with some other items.

I adore this recipe... the original recipe called for tatos in it to, so maybe toss a few in there for him

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/show...hlight=roasted

That recipe sounds divine. I know we'd love it - with or without potatoes.

I honestly don't think potatoes are that bad and I know this is sacreligious or whatever. But at a point, I think they are ok in moderation. They are just easy to overdo like a lot of things.

I'm going to try that recipe very soon. And I so agree that fresh herbs make a big difference. I just love fresh rosemary in things - I keep a pot growing in the house all the time.

I agree! I don't think potatoes are bad in moderation... but I have been using the light sweet potatoes almost exclusively. More nutrition and actually SO much better!! Just a suggestion.

I make potatoes once in a while. I just don't eat them. One nice one done in the mic suits my meat and potatoes man very nicely.


oh and it's not the spud itself that's a problem for me, it's the butter, sour cream etc!

I agree about it being the butter and sour cream... so I just learned to eat potatoes without them... and guess what, now I can't STAND butter on them! I would still like the sour cream but I don't. I fix light colored sweet potatoes and put fresh salsa and chopped onion them... chop the potatoes and bake it with that on there... yum

There are some good freezer mashed potato recipes out there; maybe you could make up a batch of those and freeze them in individual portions for him?

Jeri