Fries for Keeping Away the Vampires

If you go to Red Robin tomorrow for Halloween until 5 PM you'll be able to get $3 off your lunch if you upgrade to their New Garlic Herbed Fries. Restrictions apply, and at participating restaurants only.

Perfectly Baked Italian Herb French Fries

Perfectly Baked Italian Herb French Fries

Ingredients: 2 large Russet potatoes, with skin on, 1 1/2 teaspoon Italian Herb Seasoning, 2 teaspoons grapeseed oil (canola or vegetable oil will work fine), good pinch coarse salt and fresh ground pepper

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Take your washed and dried potatoes and slice longways about 1" thick. Take those slices and cut into fries, keeping your size the same to ensure they cook up evenly.

Place cut fries into a pile on a large rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle with oil and seasoning and toss. Spread potato fries evenly across baking sheet. Liberally sprinkle with coarse salt and pepper.

Bake in 425 degrees oven for 25-30 minutes. At 20 minutes check your fries and toss if starting to brown. Let cook for additional 5-10 minutes until they are browned and crisp.

I came across this by way of the Just-Potatoes group over at Aggie's Kitchen. You can see the whole recipe with more delicious images and commentary here.

Random Tater Pic of the Day #165

Today's Somebody Else's Fries is a bit different. My good friend, musician and writer Robin Renee, sent me her breakfast from a while back - potato tofu scramble w/ fresh garden herbs. Yum!

French Fry Diary 601: The Little Potato Company

The Little Potato Company packages little white, red, blue, purple and other types of potatoes at some of the better groceries around. They're awesome baked, and maybe rolled in onion soup mix. I like the company a lot.

I saw these at Shop-Rite a couple weeks back and knew I had to pick it up, both for dinner and to write about. From The Little Potato Company, these were microwave ready fresh creamer potatoes, tint red and white potatoes in a nuke box. Five minutes later, throw on the 'savory herb' seasoning and you have a serving of hot potatoes. Like many products of this type, I had to see it to believe it.

During the cook time in the nuke there was much steam sizzling sound and a few times cooking pops. Toward the end of the quick cook, a baked potato aroma could indeed be smelled. It should noted though that the clear plastic cover was pretty hard to remove, even after I cut it, it remained difficult to remove. I had to add some spray butter to make the seasoning adhere.

These are quite good actually, and I might add that the 'savory herb' seasoning has tiny bits of bacon in it. These microwave packs also come in Zesty Italian and Garlic Parsley varieties. I found these were best cut in half, spray-buttered then nuked for another minute. Your mileage may vary, but either way, these are really good.

French Fry Diary 369: Jeff Mauro's Butter Garlic Oven Fries

Here's a special treat for today's Food Network Friday. I've shared stuff from the Sandwich King Jeff Mauro before, and as I've mentioned I like the guy. He has a healthy respect for the favorite fried food.

In the season two episode of "Sandwich King," called "Bigger, Better Burgers," one of Jeff's takes on potato wedges is featured. You can find his recipe for Butter Garlic Oven Fries with Herbs here. Check it out.