VEGETABLES: Here are 3 recipes to bake pototoes, the easiest way to serve potatoes with meat.

BAKED POTATOES:

 

 

4 large potatoes, scrubbed, not peeled            

1 tbsp. olive oil

1 garlic clove, crushed                                    

1 tsp. coarse salt

1 tsp. coarsely-ground pepper

 

 

 

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.  Cut each potato in half lengthwise.  Use a sharp knife to make 3 diagonal cuts across potato, about ½-inch in depth.  Then make 3 more diagonal cuts that run at right angles to first cuts.  Coat bottom of roasting pan with oil and add garlic, salt and pepper. Set potatoes in pan, cut side down, and rub the cut surfaces in the oil-garlic mixture. 

 

Bake 35 minutes or until golden.

 

 

 

 

BAKED POTATOES WITH FOIL:

 

 

 

8 Yukon Gold potatoes, well scrubbed                       

salt & pepper to taste

2 tbsp. olive oil

 

 

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Bake potatoes, wrapped in foil, for 1 hour or until soft. 

 

 

 

MASHED BAKE POTATOES:

 

 

 

Bake potatoes as per above recipe.

 

Cool slightly. Remove foil. Bang each potato with the back of a chopper until it becomes flat and twice its original size. Remove skin from the top of each potato. Add salt and pepper to taste and brush it with olive oil. Increase oven temperature to 475 degrees.

 

Return potatoes to oven and brown the top until they are crisp and browned. Serve immediately.