Vegan recipe for the day: The cutest potatoes you ever did see

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How can you not fall in love with these potatoes? The trick to making these roast hedgehog potatoes is slicing them crosswise -- but not actually cutting them apart. Once you get the hang of it, it’s easy. The recipe was published last year as part of a holiday buffet, and calls for butter or roast drippings -- but you can make it vegan friendly by using olive oil. Here’s the recipe:

-- Rene Lynch

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