Recipe of the week: Potatoe bacon & spinach cakes

My veggie loves can do it without the bacon 

So what happens when you're supposed to make stuffed potatoes but overcook the potatoes? In other words, I cooked them for too long and they became so soft that my attempt to cut the "O" out of  them failed miserably. My reaction to that: "Uhhh nevermind all that I'll just make mashed potatoes with butter and milk" (YAWN). But you know me and my weirdly never-ending creativity: I decided to add some spinach, onions and bacon to it + more ingredients, make mini patties and fry em!  Turned out great! Crispy and crunchy on the outside, creamy on the inside, tasty and a perfect complement to my bbq pork chops.

YOU WILL NEED (For approximately 4 people)

-4 large potatoes (Yukon works well)

-1 pack of
frozen spinach 

-One large onion, chopped into mini mini pieces

-4 slices of bacon, chopped into mini pieces

-1 egg, lightly beaten

-1 cup of Italian bread crumbs

-2 tablespoons of butter

-1 garlic clove chopped

-Spices: Chopped parsley, salt, pepper, 

SO!

-Put the potatoes in a bowl, fill the bowl with water and boil in the microwave for about 10-12 minutes. Or if you have a lot of time on your hands and wanna be old school, you can boil them on the stove, do your thing!

-While the potatoes are boiling, cook the bacon in a large pan. When it starts to brown add the onions, spinach and garlic and cook on high for about 5 minutes. If the spinach was frozen, lower the heat, cover the pan and cook for about 10 minutes. Set aside.

-Remove the potatoes from the water, put them in a large bowl and MASH EM!!! I have a masher, but if you don't, you can use a fork. 

-Reserve about 3 tablespoons of bread crumbs in a small plate for later.

-Add the bacon-onion-garlic-spinach mixture, the butter, spices, egg and bread crumbs. Mix well! 

-Time to get your hands dirty!!! With your hands, form patties that are approximatively the size of a medium sized hamburger, 1/2 inch thick. 

-Heat 3 tbsp of olive oil in a large pan (between medium and maximum)

-Cover each side of the patties with bread crumbs and fry for 1-2 minutes on each side, until lightly browned.

Great Friday night meal! 

Serve alone, with curry mayo (3 tbsp mayo, 1 tbsp curry powder) or with the meat of your choice! So good! Can be great for lunch, too, especially with a salad!

By the way, I've been a lil' obsessed with spinach lately....I don't know why, even made spinach-garlic pizzas on naan breads the other day...and had spinach in my eggs for breakfast yesterday. Mmmm....spinach! :D