Cajun Seasoned French Fries

Ingredients:

• 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
• 4 Russet Potatoes
• 1 teaspoon Cajun Seasoning
•  Sea Salt

Bring a large pot of water to boil.  While the water is heating, cut the potatoes into french fry size pieces (about 1/4" thick).  When the water comes to a boil add the fries, turn off the water, and set the timer for 3 minutes.  After the three minutes is up, remove the fries from the water and lay them on a paper towel to dry.

 Preheat oven to 425.  Put the fries in a large bowl, drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with Cajun seasoning.  Toss to coat.

Place on baking sheet that is coated with cooking spray, sprinkle with sea salt, and bake for 15 minutes.  Using a spatula flip the fries and return them to the oven to back for an additional 12-15 minutes flipping one more time. Cooking time will vary depending on the thickness that you cut your fries.

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Rosemary Chive Grilled Potatoes

I'm always looking for a new way to cook potatoes, and today we were cooking them on the grill. This recipe was inspired by our Herb Buttered Steakhouse Steak recipe. The herb butter was so delicious and my husband used what was left of it the next morning on potatoes, so I thought we'd try grilling some potatoes with some homemade herb butter.

Herb Butter Ingredients:

• 1/2 Stick Butter
• 1 Tablespoon Fresh Chives
• 1/4 teaspoon Rosemary
• Redskin Potatoes

Melt butter and add in garlic, chives, and rosemary.












Cook in microwave for about 5 minutes. Cut potatoes in half lengthwise.Toss the potatoes in the herb butter, making sure to get all of the herbs spread onto each one.

Cook potatoes on a piece of foil on the grill. Cook for about 10 minutes on each side or until they are fairly soft and nicely browned.

Yum! We served this with Grilled Bourbon Pork Medallions and Green Waldorf Salad with Honey Yogurt Dressing.

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Slow Cooker Green Beans, Redskin Potatoes, and Ham

Weeknights can be hectic around here and the slow cooker is one of my best friends.  This one pot dish is super easy, I just make some rolls and we are all set!  There is nothing to it!

Ingredients:

2 lbs of Redskin Potatoes cleaned and cut

1.5 lbs of Fresh Green Beans- cleaned

2 Tablespoons of Better than Bouillon Ham Base

Pepper to taste

Ham

Cut and quarter redskin potatoes.  Disolve 2 tablespoons ham base in 3 cups of water in slow cooker.  Next, add green beans and potatoes and season with black pepper.  

Cook on high for about 5 hours.  Add in the slices or chunks of ham for the 45-60 minutes.  The ham is already cooked it just needs to be heated through.  The Ham Base will provide excellent flavor to both the potatoes and green beans. Depending on temperature of slow cooker, you may need to do this shorter or longer and of course you can do it on low if you want to leave it longer while at work.  

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Almost Cut Potatoes

This slightly crispy version of a baked potato is a great change up and oh so easy!
Ingredients:

• Large Russett Potatoes
• Olive Oil
• Sea Salt
• Pepper
• Loaded Potato Topping

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Wash the potatoes thoroughly.  Cut them almost all the way through, brush on olive oil.  Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle with garlic powder.  Top each potato with a few pats of butter and bake for 40-50 minutes.  About half way through you may want to brush on another layer of olive oil, depending on how crispy they are getting.  They are even better with Loaded Potato Topping.

I like to serve this with my Herb Butter Steakhouse Steak because the oven temp is 400 for both so no adjusting!

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Creamy Garlic Ranch Pork Chops and Garlic Mashed Potatoes

This is by far one of the easiest recipes that I have EVER made!  If you are hungry for comfort food but are short on time, give this recipe a try.

Ingredients:

• 4-6 pork chops (I usually buy boneless ones that are about 1" thick and cut them in half length wise to cut  down on cooking time)
• 1 packet of Hidden Valley Ranch seasoning mix
• 1 can Cream of chicken soup
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

First combine Ranch packet, garlic, and cream of  chicken soup in slow cooker, then add in pork chops and stir together.  You don't need to add any additional liquid to the slow cooker the meat will create enough juices.

Cook on LOW for 3-4 hours depending on thickness of pork chops.  Mine took about 3 hours and they were about 1/2 inch thick.  Serve with Garlic mashed potatoes,  the gravy that will be created in the slow cooker is delicious!

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Flattened Redskin Potatoes

These potatoes are the perfect side dish to accompany just about any main dish. I usually make them when I already have something in the oven, because they easily adjust to any oven temperature.

Ingredients:

• 5-6 Redskin Potatoes (I usually make 1-2 potatoes per person depending on size of the potato)
• 2 tablespoons of butter
• ½ teaspoon minced garlic
• Salt and Pepper to taste

Directions
Put potatoes in water, bring to boil.

Once boiling cook 7-9 minutes or until they are tender enough to stick knife in with ease. Remove from water.

Preheat oven to 400. Place potatoes on foil lined baking sheet. Lightly press with bottom of drinking glass. (Be sure to do this slowly so potato does not go everywhere).

Melt butter and garlic in bowl in microwave.

Brush over potatoes. Salt and pepper to taste.

Bake in oven for 10-15 minutes until skins are slightly crisp. These potatoes are good on their own, but even better when served with Loaded Potato Dip (see other recipe)

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Crispy Parmesan Potatoes

This is hands down the best way I've learned to make roasted potatoes. As with most of my recipes, you can change around the ingredients, but the prep stage is what makes these potatoes.

Ingredients:

• - 3 large potatoes (you can easily double this recipe to feed more)
• - 4 Tbsp. Crisco shortening
• - Parmesan Cheese
• - Sea Salt

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and place your baking sheet in the oven to heat it up.
2. Cut potatoes into half then quarter the halves.
3. Place potatoes in pan with cold water and salt. Bring water to boil and immediately drain the potatoes. The trick is not to cook the potatoes just get them warm.
4. Return potatoes to the pan and cook over medium heat just to get them dry.
5. Add crisco and heat and stir until the potatoes are evenly covered in the oil.
6. Arrange potatoes in single layer on baking sheet and top with Parmesan and salt to desired amount.
7. Bake at 400 degrees for 45 minutes, turning potatoes halfway.