This recipe for Lithuanian potato sausage, or vedarai, can be made entirely meatless or with the addition of chopped, cooked bacon.

Lithuania is a largely agrarian society and it has relied on the potato in its cuisine, using it in sausage, savory puddings like kugelis, pancakes, dumplings like cepelinai, breads, and more.

This traditional recipe for Lithuanian savory potato pudding, known as kugelis or bulviu plokstainis (literally "flat potato"), produces a dense, heavy casserole that is considered a national dish of Lithuania.

You know it is when you get into a dinner rut: protein, veggie, starch over and over again. There's nothing wrong with simple dinners, but sometimes you need a little something extra to liven it up. That's where a great simple biscuit recipe comes in.

Bake a platter to serve, with your favorite salsa and garnishes such as cilantro, Mexican crema and diced onion and tomato.