This tasty rice recipe from Mahatma is a great addition to simple pork or chicken dishes.  Pineapple Jasmine Rice Pilaf

This recipe is too cute for words!  It will be a big hit for Halloween.  Your favorite Idaho mashed potatoes can be used here instead of instant - leftover ones work especially well.  Mummified Mashed Idaho Potatoes.

With abundance of summer produce, how about beating the summer heat with this delicious, healthy and easy dish - Salsa Cruda with Pasta. It's sure to be a hit with raw food advocates.

Here's a sneaky way to get people to eat more broccoli!  Almost no one can resist a baked potato - just jazz it up with color and nutrition.  It's a simple and attractive dish, too. Broccoli-Stuffed Baked Potatoes.

Start now to prepare the stuffing for Thanksgiving.   Here's our recipe to which I am addicted; I make lots extra, cook some in a casserole in addition to stuffing the turkey last minute, and freeze the rest in meal-size packages for later treats.  Classic Bread Stuffing                          

In love with baked potatoes but not always able to turn out a great one?  Or no time to wait... and wait... Here's help. 

Here's a fast, easy, delicious and painless way to get them to eat a healthy cruciferous veggie:  Chinese Potato Pancakes.

The extra step of marinating these Herb-Roasted New Potatoes overnight results in an intense flavor that transforms this dish from an accompaniment into the main event. 

Pasta Puttanesca originated in Naples, Italy.  It's one of the greatest ways to use up ripe, fragrant, nutritious tomatoes.  Opinions differ as to the explanation for it's scandalous name.  What does it actually mean?  You do have an Italian-English dictionary, right?  No, you don't?  Oh, well......

Here's a yam or sweet potato dish that's nutritious, savory and naturally sweet.  It's a wonderful accompaniment to meat, poultry or fish.  Yam and Plantain Fufú; give it a try.

Here's a great side dish recipe with extra veggies;  Linguine Primavera.   Serve the second day with meatballs and grated cheese for a main dish.Did you ever wonder? 

Here's how to make Perfect Pasta.

Did you ever eat white paste when you were a little kid in kindergarten or first grade?   Suuuure you did!  Well, our Best Mashed Potatoes doesn't taste anything like that!  

Try Crispy Potato Pancakes, latkes made the low-fat way.

In Miami, many Cuban dishes have an oriental touch, for instance this favorite, Fried Rice (Arroz Frito), sold at cafes and cantinas everywhere.

Adventurous?   This Ghanian recipe for Kele Wele is served as a dessert.   More to American taste is to present it as an accompaniment to meat.   Don't skip on the hot pepper; it  won't bite in this dish!

Mummified Mashed Potatoes (** Idaho Potato Commission) 
Serve this one at Halloween along with corn on the cob.

Tamale in a Pot  (Tamal en Cazuela) is a really quick side dish; it's great for breakfast, too.  All the flavor of a tamale but with less fuss.

Quick!  Try this delicious and fast potato recipe for Fast Crispy Oven Fries.  The kids will love them and you will too.

From the Recipe du Jour newsletter comes a recipe for spicy rice.

Cheezy Grits is satisfying, low-fat and good for you.  Serve for breakfast, as a side dish for lunch or dinner, or use in recipes calling for polenta.