It's Time To Put Potatoes Back On The Table

They're good again.

Hungry for a meatloaf cupcake with mashed potato frosting? How about potato tacos? Or a loaded baked potato pizza? With the popularity of low-carb diets waning, potato-based dishes are turning up on more dinner tables and restaurant menus as a healthy addition to almost any meal.

The "Ingredients" column of the April 2011 issue of Food Technology magazine, published by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), examines the history of the spud as well as some of the innovative ways it can be prepared and new products on the market that showcase the healthy advantages of potatoes.

"Compared by some to a blank slate, potatoes can effectively work with a wide range of different flavors and ingredients," writes author Donald E. Pszczola, senior editor of Food Technology and author of the magazine's "Ingredients" column.

Actually, they were never bad.

There are no "healthy" foods.

There is only eating healthily.

Still, with all the brouhaha over "white foods," you would think they were devils.

Now that the circle is coming around to the opposite conclusion, do you still think they have any idea what they are talking about?