Roasted Potatoes – Could be a side or a main – relatively unpopular in “trendy” meal prep today
Roasted Potatoes – Could be a side or a main – relatively unpopular in “trendy” meal prep today
by Wasting_Time1234
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Wasting_Time1234
**Ingredients**
* About 4 smallish potatoes or 2-3 large potatoes, cleaned and DO NOT PEEL * Salt (guessing 2 tsp) * Pepper (guessing 1 tsp) * Paprika (sweet Hungarian style used for this recipe) – suppose any style you have on hand (guessing 2 tsp) * A dried herb (optional – used dried Greek oregano) (guessing 1 tsp) * 2 – 3 TBS of melted butter, olive oil or another neutral oil of your choice
**Instructions**
* Preheat oven to 425 deg F (I don’t go any higher than this if using a glass baking dish) * Dice potatoes to around the size you see in the pics and put raw potatoes in the bowl * Put your spices and the herb (optional) on the potatoes * Melt butter or your use your oil of choice and pour on top of the potatoes and spices * Mix up the potatoes, spices and oils so that there is an even coating on the potatoes * Place in a glass baking dish – the size I used was 8″ by 11″ * Bake for about 40 min. Test with a fork for doneness (little to no resistance when pricked with a fork)
Wasting_Time1234
Potatoes don’t seem to get a lot of love on this sub. Given the more trendy diets out there that have been getting a lot of attention – especially Keto – it’s no surprise that a staple food that was one of the critical components of filling the bellies of the poor and lower classes throughout history was cast aside. I think one of the biggest reasons why potatoes are viewed negatively today is because people think the nutrition is poor and they get unfairly linked to fast food french fries.
Potatoes are a better source of nutrition than people realize, and our collective memory from days past seems to have been scrubbed from our consciousness. To my knowledge, a potato WITH THE SKIN is the best source of potassium out there. It’s not the best source of vitamin C but does provide a solid amount of it that you can get your daily allotment of vitamin C from veggies alone if you don’t want to eat a lot of fruit or want to avoid fruit juices completely. It’s also a decent source of fiber. Warning though it is a higher glycemic load food
Budget wise they should be a staple food. Pair potatoes with legumes and you will have a complete protein without meat.
henabear
This is literally my meal probably 60% of the time. Although sometimes I mix it up for roast Kumara or carrots.
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**Ingredients**
* About 4 smallish potatoes or 2-3 large potatoes, cleaned and DO NOT PEEL
* Salt (guessing 2 tsp)
* Pepper (guessing 1 tsp)
* Paprika (sweet Hungarian style used for this recipe) – suppose any style you have on hand (guessing 2 tsp)
* A dried herb (optional – used dried Greek oregano) (guessing 1 tsp)
* 2 – 3 TBS of melted butter, olive oil or another neutral oil of your choice
**Instructions**
* Preheat oven to 425 deg F (I don’t go any higher than this if using a glass baking dish)
* Dice potatoes to around the size you see in the pics and put raw potatoes in the bowl
* Put your spices and the herb (optional) on the potatoes
* Melt butter or your use your oil of choice and pour on top of the potatoes and spices
* Mix up the potatoes, spices and oils so that there is an even coating on the potatoes
* Place in a glass baking dish – the size I used was 8″ by 11″
* Bake for about 40 min. Test with a fork for doneness (little to no resistance when pricked with a fork)
Potatoes don’t seem to get a lot of love on this sub. Given the more trendy diets out there that have been getting a lot of attention – especially Keto – it’s no surprise that a staple food that was one of the critical components of filling the bellies of the poor and lower classes throughout history was cast aside. I think one of the biggest reasons why potatoes are viewed negatively today is because people think the nutrition is poor and they get unfairly linked to fast food french fries.
Potatoes are a better source of nutrition than people realize, and our collective memory from days past seems to have been scrubbed from our consciousness. To my knowledge, a potato WITH THE SKIN is the best source of potassium out there. It’s not the best source of vitamin C but does provide a solid amount of it that you can get your daily allotment of vitamin C from veggies alone if you don’t want to eat a lot of fruit or want to avoid fruit juices completely. It’s also a decent source of fiber. Warning though it is a higher glycemic load food
Budget wise they should be a staple food. Pair potatoes with legumes and you will have a complete protein without meat.
This is literally my meal probably 60% of the time. Although sometimes I mix it up for roast Kumara or carrots.