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Creamy Potato and Butternut Cake

When I took this Creamy Potato and Butternut Cake from the oven I had this huge happy smile on my face. I love how a meal sometimes just comes together, not quite how you planned it, but better and a whole lot tastier. I knew what I wanted, a layered potato and butternut cake, but could not find a recipe on the net, so embarked on making my own version. I had a little kitchen elf helping and maybe that was the secret….
Humans, they are the strangest creatures…..in our case actually quite amusing. We are now on day 23 without any meat. We are not vegetarians, but we are just abstaining for a while. We do eggs and cheese, but no meat or chicken or fish which is a good thing right? The funny thing is that now  when I develop recipes and try out new things, my point of departure is almost always to make a “meaty” dish, in other words a dish with bold savory flavors. This is the reason why I had this big grin on my face, this vegetable cake was a beauty, it had guts and could hold its own next to any slice of cottage pie or lasagna on a plate.
I have no idea how long this no-meat phase is going to last, but what I do know is that this is forcing me to think outside the box, the box of meat that is and I love creating all these new recipes, but you knew that already, didn’t you? Continue Reading

My "meaty" potato and butternut cake

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