How about some potatoes for dinner? Not only these cute little fellas look appealing and fun, but they are very delicious too.
I enjoy the process of cooking 95% of the time ( 5% is the time when I am being rushed or very tired). I usually watch some classes on my favorite website creativelive.com, some photography tutorials on YouTube, or some episodes of Friends on Netflix. Yes, I love re-watching Friends. It is one of my favorite TV shows and it rocks. While keeping those videos on the background, I can stay in the kitchen all day. That way I can learn something new and cook something good - great way to spend time.
Today they had a live class on creativelive.com called Ditch Your Day Job by Michelle Ward. I was really enjoying it while slicing potatoes. 🙂 I hope that I will be able to ditch my day job at Starbucks in the future and pursue food photography/blogging/recipe sharing as a career. Fingers crossed.
These potatoes could also be cooked with mushrooms, tomatoes, ham and other kinds of stuffing. I usually use bacon because it is very flavorful.
Top them off with fresh herbs, garlic, yogurt or… some more bacon! Just cut the bacon into small pieces and fry in a separate pan until crunchy. Pour the bacon onto the cooked potatoes together with all the pan drippings. Yum!
BAKED SLICED POTATOES
Ingredients
- 6 potatoes medium sized
- 6 bacon strips chopped into small pieces
- 2 heads of garlic for roasting
- 2 tbsp olive oil to drizzle
- fresh thyme
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Wash the potatoes thoroughly under running water. Then, slice them thinly, but do not cut all the way through. You may choose to place the potato on a serving spoon while slicing to prevent the knife from slicing the potato all the way through.
- Stuff the bacon pieces and some thyme in between the potato slices. Next, slice off the top of a head of garlic, so the cloves inside are exposed. Place the potatoes and the garlic on the baking dish ( I use parchment paper underneath.) Drizzle everything with olive oil.
- Cover the baking dish with foil and bake in a preheated to 400F oven for 45 minutes. Remove the foil and keep baking for another half an hour. Note: cooking time may vary depending on the size of your potatoes. To make sure that the potatoes are cooked, just stick a knife through one. If it cuts through easily, the potatoes are ready.
- Once ready, garnish with minced garlic, fresh thyme and sprinkle with salt.
Notes
Jane Chef says
There are 3 things in potato peel:
1 – Fiber
2 – Dirt
3 – Pesticide.
You can’t wash away Dirt and Pesticide..
Do you really want to eat Dirt and Pesticide ?
FYI - The "eat the peel" fad started by people too lazy to peel potatoes. Now, they're enjoying the consequences of eating Dirt and Pesticide.
Tania Sheff says
Hi Jane! Thanks for sharing your feedback. I grew up in rural Ukraine, and we grew potatoes ourselves. We used to eat the peel, so I don't look at it as a trend. I scrub my potatoes thoroughly with a brush and I enjoy the skin. Of course, you can peel the potatoes, if you prefer.
will woods says
Tania... love the recipe... and love the classy response to the aspersion flinging Jane Chef... awesome 😉
Tania Sheff says
Thank you, Will! 🙂