PEI potatoes, root-cellar vegetables and Sunday roasts

Prince Edward Island is famous across Canada and internationally for its potatoes, which show up in everything from simple baked potatoes to salads, breads, stuffings and creative mains. Producer and tourism sites showcase long recipe lists built around PEI potatoes—baked potatoes, potato salads, frittatas, pancakes, potato rolls, potato pizza and more—underscoring how central they are to local cooking. Potatoes and other root vegetables also underpin the boiled dinners and roasts served throughout Atlantic Canada. This category can host potato-centred mains and sides (scalloped potatoes, potato dressing, potato breads), root-vegetable bakes, coleslaws, cabbage rolls, and farmhouse plates that pair local pork, beef or poultry with garden vegetables. It’s the place for family roasts, casseroles, gratins and vegetable-heavy comfort food that complements the seafood-rich categories.