Oven Baked French Fries

daphne on October 6, 2009

These go fast, so make much much more than you imagine your children could ever eat.

We’ve made these with every kind of potato–purple, fingerling, russet, new, red, you name it.  Each type has a slightly different baking time though, so you might want to bake them separately if you’re doing different types together.

Ingredients:

  • Potatoes
  • Peanut Oil (substitute canola if allergies are an issue)
  • Salt

To do:

  • Preheat oven to 400
  • Slice potatoes into fry-like shapes and put into a large bowl
  • Coat with oil and toss to make sure all the potatoes are covered
  • Put on baking sheet in a single row, sprinkle with salt.

Bake at 400 for 20 minutes, or until crispy and just brown. Check after 15 minutes, particularly if your fries are sliced thin.

Pizza and French Fries at Casa Your Place

daphne on October 6, 2009

You know what you should do for dinner tonight?  Pizza!  As in, you should make a pizza.  I know, I know, juniors got a soccer game and juniorette has gymnastics and the coupon in the junk drawer is calling out to you in that lovely sirens’ song:  Come on, call the pizza place. Order in, again.

As your friend I’m telling you, don’t do it.

Trust me. In the time it takes you to rummage through that drawer for a coupon that we both know has expired you could have made your very own gourmet pizza.

Really, you can do it.  You need a little convincing?  No problem.  Let’s start out with some visualizing.  Close your eyes (nope, that’s no good. Open your eyes and keep reading.)  Good.  Now, let’s count to three.  In English. Or Spanish.  Or Japanese.  Heck use your fingers, whatever it takes to get you to say this:  I CAN make a tasty healthy pizza in this dinky old kitchen of mine.  YES I CAN.

Here’s the thing.  Making your own pizza means not only do you get to eat pizza, which is yummy, but you also get bragging rights, as you should creating something so pretty and tasty and healthy and homemade and all.   And lest we forget, coupon or no, it’s cheaper to make it at home.

Excellent.  Glad to have you on board.  So you can make your own pizza.  Dough and all.  And it is QUICK AND EASY CHEESY and the kids will eat it and you will be elected king or queen of all you survey.  Good–now click over here, grab the recipe, and start those ovens.

Wait a minute.  Welcome to America.  What good is pizza without french fries?

fries

Let them eat fries, I always say.  Homemade fries, that is.  You may still not believe me about the easy pizza, but trust me, it really doesn’t get any simpler than this.   And with the mounds and mounds of potatoes we got this year, my kids have packed up and moved to french fry town.  Where, it just so happens, I was crowned Queen.

Next up: Homemade twinkies! They’re easy, low-fat, and packed with antioxidants. Oh, and they’ll also do your laundry and make the beds and complement you on how thin you look in those super cool new jeans.

No, not really.