Potatoes – frugal super-food

Potatoes are an important food and a staple food in many people’s diets. In the 1840’s crops around Europe were affected by potato blight leading to around a million people dying from starvation in Ireland and a similar number trying to escape the problems of poverty and hunger by emigrating. Potatoes contain starches, sugars, fibre and vitamins. They are low fat and contain vitamin C, Vitamin B6, potassium and manganese.

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14, September 2012 | Categories: Finance, Finance Friday, Frugal Food, Frugal Friday | Tags: baked, bangers and mash, Boiled, bubble and squeak, cheap meals, chipped, Cook, finance, Fish, fish and chips, fried, frugal meals, Fruit and Vegetable, home, mashed, Potato, potatoes, roasted, Sunflower oil, wedges | 5 Comments