Best potato latkes recipe ever

Best potato latkes recipe ever uses wholegrain flour and is fried in cold-pressed avocado or olive oil. This dish is wholesome and not fattening.

Our latkes are the best for three reasons; that means I can enjoy them without guilt despite being prediabetic. Plus they are much tastier anyway though you will have to go the extra mile; new potatoes and true wholegrain flour are not so easy to locate on typical supermarket shelves.

1. New potatoes have a low GI.
2. Wholegrain flour won't spike your blood glucose like all-purpose will do.
3. Cold-pressed oils have no hidden traces of the solvents that have been fingered in the neurodegenerative conditions like Parkinson's Disease.

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Ingredients

• One large new potato; no need to peel.
  
• 2 TBSP of fine wholegrain flour.
• 2 beaten free-range eggs.
• 1 TBSP of grated onion to which we have added a few chive fronds for some greens.
• Frozen slither of your favourite red pepper and some ginger.
  
• A little squeeze of lime juice; or lemon.
  
• 1/2 tsp fine salt.
• A pinch of freshly-roasted cumin.
  
• 2 TBSP cold-pressed avocado or olive oil for frying; if your cholesterol too is dangerously low you could like me, sneak in a lump of butter.
  

Go for it

1. First wash and then scrub the large new potato; let it dry.
   
2. Shred the unpeeled potato and squeeze out the juice; save the liquid for soups and stews. Or put it into the dough for homemade bread.
   
3. Grate the onion.
4. Grate the frozen pepper and ginger very finely.
   
5. Put the flour twice through the mill if you have one.
   
6. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly together bar the lime juice; add a teaspoon of the oil.
   
7. Heat the remaining oil in a heavy-bottomed pan.
8. Drop large spoonful of the potato mixture into the hot oil; drizzle with a little lime juice.
   
9. Fry for about five minutes on each side until golden brown.
10. When cooked pile them up in the pan to drain off the excess oil, adding more of dough patties.
11. Enjoy them hot or cold.
    

why go to all this trouble?

Nearly 50% of folk eating typical grocery store food have a serious problem with blood glucose. Traditionally cooked potato latkes are very fattening; enjoyed very occasionally that's probably fine.

But this best potato latkes recipe ever you can enjoy every week so long as new spuds are still available.

Since discovering my blood glucose was spiking ominously high, I have shunned all-purpose flour and sugar too. My HbA1_c is now a very satisfactory 5.4. It can be done without medication.

Three unexpected surprises

Getting that blood sugar under control has had three surprising benefits. I can now remember my cellphone number; yes, I was losing it. And I no longer have those awful lower back pain episodes; raised glucose is very inflammatory.

And I am sleeping so much better. So I'll leave it to you to decide if it was worth all this trouble to grow our own potatoes and purchase a mill, so that we could enjoy this best potato latkes recipe not just now and then but every week in the season.

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Kneading and baking an artisanal sourdough loaf is a piece of cake if you have a bread machine; it takes only five minutes to mix the ingredients. To get this quality though of true low GI slices you must have a stone mill; then the flour is one quarter of the cost.

enjoy foods that are in season

There's much to be said for enjoying local foods that are in season whenever possible. It is true that when living in Chicago and Scheveningen in the Netherlands that was difficult in the long winters. Life is full of compromises.

But in the main enjoy new potatoes; they are rich in resistant starch that does not make us fat and provides important nutrients for the microbiome in the gut. Many of the vitamins and minerals are found in and just under the skin; they don't need to be peeled.

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Not afraid of carbs

We are not afraid of carbs; provided they are in new potatoes, true whole grains and legumes. Until the corn is ready to be enjoyed on the cob we love this stone-ground grits; daily for about 8 months of the year until the "mealies" are ripe.

Just to be sure though with a history of prediabetes, after starchy meals I always take a brisk walk or spin on the bike; particularly after supper. The liver turns that glucose from the carbs into glycogen instead.

• Take a walk after supper

Notice the colour of that yolk; it's not been artificially engendered to deceive you.

• Free range eggs
  

These hens eat a lot more healthily that those in barns and cages; it shows in their eggs.

Resistant starch

New potatoes contain a large amount of "resistant starch;" it defies the digestive enzymes ending up in the colon instead where it provides important feed-stock for the microbiome.

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That is why new spuds have a much lower GI, are not fattening and can often even be enjoyed by diabetics.

If you know you have a blood glucose problem then rather use smaller new potatoes; they have more resistant starch but are more difficult to grate.

Nevertheless it would be good to take a finger prick test one hour after enjoying this best potato latkes recipe ever; has your blood glucose returned close to normal?

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Many colours

Notice how we always try to introduce many vegetables and spices to our recipes. Those having at least eight colours a day, even in small amounts have a 35% lower all-cause of death; that's massive.

So we have added some chives, red peppers and ginger to our best potato latkes recipes ever. This is for those who want to live long in the land and are prepared to make small but important changes to their lifestyles.

Butter

Half the scientists are delighted that butter is back; the rest are still claiming it's very bad for us and contributes to cardiovascular disease. My own opinion is that everything depends on what else you are eating. Julia Childs lived to 92!

When the scientists disagree vehemently on a subject it just means they don't really have all the answers yet. You have to make up your own mind. But do avoid margarine at all costs.

Cumin plus lime

With nearly 50% of adults eating typical grocery store food being prediabetic, most of us have to watch even the good carbs like new potatoes and whole grains. Interesting research shows that cumin plus lime make a powerful combination to help us lose weight.

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Justifying the time, effort and cash

The research is strong; those enjoying the benefits of slow food spend a lot less time consulting doctors and pharmacists. They live longer in the land too. In our upper seventies neither the good wife or I take any chronic meds; we have zero health issues.

Best potato latkes recipe ever

This best potato latkes recipe ever is made with unpeeled new spuds; ideally freshly-dug from your own garden. They are so much more tasty and nutritious.

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