Delicious Side Dish

Garlic Herb Accordion Potatoes 

Side dishes, not the main star of the meal, but the part of the meal that completes it. Like meat and potatoes, the meat is what would be considered the main dish, but pairing it with potatoes fills up your stomach and puts a smile on your face. Which is exactly what I did one night for dinner, my mom was going to make chicken so I volunteered to make the side dish of garlic herb accordion potatoes. The title pretty much describes the whole dish and it sounded really good. I had never really made potatoes of any kind, unless you count microwave mashed potatoes. So I figured it would be a good learning experience for me. The author talks about trying new things in the book. She mentions that the more you try new things because you have a reason to, like this blog assignment, the more likely you are to continue trying new things, even when you don't have a reason. (Hollis, 8). So I took Rachel's advice and attempted to make these accordion potatoes.

The potatoes actually ended up turning out really pretty.  The recipe had me sprinkle cheese on after the dish was done cooking and it was a really nice touch that I thought brought the appearance of the potatoes together. In the book, Rachel Hollis was talking about the word chic and what she thought it meant.  She said "Some days that might mean something small, like putting the takeout on a real plate before you eat it" (Hollis, 6). I thought that this quote related to the dish I made because doing simple things like sprinkling the cheese and cutting the potatoes accordion style elevated the dish's look and allowed the potatoes to cook faster. So all in all this new experience showed me how the little things count in cooking.

What could I have added or changed to elevate this recipe even more?

Hollis, Rachel. Upscale Downhome: Family Recipes, All Gussied Up. Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Griffin, 2016.