Roasted Potato Rounds with Lemon and Oregano

About this Recipe

Red potatoes make their way into many dishes here in Grandmother's Kitchen. There are many potato varieties. Did you know that the round red potato has a sweeter flavor than a round white and they are also low in starch. The red potato is part of the waxy potato family and we like to use them for their ability to hold their shape when cooked. They are a good choice for salads and soups that you prefer they don't break down and hold their shape better. As with other potatoes, the skins hold lots of the nutrients so you should eat the skins as well. In general the red potatoes we find at our markets look pretty perfect as well and don't seem to have much bruising or scabbing. Red potatoes are a very good choice for baking as well. This potato recipe is similar to a Greek potato recipe, but this recipe does not use any stock, rosemary or thyme in the recipe.

Grandmother's Tips for Roasted Potato Rounds with Lemon and Oregano:

1. Slice the potatoes nice and thin for this delicious potato recipe. If you have a mandoline slicer the process takes seconds to do. If you don't have one you can cut the potatoes by hand but it may be easier if the potatoes are large to cut them in half first then do the thin slices. Even sizes make for more even baking.

2. Potatoes make for easy dinner ideas. Recipes with food ingredients that are simple usually mean you will have the ingredients on hand and that can be important if you have a busy life schedule and don't want to be running to the store to get ingredients for complex recipes.

3. To get all the natural nutritional value from a potato you should eat the skin too. Potatoes are high in fiber, in fact half of the fiber and nutrients are in the skin. Just be sure they are well washed.

4. Family friendly meal ideas are a part of our planning. Keep staples like potatoes, in the pantry as you can always whip up a quick meal with potatoes.

5. A white fish recipe would taste really good with this potato recipe. The oregano plus lemony flavor would be a perfect tangy compliment.


Ingredients

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Serves 3

2 large red potatoes

1 Tablespoon pure lemon juice

1 Tablespoon olive oil

1 Tablespoon oregano flakes

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon pepper

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.

2. Wash, dry and slice the potatoes into thin slices.

3. Transfer the potato sliced into a bowl. Add the lemon juice, olive oil, oregano flakes, salt and pepper and toss together to evenly coat.

4. Put a teaspoon of olive oil in the bottom of the baking dish.

5. Arrange the potatoes in the dish and place into the preheated oven.

6. Bake for 45 minutes.

These potatoes have a really nice flavor with the added lemon juice and oregano, offering a bit of Greek flair to the dish.

ENJOY!

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Growing potatoes in potato bags has become quite a popular trend. If you don't have space for a regular garden you can purchase potato grow bags. If you have never tried it, it can be pretty fun.

If you have ideal conditions you can expect to get 5 to 10 potatoes for each plant. More and more people are enjoying balcony gardens. There is no reason you cannot have some fun experimenting with growing things even if you only have a small space.

At Grandmother's kitchen, growing small herb gardens are a part of what we love to do. Did you know that 4-inch plants are generally under $5.00 a plant. You can buy them already grown, transfer to your little herb garden (or leave in their own growing pot). We especially love using fresh herbs in salad dressings. The oregano flakes from this potato recipe we grew, harvested and dried ourselves. Oregano is one of our favorites. It is a very honey bee friendly plant as well. When it is flowering you will see lots of honey bees working away collecting pollen off their beautiful purple flowers. Where we live we can generally get at least 2 harvests off our oregano plants per growing season. There are so many varieties of oregano, so if you decide to plant them, rub the leaves of the plant between your fingertips and smell the plant. Be sure to choose a variety that you like the aroma and thereby the flavor of. We like the Italian and Greek oregano flavors best. Depending where you live, oregano can be a perennial plant so you can look forward to it coming back every year.



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