Boiled Potatoes in Butter & Oatmeal

Ingredients:

1 � lb small potatoes (or medium potatoes chopped into 4 pieces or more)

3 oz butter

3 table spoons pinhead atmeal 

Salt to season

Preparation:

Simply boil the potatoes for about 20 minutes, or until just beginning to break up.

Melt the butter and add to the pot, stirring carefully through the potatoes with a wooden spoon.

Scatter the oatmeal throughout the potatoes, mixing thoroughly.

Add salt to season and more butter or oatmeal to suit. Place the whole mix onto a serving plate.

This must be my favourite accompaniment to most of the crockpot recipes � fantastic if done with new baby potatoes!

For delicious plain boiled potatoes with butter and a sprinkling of parsley to garnish; just follow the above but without the pinhead oatmeal.

For a creamy mashed potato, simply boil a little longer, drain and mash with butter and a little cream; making sure to crush out the lumps and produce a smooth consistency.