What Do Potatoes and Moriah Have in Common?

They're both being featured this week!  One is being featured on the dinner table, and one on the blog.  Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out which is which.  ;-)

Why potatoes?  Well, this past weekend, one of the fun, extra projects that I did was organizing our cellar (here's how it looked five years ago...its shelves are fuller now).  :)  While doing so, I was inspired by the four big containers of potatoes that Jeff dug out of our garden this year; and I thought, "I wonder if I could use potatoes as part of our dinner every night this week, preparing them in totally different ways so that it wouldn't seem monotonous.  I think I'll try it!"  :)

Last evening, I used potatoes in a new-to-me recipe: a meat/potato/green bean crockpot dinner (recipe found here).  Since it was choir night for the boys, having dinner ready in the crockpot was perfect for a busy evening.  What's more, I really liked the food!  It's always wonderful when a new recipe turns out great.  :)

Tonight's potato recipe was also new but completely different from last night's dinner:  a pineapple and potato curry over rice.  I knew, when I chose it, that I would probably be the happiest person at the table tonight, because I LOVE curry while some of the rest of the family just tolerates it (though some of them are too polite to say so).  ;-)  Sure enough, I thought it was delicious!  I didn't do a poll of everyone else (one vote today was enough, I'd say!), but no one else voiced their enthusiasm like I did.  ;-)  I guess there are advantages to being the cook, and preparing food that I like heads the list.  :)

I haven't decided yet how I'll prepare potatoes for tomorrow's dinner--maybe my favorite scalloped potato recipe?  And then there are Thursday and Friday to think about...  Yum!  :)

OK, Moriah's turn.  Yesterday, she got to be in a blog post.  Today, here she is again, rocking' the vote this morning.  :)

Best part of Election Day, right there.  :)

Tomorrow I have a Wordless Wednesday post about her.  Friday she turns seven months old, and I hope to  do a post about that momentous occasion.  So it's looking like Moriah's going to dominate the blog this week.

Potatoes and Moriah - they're what's on my mind.  :)