Frugal Friday: 10 Quick and Easy Potato Recipes

If you love potatoes as much as we do, you’ve come to the right place.

And when it comes to whipping up a #FrugalFriday dinner, potatoes really are the perfect base: hearty, filling and the ultimate comfort food, you can dish up a quick and easy dinner with very little effort.

From potato bake to potato salad, shepherd’s pie to potato frittata, you’ll be sure to find something utterly delicious for tonight’s dinner.

Click through the gallery for our top 10, or check out 24 more tasty ways with potatoes in our recipe collection.

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Pumpkin scones

Roasted pumpkin, spinach and fetta frittata

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Julie Goodwin’s honey prawn stir fry with noodles

Julie Goodwin’s rissoles with sweet potato mash

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Easy banana cake

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Classic apple crumble

Creamy pumpkin and potato soup

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Salmon patties in a frying pan with green beans

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Sri Lankan potato and pea curry

Shepherd’s pie

Smashed potato salad

Potato and pancetta bake

Baked stuffed potatoes

Potato and cauliflower hash

Potato gnocchi with blue cheese sauce

Fried potato sticks with salsa

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Pumpkin scones

Roasted pumpkin, spinach and fetta frittata

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Julie Goodwin’s honey prawn stir fry with noodles

Julie Goodwin’s rissoles with sweet potato mash

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Easy banana cake

Are meal kits actually worth it? We crunched the numbers on Australia’s best options

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Classic apple crumble

Creamy pumpkin and potato soup

Bought to you by SMEG

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Potato wedges and chicken poutine

Potato, chorizo and spinach bake

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