Garlic Oven Baked Fries

I have had this recipe bookmarked for so many months and finally got around to trying it... It was so worth it and you are going to want to try these! I absolutely love potato wedges and these were oh so good!

Ingredients:

8 garlic cloves, minced
6 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
3 russet potatoes (about 8oz each), each cut into 12 wedges
3 tbsp cornstarch/cornflour
1 1/2 tsp coarse sea salt
1 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
½ tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

First wash and cut the potatoes up into wedges. Preheat your oven to 450.

In a pan, heat the olive oil and garlic on a very low heat- Just to infuse the oil with the garlic. Then, using a sieve, separate your garlic and oil. Put garlic over the potatoes with 1 Tbsp of the oil and stir. YUM!
Put oil onto a baking sheet:
Cover your bowl of potatoes with plastic wrap and microwave them for 4-5 minutes.

In the meantime, mix the cornstarch, salt, pepper and cayenne

Be careful when they come out of the microwave... they are HOT! Sprinkle the seasonings over the potatoes and stir gently. Then transfer to the baking sheet and pop them in the oven. Bake for 15 minutes on one side and then turn them over and bake for another 15 minutes.

Cheesy Velveeta Potatoes

This is a recipe I got from Josh's Grandma Shaw and I made it for the first time when we had a friend over for dinner when his wife and kids were out of town (It was Andrew....Ashley!) I didn't have high hopes for these because I thought they would taste too much like that fake Velveeta taste, but they actually don't. We really enjoy these and they are so simple and easy. I think they go great with grilled chicken and fresh veggies! Enjoy!Ingredients:

Potatoes (enough to fill a small crockpot)
Small package Velveeta
Diced onion
1 cube butter

Peel and dice potatoes into bite sized pieces (I never completely peel my potatoes... I like a little skin). Fill crockpot 1/2 full then layer with onion and add more potatoes and fill to the top leaving a 1 inch headspace. (You can see that I didn't actually fill my crockpot with potatoes. That would make WAY too much for us!) Sprinkle with salt. Set on high and cook 2-3 hours until fork tender. Cooking time may vary depending on the size of the crockpot. Mine cooked much faster than this. When tender, drain thoroughly. Dice 1/2-3/4 package velveeta (I used like 3-4 ounces) and place on top of potatoes. Slice up butter and add to the cheese (I reduced my butter to 1/2 cube). Let butter and cheese melt (approx. 10 minutes) and gently stir. Delicious!

Bacon and Potato Frittata

This is one of those recipes I got from Feast for the Eyes and I was very surprised at how much the hubby and the baby loved this! This is kind of a quiche... but with potatoes, so I felt like it had a lot more substance.

Peel 1 large russet potato and slice it fairly thin. Microwave the potatoes in a little bit of water for about 5 minutes and then drain and set aside. Chop and cook the bacon in a skillet and then mince 1/2 an onion. Push the bacon aside and carmelize the onion and chopped green pepper until lightly brown. Using a slotted spoon, remove the bacon, peppers, and onion and leave just a small amount of bacon fat in the skillet.

Layer the potatoes in the pan, season with salt and pepper and then spread the bacon and onion and green peppers over top. I forgot to add the tomatoes at this point, but it would have been great to have been added here.

Grate some cheese over the top, whatever cheese you have- I just used cheddar. Whisk 6 eggs with a little milk and pour on top. Let this cook for about 5-8 minutes on medium heat. Feast for the Eyes does hers in a cast iron skillet and transfers it to the oven to broil for the last bit, but I just did it in a regular skillet and so I actually cooked mine for about 10 minutes, just until you think the eggs are done since everything else is already cooked.

This was delicious! It transfers easily out of the pan and then you can slice it in to pie slices to serve. Delish! Pay no attention to how mine looks at the end, because our home teachers came over WAY earlier than expected and I kind of burned the bottom... Whoops!