Vegan Gnocchi

The first time I tried gnocchi was when... You know what, let's just get to the recipe.

I was going to bore you with a completely fictitious tale of my travels through Tuscany, but you're hungry, I've never been to Tuscany, and nobody reads that boring blog-fluff anyways.

Let's get started!

Ingredients (serves 2)

• 4 large potatoes

• Olive oil

• Flour

• Salt

• Thyme

• Oregano

• Delicious Flying Saucery tomato sauce!

1. Peel then boil your potatoes. Keep them in the pot until they start to split apart. Really boil the heck out of them.

2. Mash your potatoes. Mash them until they're smooth enough to serve along side grandma's Thanksgiving turkey.

3. Season your potatoes. Add a couple good pinches of salt, a dash of oregano and thyme. Do so to your heart's content.

4. Roll your potatoes. This is the fun part! Generously dust your countertop with flour until it looks like a Bing Crosby Christmas special.

   "I'm dreaming of a..." you get the picture.

   Mix a big pinch of flour into a handful of potatoes, then form it into a ball. Make a nice flour-dusted runway, then roll your potato-ball into something like a Play-Doh snake.

   Tip: if your potato-snakes crumble apart, then wet your hands and mash your potatoes back into a smooth ball.

5. Chop your potatoes. Cut your potato-snakes into little fluffy pillows.

6. Fry your potatoes. Put olive oil into a large pan on medium-high heat to toast your potato pillows until they're golden-brown.

7. Sauce your potatoes. Warm up some delicious Flying Saucery tomato sauce in a saucepan, then douse your gnocchi.

And that's all, Earthlings! You are a bona fide Gnocchi chef. Thanks for climbing aboard The Mothership, and we'll see you around the solar system!