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I have a bit more bandwidth now to start rotating meals, but I want to do it from a point where the potatoes are already cooked and ready to mash.

Benefits I’ve experienced, where potatoes as a base may have helped:

I’ve been curious about my fruit-based desserts—how sweet strawberries are, especially now combined with banana. (It makes me think I’d probably really enjoy a strawberry-banana smoothie.) I’ve noticed moments of emotional stability. Having this root vegetable as a base might have contributed. It’s budget-friendly, childhood-friendly and takes the least amount of energy and time to switch things up, starting from already cooked potatoes.

So I want to start varying meals based on cooked potatoes. I’ll continue with stamppot-inspired portions and start adding servings of carrot and onion with slavink—kind of hutspot-inspired.

I usually already have white yellow 🙂 onions at home because I eat tutu on Sundays, and I assume carrots are budget-friendly. Maybe I’ll use fresh ones, or go for vegetables in jars.

When I think about jarred vegetables—which last long and are often relatively cheap—spinach comes to mind.

So maybe, as a third base variation (though I’m still unsure if this will definitely be the third option), mashed potatoes with spinach and a meatball.

Ideally, I’d love to have five base variations during the week (Monday to Friday). This is kind of the next step: but instead of juggling all three dishes at once, I’ll first add the hutspot-inspired one with slavink as the next variation.

Besides these two base variations, I’d also like to explore how to make meatballs I’d enjoy. I want to experiment with that—maybe as a side—and if I end up liking them a lot, I could add them to a third variation:

Mashed potatoes, spinach, and meatballs.

So for the upcoming month, it’s stamppot and hutspot for now—and if I have the courage and energy, I’ll try learning how to make meatballs and gravy. Maybe there are some helpful resources out there that can guide me through the entire process.