Tonight I am getting ready to go out of town for a few days. I'm busy and don't really want to cook, but there are leftovers in the fridge. What do I do....not enough for a real meal. I open the door to the fridge and look at what is there. My eyes come to rest on the bowl containing the leftover mashed potatoes. There isn't much, maybe a cup. I pull them out, open the dish and debate, do I throw them away, or....then inspiration struck!Potato Cakes. I haven't had potato cakes in a long long time. So I grabbed the ingredients and went to work.
Since there wasn't much to accompany them, I thought why not spiff them up a bit. I have bacon, onion, cheese...so let's load 'em up!
Since I just pulled these together on the fly, I don't have a recipe, but will do my best to describe my steps so you can make your own loaded potato cakes.