WHAT’S COOKING

Holiday potato alternatives

We’ve all grown up with that big bowl of mashed potatoes on the holiday dinner table, standing dutifully by all the other dishes decked out in their holiday finery: sparkling cranberries, creamy indulgent veggies, pools of luscious brown gravy, the limelight only shared by the golden, succulent, juicy turkey met with soft gasps of appreciation and delight when ushered lovingly to the table. Poor mashed potatoes. The obligatory scoop only a foundation for the trimmings to be heaped on top of them.

This year, why not elevate your potato offering to star-status as well, using one of LPC’s delicious, creamy, melt-in-your mouth varieties? Best of all, they go from bag to pot to plate in approximately 15 minutes, so even when simply dressed with butter and fresh herbs they’re a knockout and a cinch to prepare.

We recommend the beautiful
Blushing Belle for your holiday table – but please be sure to peruse the great recipe ideas on our website by clicking here.

Crushed Blush Potatoes

Packed with flavour and the creaminess of blue cheese, these potatoes would be outstanding alongside your Christmas ham. Set some of the mixture aside (before adding the arugula), then reheat Boxing Day morning for a scrumptious brunch dish with eggs.
2 pounds BLUSHING BELLE potatoes (coarsely peel about half of the skin and discard)
3 ounces crumbled Gorgonzola cheese or other soft blue cheese
1/2 cup pecans, toasted, chopped
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
2 cups (packed) baby arugula
Place potatoes in large pot. Pour enough cold water over to cover; salt generously. Bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are just tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain. Return potatoes to pot. Using large wooden spoon, coarsely crush potatoes in pot. Add cheese, nuts, and oil. Stir in arugula and toss to blend. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer to bowl and serve.

Roast Potatoes with
Herbs and Capers

A delicious, easy to prepare dish that’s perfect for holiday entertaining. Try experimenting with different herbs, citrus zest, and other

seasonings to make the dish the perfect complement to your holiday menu.
2 pounds TERRIFFIC TRIO potatoes, halved
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
3 sprigs fresh rosemary, each broken into 4 pieces plus more for garnish
3 large garlic cloves, halved
1 1/2 teaspoons coarse kosher salt
3 tablespoons drained capers
Preheat oven to 400°F. Arrange potatoes in single layer on large rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle with oil; sprinkle with rosemary pieces, garlic, and salt; toss to coat. Roast until potatoes are tender, stirring every 15 minutes, about 45 minutes total. Mix in capers. Roast until flavors blend, about 5 minutes longer. Season with pepper. Transfer to bowl. Garnish with rosemary sprigs.

Swedish Potatoes

Decadent with cream, these potatoes don’t even need gravy. Our thanks to LPC fan Cindy Lee Kavanagh for submitting this delicious recipe!
2 pounds BABY BOOMER potatoes
1 medium onion, ½ inch dice
1 litre whipping cream
1t salt
¼ t black pepper
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place the onions and the potatoes in an

oven-proof baking dish. Pour enough whipping cream over potatoes to cover (you may not need all of the whipping cream). Season with salt and pepper. Bake in oven for one hour or until fork tender.
Please be sure to visit our website for more delicious recipe ideas. Bon appétit!

Recipes From Our Fans

A huge thank you to everyone who took the time and effort to submit their favourite LPC potato recipe. We received lots of original, delicious recipes in all, from sides to salads to soups.
If you’re looking for dinnertime inspiration for the holidays or everyday, be sure to check out our Chef’s top fan recipe selections.
We’re always eager to hear about the delicious LPC potato concoctions people are coming up with all across the country. If you have a favourite LPC potato dish you’d like to share with us, please fill out our recipe submission form!

WHAT'S NEW

Digi-tatoes!

Never let it be said that potatoes are ‘old-fashioned’ – especially not when you can now join up and follow along with The Little Potato Company and other LPC fans on Twitter and Facebook.

Follow us on Twitter

Twitter is an online community where people post “tweets” or short tidbits of news and interesting information to others within their

group. By joining our following on Twitter, you’ll receive regular, up-to-the-minute tweets about new recipes, interesting potato facts, promotional specials and so forth.

Join our following on Twitter between November 1-30, 2009 and tweet about why you love LPC potatoes so much and we’ll send you a coupon for $1.00 off our product! Please click here to link to LPC’s Twitter page.

Become a Facebook Fan

Similar to Twitter, Facebook is an online community of people with common interests or friends.
Join the LPC community on Facebook to get great recipes and stay up-to-date with nutritional info and food trends.

Become a fan before December 31, 2009 and we'll enter you to win a one-year supply of LPC potatoes!

If you have not yet joined Facebook, it’s easy. Just click here and follow the instructions.

If you are already a Facebooker, just click here to view our profile!

POTATO BREEDING: FROM LAB TO FIELD TO PLAT

LPC and Tuberosum Technologies

Though the potato has been a common agricultural crop worldwide for centuries, it has evolved countless times over generations to better suit the needs of its particular growing environment, yield, quality and resistance to disease. It may be universally recognized as the world’s comfort food, but the potato is by no means a one-size-fits-all crop.
For example, in upland Bolivia, where the potato is believed to have originated, farmers would have selected and nurtured those tubers and plants that demonstrated the best resistance to frost. In many regions of Africa today, food help organizations are working to implement the potato into non-traditional foodways and agri-systems, selecting varieties with the highest drought tolerance. Here in North America, high yield, disease
and pest resistance, and the ability to withstand mechanical harvesting and processing with minimal damage

areparamount characteristics of a well-suited potato breed.
Today’s breeders are on the front lines of developing potato varieties that meet the needs of a changing environment, global food supply needs and ever-changing consumer demands. The Little Potato Company has long recognized the importance of developing and maintaining potato varieties that are proprietary to our brand: our growers enjoy exclusive access to these varieties, and our customers have come to associate a quality product and distinct taste, texture and cooking characteristics with each of our five little potato varieties.
We couldn’t have achieved this without a partnership with potato breeding companies like Tuberosum Technologies. Together, we have initiated breeding programs in Canada, Chile and the Netherlands, where our programs total approximately 60,000 clones, making us the largest small potato breeding program in the world.

FAN CORNER

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our website and newsletter. If you agree that there’s an amazing amount of good
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Look out!

Look for our new television campaign airing on Global Television in BC, Alberta,
Ontario and Quebec. If you see it, please send us an email and let us know
what what you think. If you'd like to check it out online visit our website!

Listen up!

We thought we’d close this newsletter with a musical reminder of why we think our
potatoes are, well, the best thing ever. The following is a link to our radio jingle that
has aired on numerous stations across Canada. In case you missed it in your area,
listen to it several times so that the next time you visit your grocer you’ll have a
little extra bounce in your step courtesy of “The Little Potato Com-pany…”

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