Monday, February 1, 2010

Healthy potato wedges

Ingredients:
Several large potatoes
Spray Olive Oil
Salt
Black Pepper

Procedure:
Wash the potatoes and chop them into 8ths, cutting out any imperfections. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 400F.

Spray a coat of olive oil on the pan, and lay the chopped potatoes on it, with one of the white sides (not skin) down. Spray the top of the potatoes.

Sprinkle salt and pepper over potatoes. Bake for 15 minutes, flip onto other white side, and reseason.

Cook another 15-20 minutes, until they begin to turn brown and you feel like they're done (I trust you). Serve with ketchup or, might I recommend brown sauce?

Tips:
Really easy. Almost easier than going to the grocery store to buy frozen french fries. That being said, don't over salt them.
I just discovered this spray olive oil stuff. It's fantastic. You save calories (which is part of the reason I call them "healthy." The other part is that they're not fried.) and you save money because you're not using so darn much olive oil. If you don't have the spray handy, use regular olive oil, but try not to add too much.
Salt and black pepper is my standby potato wedge seasoning. From time to time, I'll post other different flavor combinations, but it's hard to beat the old standard.
Final thought: Do try the brown sauce. I lived in Ireland for a year and refused to try it because I thought it would be gross (who wants to eat brown ketchup anyway?), but it is quite tasty. Almost good enough to justify paying the $6 per bottle price in the imports isle of your local American grocery store.

In all, 4.5/5

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