• Recipes: Easy Potato Wedges

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    Crispy & Delicious Potato Wedges

    Easy Potato Wedges Recipe:

    • 4 Potatoes
    • 1/4 cup Olive Oil
    • 1/2 teaspoon Pepper
    • 1/2 teaspoon Paprika
    • 1 teaspoon Garlic Salt (we like Lawry’s Garlic Salt)

    1. Wash potatoes, cut into wedges.
    2. Place potatoes skin down in a baking dish.
    3. Mix the next 6 ingredients together and brush onto potatoes.
    4. Bake at 350 for 1 hour.

    1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

    2.  Wash the potatoes.  Cut them into wedges.  Place in baking dish.

    3.  Mix the olive oil, pepper, paprika, and garlic salt together and pour over the potatoes.  Use a spoon to gently stir the potatoes so that they are evenly coated.

    4.  Bake for 40 minutes or until the potato wedges are cooked and tender.

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     Tray of Easy Potato Wedges

  • Recipe: Swedish Baked Potatoes

    I had the family’s Valentine’s Day Dinner celebration pretty much planned out based off the items that I had in the refrigerator and pantry (steak, baked potatoes, fresh stir fry vegetables, fresh fruit salad, cherry limeade fruit punch from the girls birthday party, poppy seed french bread, and cheesecake).  Since I had gotten potatoes on clearance at the grocery store earlier I wanted to do baked potatoes to go with the steak but was hoping to try a different recipe.  I adapted this recipe from SeasaltwithFood and it turned out really well!  Everyone in our family LOVED these potatoes (including the kids)!  The girls even wanted to know if they could take the leftover potatoes to school for their lunches the next day they like them so much.  The best part is they were pretty easy to do.  They had much more flavor than regular baked potatoes plus we didn’t add any additional butter or toppings because they were so tender and tasty (which means they were probably healthier for us too).  This one has become family favorite already!

    Swedish Baked Potatoes:

    • 4 large Potatoes
    • Garlic Seasoning
    • Olive Oil
    • Sea Salt

    Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.  Place the potato on a cutting board and make thin slices down the whole length of the potato (each slice should go almost all the way through the potato).  Put potatoes on a baking tray or in a baking dish.  Sprinkle Garlic seasoning over each potato. Make sure some garlic seasoning gets down in between a few of the potato slices on each potato for extra flavoring.  Spread butter over the tops of each potato with a butter knife.  Brush olive oil on over the butter.  Sprinkle the sea salt on top of the potatoes.   Bake for 20 minutes on convection oven or 40 minutes if baking regularly (bake until potatoes are tender).  When done the potatoes will be soft on the inside and the skin will be crispy.

    You can put butter, sour cream, bacon pieces, and cracked pepper out as additional toppings for those wanting more flavor.

  • Family Recipe: Roasted Potatoes

    We had the privilege of spending some time with Jake’s grandparents recently.  One of the recipes Grandma made while we were in Vermont was Roasted Potatoes and it was delicious!  You probably have the most if not all the ingredients already in your kitchen for this easy recipe.  If you are looking for a way to use up some of those fresh garden potatoes you should try out this recipe.

     

    Roasted Potatoes:

    • 1 pound small Potatoes (prefer red potatoes but any kind will work)
    • 1/2 cup Butter (melted)
    • 1 cup grated Cheese (Parmesan Cheese is what Grandma used when she made it)

    Wash the potatoes and slice in half.  Melt the butter and spread in the 9 x 13 baking dish.  Sprinkle grated cheese over the melted butter.  Put the potatoes open side down in the dish.  Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour at 350 to 375 degrees.

     Photo by Sing A Melodie