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7 Perfect Potato Recipes to Make Dinner Easy

Stacey Pirtle

by Stacey Published: Apr 17, 2021

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From mashed to baked, cheesy casseroles and everything in between, these 7 Perfect Potato Recipes will help you get a delicious family dinner on the table every night!

From mashed to baked, cheesy casseroles and everything in between, these 7 recipes will help you get delicious, easy potatoes on the table every night!


Potatoes are the backbone of the American dinner table. If one thing is for sure, we love our potatoes. Whipped, mashed, sliced, fried or baked, potatoes can do it all!

This week’s Saturday Seven brings together 7 delectable potato dishes that are as versatile as the humble spud itself. From amped up mashed potatoes and easy clean up potato foil packets to creamy, cheesy casseroles, these easy-to-follow potato recipes will help you get a dinner on the table that everyone will love!

7 Perfect Potato Dishes for Your Family to Enjoy

Baked Cheesy Smashed Potato Bites

This easy recipe for Cheesy Smashed Potato Bites is going to seriously up your side dish game!  Your family is going to love loading up their plates with these baby red or gold potatoes with oodles of melted cheddar, rich garlic and crispy potato skins.  Move over baked potatoes, little brother is stealing the show!

Easy, Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole (no canned soup)

Loaded with melted cheese, sour cream and simple seasonings, this deliciously creamy, cheesy shredded hashbrown casserole is the perfect potato side dish for breakfast, holidays, potlucks, even regular weeknight dinners!  And it’s a hit you’ll never feel bad about serving over and over again since you’ve made it’s yummy goodness without using any canned soup.

Cheesy BBQ Bacon Potato Foil Packets

Mouthwatering, tender, cheesy baked baby potatoes are loaded up with bacon and cooked in your favorite BBQ sauce using easy foil packets for zero clean up! Cheesy BBQ Bacon Potato Foil Packets are ultimate side dish, perfect for the oven, grill, even a campfire!

Meat & Potatoes Ranch Au Gratin

This layered, cheesy meat & potatoes casserole is made even better with the zestiness of Ranch dressing baked right into the cheese sauce. This is a quintessential comfort food family dinner recipe that is sure to become a regular at your dinner table!

Horseradish Mashed Potatoes with Cream Cheese & Garlic

Who wouldn’t want these whipped wonders on their table?  With rich cream cheese and just a hint of horseradish, Mashed Potatoes are full of flavor and add a whole other dimension to steak or pot roast.  A lot of times, side dishes are something we do to “round out the meal,” but why not make them something that adds to the meal instead?  Why must sides be always the bridesmaid and never the bride?

Ultimate Scalloped Potatoes

Ultimate Scalloped Potatoes are a classic comfort side dish! A true favorite for Sunday dinners, holidays or any night of the week, these thinly sliced, layered potatoes bake up tender and full of flavor in a rich homemade cream sauce with a sprinkle of onion and oodles melted cheese!

Stuffed Party Potatoes

It’s all about the toppings. I know you’ve heard me say it a bagillion times, but its always true. And the same goes for baked potatoes. They only get better when they are piled high with melted cheese and other such wonderful goodness. So when it comes to a recipe like Stuffed Party Potatoes, you know it’s going to make the most of what we can pile on top.

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From mashed to baked, cheesy casseroles and everything in between, these 7 recipes will help you get delicious, easy potatoes on the table every night!

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