Gratin Summat Else (at the suggestion of trophywench)

[Felinia]

I've made a dish with left over potato, onion and a piece of cheese (no garlic as I loathe it). 167 cals per serving with 18.9 gm carbs for a generous portion or 112cals and 12.6gm carbs as a side portion. I could have it as a vegetarian meal with a poached egg on top, or as a side with my main meal.

300gm new potatoes, cooked left overs
290gm chopped white onion, softened
75gm reduced fat grated cheddar
100ml semi skimmed milk

Pre heat fan oven to 175c
Soften the onion in FryLight for about 7 minutes
Crush the potatoes but retain texture
Mix the potato, cheese and onion in a baking dish
Pour over the milk and stir carefully
Bake in the centre of the oven for 30mins
Serves 4 as a main, or 6 as a side dish

 

[Callista]

Sounds yummy. Would go a treat with some diced bacon too!

 

[Felinia]

Sounds yummy. Would go a treat with some diced bacon too!

I also sometimes add sweetcorn and chopped ham. Many years ago, before Iceland took them over, Bejam did a Suffolk hotpot with ham, as did M&S. Mine is now tailored to reduce the fat, carbs and cals

 

[trophywench]

For goodness sake!! Gratin Dauphinois contains garlic. I appreciate not everyone likes garlic, so please call it summat else instead.

 

[nonethewiser]

Those look delicious.

 

[bulkbiker]

I've made a gratin dauphinois with left over potato, onion and a piece of cheese. 167 cals per serving with 18.9 gm carbs for a generous portion or 112cals and 12.6gm carbs as a side portion. I could have it as a vegetarian meal with a poached egg on top, or as a side with my main meal.

300gm new potatoes, cooked left overs
290gm chopped white onion, softened
75gm reduced fat grated cheddar
100ml semi skimmed milk

Pre heat fan oven to 175c
Soften the onion in FryLight for about 7 minutes
Crush the potatoes but retain texture
Mix the potato, cheese and onion in a baking dish
Pour over the milk and stir carefully
Bake in the centre of the oven for 30mins
Serves 4 as a main, or 6 as a side dish


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What do your blood sugars do after eating it though?

 

[trophywench]

Gratin Dauphinois contains no cheese either. It does however contain cream so not actually vegetarian and defo not vegan. Merely another way of cooking spuds, all in all. Pommes Boulanger/Forestier is another way, no cream, same thin slices of spud but with meat stock to lubricate instead of cream. Both cooked in the heat of an oven - traditionally, in a gratin dish.

 

[Lucyr]

It does however contain cream so not actually vegetarian

Cream is vegetarian

 

[trophywench]

Well it yes it is, since cheese is - but as I said not vegan. But anyway, no cheese, not in classic Gratin Dauphinois whichever way you happen to look at it.

It's Gratin summat else with all these added extras!

 

[Deleted member 21371]

What do your blood sugars do after eating it though?

You'd be the same as me.
Absolutely no issues.
It's all good.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Sounds lovely @Felinia !

 

[Felinia]

What do your blood sugars do after eating it though?

Testing shows I'm OK with up to 100gm boiled potato, and there are only 50gm per portion in this.

 

[Felinia]

For goodness sake!! Gratin Dauphinois contains garlic. I appreciate not everyone likes garlic, so please call it summat else instead.

Many happy returns - have a lovely day.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

"Gratin Summat Else" is just the sort of name of dish that would catch on in our house.

 

[trophywench]

My mother regularly served us with Surprise Pudding, so called cos we wouldn't know what it was made of until we tasted it, so why not G S E ? There's also Grandad's Spaghetti - that started as Dad's Spag then those daughters started having kids, and those kids have kids now ...... kinda mostly, weaned on it, starting without the bits you have to chew. They know instantly somehow to suck on a strand that mum's left a bit too long to fit in their mouth .......

 

[trophywench]

Many happy returns - have a lovely day.

Thank you!

 

[nonethewiser]

"Gratin Summat Else" is just the sort of name of dish that would catch on in our house.

Or simply Hash, everything gets chucked into that in our house.

 

[Felinia]

Or simply Hash, everything gets chucked into that in our house.

My brother had a term for this, which I can't type, as it uses "inappropriate" language!! 🙂

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

My brother had a term for this, which I can't type, as it uses "inappropriate" language!! 🙂

There was a hash(?) in the canteen at art college made from non-identifiable things in some sort of ummmmm... gravy? that we used to call 'Trash Compactor' after the scene in Star Wars.

 

[Leadinglights]

My daughters used to dread the obligatory 'boiled up bits' which were the post Xmas remnants of everything bunged into the pot and left to simmer on the Rayburn for hours.