Stocking the Freezer with Homegrown Potatoes! 6 Homemade Recipes for Convenience

[@kdavis7525]

Never apologize for your kids being kids in the background. It’s part of what makes your channel so authentic.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Thank you ☺️ That’s why I typically don’t edit them out, it just normal real life around here ❤️

[@cindyupton7357]

Love hearing the Little’s being Little’s. 🎈🎈

[@bigfamilylittlefarmdd]

So as im watching this i realize I’ve been watching you so much that we are friends in my mind!!❤

[@iartistdotme]

WOW never thought I would want to put up a batch of frozen potato stuff but you've convinced me otherwise. Looks delicious!

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Haha! It’s so nice to have on hand! Thanks for watching 🤍

[@kathyweber2571]

Love the sound of children in background.Never apologize for their noise .

[@juliespencer1164]

Love the playful noise Children make don't apologize. these look amazing can not wait to try them out. many thanks for sharing. xxx

[@SandraMalone-pq4mn]

You continue to impress me with all you do Kelsey! I was inspired to grow potatoes for the first time in a few decades, and I have not regretted it! Potatoes are rather inexpensive here in Maine, yet no sprays for me. So my home grown product suits me well. Now the inspiration has been provided through your videos again!! My harvest will be far from just cold stored! Imagine the eyes of the young I care for when offered homemade smiley fries!!! Endless thanks, prayers, and blessings to you.

[@playcolumbus2413]

Okay, those smiley fries are the cutest thing I've ever seen 😂

[@espein1875]

Yesterday, I was wondering how to save Potatoes. Im so happy your video popped up on KZbin. Save your starch make your own starch powder.

[@lemoncrinckles]

I love potatoes and find they are the kindest veggie for my occasional IBS. My method of making home fries and hash browns is a lot less labour intensive than yours, but still produces beautifully crisp potatoes. I par cook the potatoes about 2/3 done in the microwave the night before, chill them in the fridge overnight and next morning slice or shred them them and cook as desired. The par cooking eliminates most of the excess moisture and allows the potatoes to fry to a beautiful, crisp golden brown. ☺

[@shannonbaxter1606]

You should parboil whole peeled potatoes for hashbrowns. When they are cooled shred, spread on cookie sheet and freeze. Break apart and bag up.

[@alyssaadam6]

I have been celiac for 13 years, would love to talk about baking!! Been experimenting for a long time

[@camaro1968nc]

Thanks for sharing these ideas. I recently starting working 45 minutes 1 way from my house. These will come in handy for my family. I am trying to make up things on the weekends so that the workweek is not so stressful and time consuming!

[@battlearmanda]

I love that you call runny eggs "dippy eggs". My little sister called them oke eggs when she was little - she didn't know it was yolk" so I often call them that.

[@cherylpresleigh6403]

Somehow I missed the memo that you can make waffles with potatoes 😮 they looked amazing! I think things like this get by me because I’ve never enjoyed cooking so I never really sought out recipes or new ideas. You’re videos have pushed me to try new things and my husband has enjoyed the results too lol. In fact, as your video was ending and the beautiful scripture was on the screen, he called me. I paused the video so I could talk to him. As he always does, he asked how my day was going and I told him I was watching your video and how you were working on potatoes and specifically about the waffles. His response was, “are we having those for dinner?” 😁 I love the hashbrown patties as well and they’re so convenient. I’ve purchased those at the store but frankly there is something in those that makes me feel sick after eating them so now I’ll just make them myself. Your ideas and commitment to feeding your family well inspires this grammy. Thank You sweet friend! 🤗🧡🍁

[@jeanlujan6129]

My parents my dad built a potato crate to feed up off the ground and just basically just a wooden crate with slacks in it for airflow and then he built a cold storage room in our basement and stuck it in it and then the back wall was all the canned items and then he had it insulated so it would stay cold and he control the temperature by opening or closing the window and we only had like six potatoes brought out of 290 pounds so I think that’s pretty good

[@1marya.]

