Potatoes Potatoes

Wal*Mart in the 'Burg sells potatoes like this: 5 lb bag of russet potatoes for $2.59 and a 10 lb bag of russet potatoes for $2.69. It's hard not to spend the extra dime for twice as many taters. But then, what do you do with them?

Well, my favorite way to eat potatoes are FRIED- with a bit of onion. But I'll save that for another post. This is an easy and delicious recipe for scalloped potatoes. Tree, it takes less than 30 minutes to prepare (but three times that long to bake). I plan to make two dishes the next time to see how freezing goes.

Tasty Scalloped Taters

What you need:
4-6 russet potatoes
1 medium onion
3-5 T of butter
3-5 T of flour (wheat flour or potato starch)
1.5 cups milk (give or take)
Garlic
Salt & Pepper
Optional cheese and/or ham slices

What you do:
1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Peel the potatoes. Slice the onion- super thin.
2. In a small sauce pan melt the butter, add garlic and flour. Stir till you get a nice, smooth roux. Add milk, continue stirring. If you used 3 T butter/3 T flour use about 1.25 cups of milk. If you used 5 T butter/ 5 T flour, add about 2 cups milk. Stir white sauce till bubbly and smooth. Set aside.
3. Spray Pam or butter the bottom of a baking dish or casserole. Layer half of the potatoes, onion, and ham. Cover with half of the roux. Repeat layer. Cover with rest of the roux.
4. Cover and bake for approximately 50 minutes. Remove cover and bake another 20-30 minutes. If desired, sprinkle top with the cheese of your choice.

I just made this last night and added the left over baked ham. While it's not treyf it sure is good. I've also thought of adding bacon! Mmmm mmmm, but I've yet to try that. Give it a try and let me know what you think.