The latest product review offering from bzzagent is McCain Purely Potatoes.  Purely Potatoes, available in white or sweet potato, are washed, peeled and diced ready to cook and can be microwave steamed directly in the bag.  At a recommended price of $3.49 , I could buy a large bag of potatoes and have several meals so my initial thoughts were not all that favourable, I usually leave the skins on for fibre and colour so the whole washing / cutting the potatoes is not a big deal for me.

After reading several other bzzagent reports of the mashed potato recipe not being amazing, I decided to go with a seasoned roast potato from them.  I picked up a bag of White Purely Potatoes at Food Basics on sale for $1.99 using the coupon supplied by bzzagent, but there was $0.75 coupons on the freezer for them, so at $1.24, they are much more reasonable and I grabbed a second bag too.

Steamed Purely Potatoes

After steaming the potatoes in the bag (I love roasted potatoes that are precooked, they are so fluffy) I was a little worried, the 11 minutes recommended left them very soft and some potatoes had black spots, which mine probably do but I don’t realise since I don’t peel them.  However, once cooked they were barely noticeable so not a huge deal.  Although, I would still probably remove them with a knife if I were peeling myself.

Paprika Roasted Potatoes

Once steamed, I tossed them with some chopped red onion in a little olive oil and sprinkled with salt, pepper, paprika and mixed herbs and a tablespoon of sugar to caramelise over them and baked in the oven at 350F for 15-20 minutes, they were delicious.  While I do not think they save that much time for mashed potatoes, the time and preparation saving for roast potatoes is much greater and they definitely tasted comparable to cooking them from start.  I am definitely happy I picked up that second bag on sale, and will be buying them again for my fave roast potato recipe.