Create a simple German Potato Gratin, Hamburger Patties and Baked Parmesan Zucchini Fries with #FreshTake in no time

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When I get home from the office, I’m really not in the mood to cook a big dinner that will take me for ours. I do however want to have a delicious meal on the table for the family. With my son’s major food allergies cooking has been a challenge lately. We used to make a lot of Pork or Chicken and used the #FreshTake packs from Kraft, but since he is allergic to Pork, fish and chicken we had to come up with a simple way to use our beloved Kraft Fresh Take in meals that my Teen could eat.

As many of you know, I love to cook and share some German dinner ideas and that gave me the idea to make a German Potato Gratin and use the Fresh Take Italian Parmesan pack. As I made my grocery list with all the things that I would need and had to get at Walmart, I ran across another challenge, Onions. Yes, he is allergic to onions and that was as big of a challenge as cutting out chicken, pork and fish.

But no worries, I came up with a few adjustments and created a simple German Potato Gratin that was delicious and will have your family ask for seconds.

This is what you need to make the German Potato Gratin

• 3lbs. Russet potatoes
• 1-2 stalks of Leek
• 2 gloves of garlic
• 2 cups grated cheese (I used gouda, but your favorite cheese will work)
• 2 cups heavy cream ( or half and half)
• 1 –2 teaspoon of broth granulates (I use vegetable stock, but chicken is fine, too)
• 1 pack of #FreshTake Italian Parmesan
• 2 Tbsp butter

This is how to make the German Potato Gratin

1. Cut your leek into half moons and slice, you want to use the white and light green part; the easiest way to clean leek is to cut it all up and dump it into a bowl with cold water; swirl it around a bit and let sit till you are ready to use it. All the dirt will fall to the bottom and your leek will be ready in no time.
2. Peel your potatoes and cut into thin slices

3. Melt butter in a large skillet. Add leeks and garlic. Sautee till tender (smells delicious, too).
4. Butter the bottom of your baking dish and layer potatoes, shredded cheese and leeks mixture, second layer potatoes and more cheese and leeks mixture; last layer to be a potato layer. You kind of layer it like a lasagna.

5. Add your broth granules to the heavy cream, mix slightly.
6. Pour Heavy cream over your potatoes and pad down with a spatula to get all the liquid into the air pockets.  

7. Now take your Fresh Take and mix the two compartments (cheese and breadcrumb mix), sprinkle all over the top of your Potato Gratin

8. Cover with aluminum foil and put into pre-heated oven (425F) for about 35 minutes or until the potatoes are tender; remove foil and let the top brown for another 10-15 minutes. Let rest for about 5 minutes after cooking to thicken up.

Now the smell is amazing in the kitchen and since my kids love to have a little finger food with their dinner, I also decided to make Parmesan Zucchini Fries. They are super easy to make and won’t take long at all.

Make Parmesan Zucchini Fries

1. mix up an egg
2. cut your Zucchini into strips
3. put the zucchini into the egg wash and then into the Kraft Fresh Take Italian Parmesan Mixture
4. Place on baking sheet and put into the oven with your Potato Gratin for about 15 minutes or till tender and cheese is melted. YUMM… super quick

Make your Hamburger Patties

While the potato gratin and the Parmesan Zucchini fries are baking in the oven, take some Hamburger meat and mix it with one of the Fresh Take mixtures of your choice, mold into hamburger patties and fry in your pan as usual.

Once everything is done, you will sit down to an amazing dinner that we serve in Germany all the time. My husband and the boys enjoyed the extra flavor Fresh Take gave the dishes and they LOVED it!! I got many raves from the kids and I was excited that I created a meal in no time with our beloved Kraft Fresh Take that my teen can enjoy without any worries about getting a reaction.

Have you tried the wonderful flavors of the Kraft Fresh Take? Which one do you like best? I can’t imagine dinner without them and if you are looking for more ideas to use Kraft Fresh Take on be sure to head over to their Website, follow on Facebook and don’t forget to check out these amazing recipes on Pinterest.

Be sure to check out my Google Plus Story that will have many more pictures about our dinner and my shopping trip to Walmart. I love to stroll the store and see what new and cool things I can find. Trust me, I found a bunch of new things; you don’t want to miss it. #Cbias

Also, Watch for the Kraft Fresh Possibilities Tour truck which will be making stops across the country from March through the end of July. To see if they are making a stop in your town you can check this website: Fresh Possibilities Tour. This will be a lot of fun.