The phrase "amount of potatoes" is not correct in standard written English.
It should be "number of potatoes" since potatoes are countable nouns.
Example: "I need to buy a larger number of potatoes for the soup."
Alternatives: "quantity of potatoes" or "count of potatoes."
One thing that is unusual in this dish is that the amount of potatoes and the amount of greens are equal; each one pound.
In this case, genetic engineering could reduce the amount of potatoes that are tossed away by farmers and consumers because of their blemishes.
Earlier versions of the proposal met with political opposition because they would have cut the amount of potatoes served, a move not popular with lawmakers from potato-growing states.
Members of Congress stepped in to block the administration from limiting the amount of potatoes children could be served and to allow schools to continue to count tomato paste on a pizza as a serving of vegetables.
The administration has proposed limiting the amount of potatoes and other starchy vegetables that can be served in school lunches to one cup per student per week, and banning them from school breakfasts.
It remains something of a staple food in the UK, but the introduction of competitors into our diets – pasta and rice, and more recently the influx of interesting grains such as couscous, quinoa, spelt and their many cousins – means that the amount of potatoes we're consuming has fallen.
One subcounty in each district that was observed by the agricultural extension officers to grow most of the amount of potato was purposively selected.
(0.5 to 1.35 kg), while amounts of potatoes range from 1/2 to 2 lb.
To all the talk he's added only the consumption of vast amounts of potato chips.
About the best version of mashed I've ever had combines equal amounts of potato (boiled and peeled) and celeriac (peeled, cubed, boiled until soft) with butter, cream, salt and pepper.
The USDA had proposed a one-cup-per-week limit on the amount of white potatoes and other starchy vegetables served to schoolchildren.
