Side Delights Beats the Heat with Grilled and Chilled Potato Dishes

No-cook and low-cook solutions keep kitchens cool

Newport Beach, CA — Fresh Solutions Network^® (FSN) responds to summer heat with potato products to cool down the kitchen and save energy. 

A July 30 [CNET] article, Struggling to Stay in the Kitchen during Summer Heat, offers tips for delivering a delicious meal during this summer’s record-breaking heat waves. According to the author, focus on no-cook fresh foods, prepare ahead, and grill outside to avoid heating the oven.¹ Using the microwave will not only keep your kitchen cool but also save energy and money.²

Side Delights^® has solutions for all these heat-saving solutions, including microwaveable Amazables!, Steamables, and Grillables, grill-ready potatoes, and recipes for chilled dishes to prepare ahead or enjoy immediately.

Amazables! is a first-of-its-kind oven crispy-skin style microwavable Russet potato available with two custom sauces created exclusively by Litehouse^®, a leader in dressings, dips, and sauces. The gluten-free sauces, Loaded Potato and Buffalo Ranch, were created to complement the taste of a Russet potato and leverage top food service flavors. The Loaded Potato sauce leverages America’s #1 way to eat a potato (baked-style) with traditional steakhouse-loaded baked potato toppings: cheddar cheese, bacon, sour cream, and chives. The Buffalo Ranch sauce blends the heat of classic Buffalo sauce with the cool tanginess of creamy ranch dressing. Amazables! cook in the microwave in six minutes for a lightning-fast side dish or a satisfying meal.

Steamables are triple-washed, ready-to-cook potatoes that microwave in eight minutes, with no oven needed. They are available in a variety of options, including Red, Yellow, Duo, Trio, Sweet Potato, and Fingerling—perfect as a side dish or for a crowd-pleasing summer potato salad.

Grillables are available in both Russet and Sweet potato options. They are pre-washed and similarly sized for consistent, even grilling. They are foil-wrapped and ready to be placed directly on the outdoor grill, helping to keep kitchens cool indoors.

“Home cooks can cool it on hot summer nights with no-cook or low-cook chilled potato dishes,” noted Kathleen Triou, president and CEO of Fresh Solutions Network. “Side Delights® has delicious, cost-effective potato products that keep the kitchen cool and the family full and happy. No sweat!”

For summer menus, Side Delights^® potatoes pair perfectly with chilled sauces, salsas, and Mediterranean mezze platters, or are enjoyed in recipes such as

Orange Chicken Pineapple Potato Kebabs, Southwest Potato Bowl,  or Twice-Baked Potato Bowl,

Side Delights^® offers a variety of nutritious, economical products, including bagged and bulk potatoes, potato kits, convenience potatoes, petite potatoes, fresh-cut potatoes, and organic potatoes. For more information on Side Delights® products and its network of farms, visit SideDelights.com and GrownWhereItMatters.com.

1. https://www.cnet.com/home/smart-home/struggling-to-stay-in-the-kitchen-during-summer-heat-these-9-tips-can-help/
2. https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/kitchen-appliances

About Fresh Solutions Network, LLC

Fresh Solutions Network (FSN) is the exclusive supplier of Side Delights^® potatoes and onions.  FSN is a group of family-owned potato and onion growers and shippers who help fresh potato and onion buyers grow their categories, maximize category investment, and increase sales. FSN delivers category insights, collaborative innovation, and customized assortment. Fresh Solutions Network, LLC partners include: Masser Family of Companies, Inc. (Masser Potato Farms and Keystone Potato Products in Sacramento and Hegins, PA), Fresh Solution Farms (White Pigeon, MI), Mack Farms (Lake Wales, FL), Michael Family Farms, Inc. (Urbana, OH), Basin Gold Cooperative, Inc. (Pasco, WA), and NoKota Packers, Inc. (Buxton, ND).