This video was right on time for me! I was wanting to make my own hashbrown patties for the freezer but didn't know how. This is perfect. Thanks! Kelsey have you ever done a pantry tour video? I'd love to see your setup and how you're storing everything.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Awesome! Yes, I have a tour from last year but I’ve revamped the space a bit a plan an updated tour before the end of the year ☺️

[@karenpetrasovits7174]

You make everything look so easy. I can’t wait to try the French fries and the hash browns.

[@amylovegrove817]

I just got diagnosed as celiac and this video was perfect. I am grieving what I can’t eat. But all these look delicious.

[@kdonor]

I highly highly recommend America's test kitchen how can it be gluten free cookbooks.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Oh yes, there is much grieving but so much relief and healing once you commit to giving it up. I’m not truly allergic, I’ve developed a severe sensitivity due to some underlying health issues so I’m hoping that in healing those issues I’ll also heal my intolerance to gluten. Blessings on your journey! It gets easier 🤍

[@kittyrichards9915]

I knew I was drawn to your channel for a reason! Well, several reasons. I was tested gluten intolerant 16 years ago. Most foods are no big deal, but there are a few that are tough to pass by, even after all these years. I stick with it because it was the answer to my unanswered health concerns.

[@canadiannavywife434]

I loved the opening... I am number 903 to like the video...now to share with everyone. I want to grow the potatoes... I have a Polish background, so between them, peppers, onions and tomatoes... I need these...Keep them coming! Hugs from Esquimalt

[@nomi3075]

Thank you for sharing your life and your cooking with us. I am celiac and looking forward to your gluten free meals. Keep us posted. Greatly appreciate your videos ❤

[@justpatty7328]

Kelsey, I know I'm exhausted from the season and preserving. And you do it with little ones too! I appreciate you sharing these recipes. I may get to one or two, once I've recouped. God bless you, the family and all viewers!

[@aprilhampton6298]

I made fried mashed potato balls one year. I scooped them into balls with a small cookie scoop, froze them, dipped them in eggs, coated them with bread crumbs, froze them again then fried them. They were fantastic.

[@barbarasingleton6756]

So those potato balls, a taco place here in Utah has something like that but adds little pieces of jalapeño in them. They are delicious yet expensive. I bet that would work perfectly and I could tons vs a few. Im sure plain & a bit of spice would be amazing!

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Oh yum! I’m sure there are endless yummy variations to try! I’m definitely going to be trying other flavors, thanks for the idea 🤍

[@whiskeywomanwhisks]

Thank you so much for all the inspiration!!! My potatoes aren’t storing so well this year🤷‍♀️but I’ve been procrastinating getting them preserved-mostly because I have WAY too many canned already! So before I even finished watching I grabbed potatoes and started sorting/washing while finishing this video!

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Amazing! I hope you enjoy ☺️

[@rhondalaflamme462]

Potato frozen products are so expensive at stores and not that tasty. I am thankful to you for this as I now feel like I can do this too. Best wishes to you and your family for a wonderful day!

[@ShakinaRiley-v1j]

Thanks much for sharing these recipes with us ❤

[@hildemoonen3587]

Just want you to let you know, you don’t have to boil your French fries, par bake them in oil for 5 minutes on 130°C, let them cool off completely and then freeze them. If you are going to eat them bake them in oil on 180°C till golden brown and when you remove them out the oil, do them in a bowl with paper towel and toss them up a few seconds and you will have fries like we eat them here in Belgium and we are known for our Fries here 😎☺️😉! Just want to help you to save some time 😘🫶🏻

[@roshammann3611]

Love hearing the kids in the background. Love the recipes. Definitely going to have to try them.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

🤍🤍🤍 Thank you! Enjoy ☺️

[@danielleravary2439]

It’s a dream video for me and my husband as we are potato lovers❤. Thank you!

