Ingredients

Yams or sweet potatoes
1/4 cup butter, cut into pieces
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows
cinnamon

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Peel, cube and boil yams to slightly soften. Place yams in a medium baking dish. Distribute butter pieces evenly over the yams. Sprinkle with brown sugar, dash of vanilla & Cinnamon. Layer yams with miniature marshmallows. Cover and bake in the preheated oven 25 minutes, or until yams are tender and marshmallows have melted. Then cover the top with additional
marshmallows and place back in the oven till they are lightly toasted and brown.

Ref: AllRecipes

So I suck and was WAY too excited to eat and didn’t take separate pictures of the yams and potatoes, but you get the gist. They came out perfect, golden, sweet, and delicious. I just kept telling myself it’s a vegetable to make myself feel better about indulging. 😀 Recipe said you can use canned yams/sweet potatoes (drained of course), but it doesn’t take much effort to use fresh ones and I’ll bet its a better flavor!

Awlow
Originally uploaded by jamileslie

Scalloped Potatoes

potatoes
sharp cheddar cheese
Parmesan cheese
red onion
flour
salt
pepper
paprika
garlic powder
parsley (dried or dice fresh)
butter/margarine
small container… 1-cup of heavy cream

Preheat oven to 400 degrees
5 – good size potatoes (usually 1 potato per person)
wash and peel…slice about 1/2 inch thick or a little thinner….not thicker!
Peel red onion and slice as thin as you can

Layer in casserole pan
dot butter first…melt in microwave
layer potatoes
dot with more butter
sprinkle flour (this keeps the butter from being too oily and thickens the cream)
garlic, salt, pepper, paprika, parsley
spread red onion, sparsely
sprinkle cheddar cheese and parmesean cheese
dot again with butter and make second layer, same as the first. Should of used up the potatoes, if not…then just continue to layer….Dot top of layer with more butter

Before putting in the oven pour the heavy cream over the top and bake for about 45 mins.
check with a fork for tenderness. Should be golden brown from the cream and cheeses

Ref: My mom

Mom’s famous scalloped potatoes! World class awesomeness, and I still screwed it up. LOL Well not entirely, but there was just obviously A LOT going on in the kitchen and I forgot to add the heavy cream before popping it in the oven. Which turned out to not be a HUGE deal, which shows you can omit it if you want, but if you do, use less flour. LOL I think only one bite I had might of had a smidge of a floury taste. The cream does make it richer…thus the awesomeness, but they were still yummy. Thanks mom!

And no, my potatoes don’t look like a cat, but I forgot to take separate photos in the excitement of eating, so you can see them in the background of the candied yams post. Awlow was just cracking me up laying sprawled on her back like that on my lap. She was full from turkey too thanks to her dad. hahaha