Old Fashion Cheesy Potato Casserole

Super delicious cheese potato casserole. This is the recipe everyone must have. It is that good. Ultra tasty. Everyday simple but company good. A great side dish for BBQ, ham or almost anything else.

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Hasselback Potatoes

A wonderful looking baked potato with Parmesan seasoned crispy crust which goes well with a fancier meal. This looks like a very special side dish, but is actually easy to make. It's time to fancy up those potatoes.

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Oven Baked Parmesan French Fries

This homemade Oven Baked Parmesan Fries would be a deliciously easy addition to your next meal. An easy to follow recipe that anyone will love.

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How to Make Potato Chips

Homemade potato chips. How does that sound? Make your own crunchy goodness in just a few easy steps. Come along and let me guide you with pictures.

You only need  a couple of potatoes, some oil and a little salt to have everybody thinking you are a kitchen wizard.


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Parmesan Garlic Baked Potatoes

Meet your new favorite side dish. A crispy parmesan crusted potato half infused with garlic and butter. This is SO EASY, it's an "everyday" recipe but it well also be your go to recipe for company. Skill level 2/10, just don't cut yourself with the knife.

Start with some butter, seasoning and parmesan in a glass baking pan. Scrub up some potatoes, cut in half and place cut side down on the parmesan. Bake and allow to cool in the dish for a few minutes to firm up a crust and you are good to go.

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Grilled Whole Baked Potatoes without Foil

A great grilled sided for the summer and it is simple, simple, simple. Only a few secrets to getting that whole baked potato grilled to perfection and it does not involve aluminum foil.

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Hash Brown Potatoes - Easy Peasy

We love hash browns. Not good for us but we love them. But people seem not to be able to make a decent has brown.

Tips for a really good hash brown.

1. Use a nonstick pan
2. Use enough oil
3. The potatoes MUST be dry (see pictures below)
4. And last, KEEP YOU HANDS OFF

That is all you need to know.


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Old Fashion Scalloped Potatoes

This is one of those great older recipes that is easy and absolutely delicious. I love a classic recipe. They are usually easy and almost always present a unmatched wholesome taste with simple ingredients.

My wife has mentioned scalloped potatoes several times in the last month and I can eventually take a hint. I'm in the habit of not telling her what I'm cooking. I just call her for dinner. Sometimes she loves her surprise and sometimes not so much. This brought the biggest smile in a long time. A definite "Wifo" comfort food.

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Microwave Sweet Potato Chips

It's a fashionable chip. It has it all... First, it is sweet potato. Sweet potatoes seem to be the new health food rage. Everyone seems to love them. Second, they are low fat and somewhat good for you. Last, they are microwave easy and very tasty.

Sweet potatoes seem to be "on fire". Many restaurants have added sweet potato fries to their menus. And more and more articles and recipes are appearing. So I jumped in and went for it. The results are quite nice. A different taste and perfect for you sweet potato fans.

I did microwave chips from russet potatoes a few weeks ago and a comment from Chris at Nibble Me This suggested sweet potatoes. Well, I went on vacation shortly after that and forgot about it. However, just in casual reading, I ran into two articles on microwave sweet potato chips. It had to be.

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Easiest Crispy Oven Baked French Fries

Here are the secrets to the best oven French fry ever. Tasty, crispy, healthy and did I say easy. Now you can do it too.

All the blogs have oven baked french fries. So I'll jump in too. But I don't want to be flipping half way through. I what relatively simple prep and simpler cooking. But I want crispy and tasty too. I'm so picky...

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Healthy Microwave Potato Chips

An amazingly simple, tasty and crispy chip. You just slice a potato up and microwave it. What could be easier? You control the oil and salt. Make it a "healthy potato chip" if you want. Make just a few or make a lot. Flavor them up or just a little salt. And lastly, cheap to make.

I stumbled on this somewhere and had some serious doubts as did my wife. But it works great. I have read so many versions, I can't give an inspired by credit. There are many variations. The cooking times recommended varied from 4 minutes to 10 minutes. Some cooked on high then flipped the chips and continued to cook on 50%. One even stepped it down a few more times. Some soaked the chips and some didn't. You get the idea...
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Crispy Smashed Potatoes

Crispy... Tasty... Simple... Some of my favorite words. My type of recipe. An easy potato side dish that will become one of your all time favorites.

The basic idea is to boil some smaller potatoes in salt water until soft. About 30 minutes. Smash them on a oiled pan, top with oil, salt, pepper and anything else you want. Then bake them at a relatively high temp until browning  and crunchy. About 20 minutes. Your basic 2/10 skill level.

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Simple Grilled Potato Slices

Some potato, some onion and a cast iron pan. That equals a crispy grilled side that will go with almost any grilled meal.

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Easy Roasted Red Potatoes

You want guaranteed results... you want reliable... you want one of the easiest recipes EVER. This is it. And as a bonus, you get great taste and a dish to go with any meal including that special holiday spread. Scrub, cut, shake and bake. This is a 1/10 on the skill level but a 10/10 on the useful scale.

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Clark Family Sweet Potato Casserole

Golden sweat crunchiness. A holiday side that will have them asking for the recipe. When families come together for a holiday, traditional dishes from all sides of the family help make the event special. This is a recipe brought into our family from my son-in-laws family for our first Thanksgiving together and has been a staple ever since.

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Grilled French Fries

I ask you why not? French fries and the grill... what could be more American than fries on the grill especially on a Fourth of July Weekend. There are only a few instructions out there and they vary a lot. So I always like to experiment and this is the 5th try in 2 weeks and I now have it right. They are not your basic fast food tasting fry. They are a cross between a fast food fry and a hash brown. And a great reason to buy that 10 or 12 inch cast iron pan you have though about. The important point about getting this right.

• Do thin fries-They need to cook completely on the grill. 
• They go on raw not precooked. I tried to varying amount of precooking and they became too weak to work with.
• Wash them after cutting. The starch will stick them together.
• Rotate the pan every time you touch the fries. Hot spots will do you in.
• Keep you hands off a lot more than you want. You will just break them up.
• A well seasoned cast iron pan is almost a must.

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Grilled Potato Kabobs

An easy side for grilling season. You can fix this after your meat goes on the grill. About 20 minutes total time. The concept is easy. Cut the potatoes into quarters. Microwave enough to mostly cook the potatoes on wooded skewers. Oil with spray, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Then finish cooking on the grill.
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Grilled Potato Wedges - A Low Fat Substitute For French Fries

A healthier, simple and low fat way of getting your french fry fix. About 150 calories and 2 grams of healthier fat per large serving, so you are now allowed to eat potatoes occasionally.

While in search of a recipe, most precooked in some way and then added a lot of various flavors but I just wanted basic and simple.

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Easiest French Fries Ever

Cut. Put in oil. Cook for 25 minutes. Eat. No double frying, no watching temperature on the oil, no catches. It just works. The ultimate easy french fry recipe.

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Healthier Mashed Potatoes

You must have mashed potatoes and gravy for Thanksgivings in July. But what about the diet? Inspired by a Cooks Illustrated recipe for "Lighter Mashed Potatoes" but simplified. About 200 calories per serving with only 2 gms. of fat so really a healthy side.

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