I'm okay with this (sweet potatoes are soooo much tastier than their starchy nightshadey counterpart), but my mother misses her potato dishes. A customer of hers recommended Sunchokes (Jerusalem Artichokes), so we tried them on Thanksgiving. We mashed them and threw in a good deal of vinegar and dijon mustard - delicious! but not too potatoey. So the goal for Christmas dinner was to imitate all those mayonaise-drenched potato salads of my mother's childhood.
I washed 'em (aren't they cute?),
sliced 'em
and boiled 'em until tender (apparently I didn't wash 'em too well, though - look at the scuzz on the righthand side! ew).
the water turned a deep yellow color...
but they stayed pale!
With the addition of 2-3 large spoonfuls of Vegenaise, several TBSP apple cider vinegar, parsley, diced onion and celery, we had a delicious Potato-Style Sunchoke Salad:
Mom was very happy. After this, though, I want to try some sunchoke recipes that don't try to disguise the sunchokes. They're so tasty!
I've heard cassava/yuca/manoic is another really good - and convincing - replacement for potato. Maybe I'll give that a try soon...
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I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't eat potatoes. I absolutely love them! Congrats on finding a replacement for your mom though, what a great idea!
happy new year!
Like you, I tried sunchokes for the first time on Thanksgiving- and loved them! I like the idea of a sunchoke potato salad- seems like the perfect substitute. They make really good creamy yet light soup, too.
my nightshade allergy has gotten so bad that i can't even LOOK at a potato without hittin' the floor!
ive been experimenting with sunchokes as potato replacements. you can make them like potato chips, and i just finished making a wonderful sunchoke-white bean puree soup.
sunchoke salad here i come :)
i was browsing the internet for a good sunchoke salad recipe and when this popped up, i read it and was amazed, this was exactly what i needed!!
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