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Yay! Potato lovers unite! 🤍😂

[@manub6556]

Pleace make a video.....how you clean your oven😊🙏🙏

[@cherrylgadellaa4740]

Hi Kelsey. Greetings from Perth Western Australia. My first time watching. What your husband is probably referring to is probably what we call Potato Croquettes. The idea is mashed potatoes, double coated in flour, egg and breadcrumbs and deep fried. They also freeze well . Regards and cheers

[@EmmyUnwindWorld]

I've always wondered what to do with excess potatoes from the garden. These homemade recipes are the perfect solution.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Yay! I’m so glad it helped ☺️ Thank you!

[@kimkey3901]

Did I miss the potato bowls? That sounds great

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

I think you miss heard, no on the potato bowl but yes to potato balls ☺️😂

[@simoneclarke5104]

Great ideas, thank you for sharing💖

[@2HillHomestead]

Your psychic abilities never cease to amaze me. Lol! Although they aren’t organic, I found a great deal at an Amish market for a 50 pounds of potatoes for $18 and I couldn’t pass it up. I am at the tail end of preserving them and running out of inspiration and new ideas. This was great timing, thank you again.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Perfect timing! That’s a great deal! I hope you enjoy the recipes 🤍

[@tammystewart7615]

I think the potatoes your husband is talking about is the small gold potatoes. I think you boil them up with the skins on, then put them on a cookie sheet smash them down pour butter over them , parsley and bake them till crisp. They will be soft inside and crispy outside.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Those are good too, we actually eat them alot! He saw a video somewhere where they were made just like these!

[@D.J.R63]

I learned a lot from this great video!!! Thank you so much!!!❤❤

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Yay I’m so glad! Thanks for watching 🤍

[@smallspaceswithGloria]

Nice job😊

[@creativedesignsdiyfromblue8902]

I’ll add cranberry and leftover turkey on mine! I loved all your recipes!

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Oh that sounds divine! Great idea 🤍 thank you ☺️

[@LindaHarper-k2b]

Love ur color on your cabinets. Whats the color? I need my kitchen painted

[@lorisilva10784]

New subscriber here! Just happened upon your channel. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE all of your ideas and recipes!!! Saw your potato harvest video. Absolutely amazing! Thank you! Now I'm going to search up your canned beef stew video. I also saw your canned stew beef video. Does the meat come out tender raw packing it? I hate tough meat. Again, great job and look forward to watching more of your content. God bless!!

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Hello and welcome! I'm so glad you are here! For you questions regarding the meat, it is so so tender! Like fall apart tender. I personally think all canned meat is tender however, its texture does change a bit during the canning process, its hard to explain until you try it. We love it!

[@nancysadewater964]

What an awesome bunch of great potatoes freezing recipes.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Glad you like them! Thank you ☺️

[@judygillespie3242]

Great video. 👍

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Thank you ☺️

[@StonerSmurfin]

I've made the mashed potato balls before and some times (when I remember to get the cheese sticks) I cut a cheese sticks into small chunks, about 8 per stick, and form the potatoes around them for a extra cheesy ball.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Ohhh that’s gonna have to happen here soon 😂 thanks!

[@pattyweinberg7772]

I just happen to have some mashed potatoes left over in the fridge pulled them out and made waffle fries. They were amazing. Love the idea. Thank you so much.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Awesome! I hope you enjoy ☺️

[@tinatippin5705]

Another wonderful video! So usefull. Thanks, Kelsey.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you! ☺️

[@darkbrewedhemlock7361]

This is an amazing video - Thank you for sharing this!! I have cringed for years at the ingredients of store bought potato products but hadn’t yet tackled making my own. Now I will! You’ve made it so do-able. 😊

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Ugh, I know. Ingredient lists on just about everything make me cringe! I’m so glad this was helpful! Enjoy ☺️

[@bearzhere]

Everything looks so good! I have done parboiled and parbaked fries since we cant do fried, they were good too! Anything homemade with love and our own hands is so much better than store bought! I love hearing the littles in the background! Thanks and Blessings!

