Our coach takes a meat-and-potatoes approach to training, emphasizing core skills and repetition over flashy techniques.

We ordered jacket potatoes and salad to share at the café.

At the county fair, vendors were serving hot potatoes wrapped in foil while a long line formed.

He dismissed her concerns as small-potatoes compared to the real problems.

After the company announced its billion-dollar deal, the local vendor's complaints felt like small potatoes.

I dug up a basket of new potatoes from the backyard this morning.

When evaluating the proposal, focus on the meat and potatoes — the basic costs and timelines — not the flashy extras.

She picked out the chipped potatoes from the bag and set them aside to make soup.

She scooped a large helping of mashed potatoes onto his plate.

She gave a meat and potatoes performance that, while unremarkable, did exactly what was needed.