Not planning to grocery shop this week, but to eat on what I had stocked already, I planned to have my parents and grandmother over for dinner on Sunday. But then we had a surprise visit from friends, Garrett and Joy and kids. My heads for dinner increased to 9.5. The littlest doesn't eat that much. I had potatoes that were getting old and knew potato quinoa pancakes from Coming Home to Cook were enough to feed the crowd. I just made some minor adjustments.

In line with cooking all my other potato dishes, after I decide I like it the original way, I start substituting out some white potatoes for sweet. Once again, you could hardly taste the sweet potato, but you gained the nutrients from the power vegetable.

I left out the quinoa because I felt I didn't have time to make it. This was another situation where the quinoa is more for nutritional value than for flavor. For that reason, I would very much prefer to take the time to prepare the quinoa in the future.

The last difference was the elimination of the cheese because of the dairy allergies at the table. A good sharp cheddar, obviously does add to the flavor. So, leaving it out made some difference, but the rest of the food flavor was so strong and fulfilling, the cheese really wasn't missed by those of us who have had it the original way.

Once again, Mary Sheehan helped make my meal a success,