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Yes! Par baked is a great option too and so true! Thank you ☺️ 🤍🤍🤍

[@cindyparker9920]

Looks delicious as usual. Made me hungry!

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Thank you ☺️

[@laurielyon1892]

I don't have room in my freezers, but I did cut up a bunch like French fries and canned them up. Those hash brown potatoes looked amazing. I have never thought to make those myself. I may have to give that a try...and then you made waffle fries...my mouth is watering lol.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

I get that! I’m running out of room fast and may end up canning some too!

[@NOVAFrugalFamily]

I have been making twice baked potatoes for the freezer and we have loved having a frozen convenience. It is easy to do a few and freeze. We do French fries once a week and we had a small cutter but upgraded to the big guy and it is tough for me to use. I have wondered about freezing and just might have to try because potatoes have gotten really expensive and they are on sale now. I never boil my fries first. Do you only do that when freezing?

[@vanessalumbra9409]

I would love to make the hash browns but am a bit confused about cooking them in butter on the stove. You didn't show that part and skipped it. Did you fry them in butter on the stove? Did you par boil them in water with butter in it?

[@Peekabooplanning1]

I didn’t grow enough to preserve but this video makes me want to go buy several bags of potatoes to make all these recipes 😅😅

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

No shame in that! If I didn’t have my homegrown I’d be looking for sales and buying em up ☺️

[@melissajeannefoster9381]

Thank you for this video I am new to this and I had no idea how to even start preserving potatoes and this is a game changer for me….however my potatoes didn’t do well can I use store bought potatoes and do these same recipes?? I’m still learning how to grow potatoes and haven’t found a system that works for me going to try raised bed method for them next year

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Hey There! ABSOLUTELY!!! Use whatever you have access to and whatever is within budget! If I couldn't grow my own I'd try and source organic, but if I couldn't afford it I wouldn't hesitate to buy conventionally grown potatoes.

[@madmecyr]

Wonder if those potato balls are hushpuppies. I've never had them but that's what I think they might be. Like all these ideas for potatoes!

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Not quite, hush puppies are a bit more doughy and cake like! These are mostly potatoes, but now I want hush puppies 😂

[@kellygreen8255]

Hush puppies are made with cornmeal,so…I don’t know…

[@joycekatende2928]

This is a great video. Can you store the hash browns without having to cook them first?

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Thank you! Yes totally! Just lay them flat first and flash freeze ☺️

[@karriemb4184]

Wow ! I’m amazed!! I need to make the hash browns!! And will try the pasta too !! My kiddos aren’t into fries ! Yeah they are weirdos !😂

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Whoa, not into fries 😯😂 I think my kids would live off them if I allowed it 😂 I hope you enjoy 🤍

[@karriemb4184]

@@seedandsparrowhomestead 😂😂😂 Yeah I know they are weird!!! My kids could live on pizza and tacos!!! That’s how they roll !!! (3 of them )( 1 kid would just live on chicken strips and Spaghetti) Have a fabulous day!

[@HHeirloomIA]

Love all these tater things! Especially the gf gnocchi ❤

[@CrazyCrafter-le9ge]

Very similar to potato latkes.

[@silviamagda]

Hello again! ❤

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Hey friend! 🤍

[@bevstegeman]

It all looks so yummy! What kind of oil/fat were you using to fry everything?

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Thank you! I keep Organic cold pressed olive oil, avocado oil, coconut oil and tallow on hand. I used a mix of olive oil and tallow here.

[@leighannf.4730]

What kind of oil do you use for frying?

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

I keep Organic cold pressed olive oil, avocado oil, coconut oil and tallow on hand. I used a mix of olive oil and tallow here.

[@leighannf.4730]

@@seedandsparrowhomestead Thank you!

[@carolyngregory9354]

I loved every recipe of “taters”. Yummy.

[@SMichelle626]

Have you considered getting a P.O. Box? I know I would love to send you things!!!💕

[@twrigh23]

The smiley fries are so cute tho but yea I can see that would get tedious lol

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

LOL, they are cute! After about 20 I thought “yeah, these are gonna mostly be plain” 😂

[@natcat3720]

All I can think of is spanish potato croquette

[@cargold7597]

What recipes do you prefer for those purple potatoes?

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

I like using those for roasting or french fries! We especially love smashed roasted purple potatoes or cutting them in half and placing on top of parmesan cheese and roasting!

[@bernadettestykel7504]

What kind of potatoes are those?

[@jillmcdonald1714]

Hello Renee, how are you and Mr doing today? Looks like you got your shopping done for now. Good on you! I have been trying to figure out how to get the videos in chronological order. I will watch one of your videos and have a question for you, but I am unable to get back to that video. Do you know if it’s possible to put these in any kind of order? I sure appreciate your help. I had a question, actually, several, about your market stand. I watched your video last night, showing the goods you have in your market Stand. The area that I live in is not possible to put anything like that up because I’m in the country, sort of anyway! I live in Western Washington, about 70 miles south west of Seattle and I have checked on starting a home baking business to sell goods online, but the licensing for my state and county is absurd and completely ridiculous. Anytime you sell things from your home, you have to be licensed and inspected and they make it so complicated that is hardly worth doing. Especially when you make cookies and add eggs or dairy to it as an ingredient, that’s a big no-no! I am curious as to what your restrictions are especially for selling your jams and jellies. I don’t know if it is even possible to sell your home canned products. Can you please set me up with some of the information on how you were able to get your stand started? Or maybe you have a source to go to that could help me out. I really enjoy watching your videos, and I always get a chuckle when you’re Mr. comes in and says “Hello Friends!” Like you say, he’s a hoot! 😂! I enjoy your videos because you’re so down to earth and don’t over complicate things. Some videos are just too complicated. My husband passed away over 10 years ago, and I am usually here on my own and I don’t eat a whole lot. However, I love Canning and preserving and preparing food. I’m sure I got at least 700 jars of canned food that I’ve made throughout this year. I enjoy Canning all year long as opposed to just when the garden says it’s time to harvest. I didn’t have a garden again this year of having my ankle rebuilt and was not able to fit a garden in my schedule. My brother has been living with me now for four years, and between the two of us, we only will eat usually one meal a day. He just had major Surgery on his Back and now I am caring for him. We don’t eat much although I do enjoy a sausage and egg muffin or homemade breakfast burrito now and then. So, does your Mr have a job or is he retired? What did he do? Maybe he should be a stand-up comedian! The two of you are great together! Anyway, I wish you continued success on KZbin and your Marketing Stand. God Bless you Both. Respectfully, Jilli

[@jeanlujan6129]

I like people ask me why do you poke your potatoes well my sister didn’t poke her potatoes and put 25 of them in the oven and 20 minutes in Dix bloated and knock the door completely off the oven and there was potatoes everywhere in the kitchen on the floor on the ceiling all over the kitchen cabinets everywhere and when we came in the door she was sitting on the floor wanting to know why it did that and I’m like did you poke your potatoes with a fork I didn’t know I had to weld Dale she know never put potatoes in the oven without forwarding them if their whole because they will explode

[@donnanorman340]

Please stop apologizing for every bit of every day noises. Kids, roaster, wind, traffic. There is no need to. It's called life noises.

[@jeanlujan6129]

My parents my dad built a potato crate to feed up off the ground and just basically just a wooden crate with slacks in it for airflow and then he built a cold storage room in our basement and stuck it in it and then the back wall was all the canned items and then he had it insulated so it would stay cold and he control the temperature by opening or closing the window and we only had like six potatoes brought out of 290 pounds so I think that’s pretty good