Make these French fries with any seasoning you like. You can cut the French fries in any size you like such as thin or chunky. You can make the French fries with seasoning or leave the seasoning off and just dip the fries in ketchup. This recipe includes seasoning but you can choose whatever seasonings that satisfy your taste buds. This recipe serves 4.

Ingredients:
4 medium – large potatoes
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon paprika
½ teaspoon garlic powder

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 F. place aluminum foil on an oven tray and coat it with a non-stick cooking spray. Wash the potatoes off and stick holes in the potatoes with a fork. Microwave potatoes on high until they are tender but not soft for 8 to 10 minutes. Cut the potatoes length wise into the desire size you want. Place the fries on the tray and brush them with the vegetable oil. Sprinkle the fries with the seasonings and bake on the top oven shelf for 45 minutes or until they are crispy. Serve.

 

Photo credit: olive oil French fries, yes, oven-baked by Gail
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Corn on the cob is a favorite in many American Households. There are different ways in which people cook corn on the cob. We will show two different ways to cook corn on the cob. The method to cooking corn is very simple. Give it a try when you want something yummy and simple to cook.

Ingredients:
1 cob of corn

Directions:
If you want to boil corn on the cob, first pull off the husk and silk. Fill a sauce pan with water and bring to a boil. Place the corn in the boiling water for about ten minutes. After the corn is cooked drain water out the pot. Corn should be ready to eat. To microwave corn on the cob, first carefully pull open a few of the leaves and remove the silk. After you remove the silk, close up the leaves around the corn. Microwave corn on high for 5 to 7 minutes until corn is nice and tender. Enjoy. To season or flavor the corn you might want to spread some butter on it and season it with a little sprinkle of seasoned salt or season the water that you boil the corn in.

Photo credit: Corn on the Cob by Carol VanHook

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We have a wonderful dish for the veggie lovers and that dish is veggie bread. We don’t call this dish veggie bread for nothing. It has a combination of onion, zucchini, and parsley. This is a healthy recipe you can make for your family and is a great way you can get your kids to eat vegetables. However this dish has meat in it as well that you will enjoy.

Ingredients:
4 slices whole wheat bread
1 tablespoon margarine
4 slices of chicken or turkey
1 small onion
1 small zucchini
1 tablespoon Self-Rising flour
2 teaspoons parsley flakes
2 eggs
½ cup shredded low-fat
Cheese

Directions:
Cut or pull the crust off the 4 slices of bread. Lightly spread margarine on each bread slice. Place the bread margarine side up in a 9 to 10 inch microwavable deep dish. Cut the chicken or turkey up into small pieces and place in a bowl. Chop the onion and zucchini into small pieces and add to bowl. Add the eggs, flour, parsley, and cheese to the bowl and mix well. Use a fork to beat the eggs in the mixture. Spoon mixture on bread and cover dish with plastic wrap. Place the dish in the microwave and microwave on medium high for 8 minutes. Serve hot or cold.

Photo credit: Wirsing-Quiche mit Schinken by Katrin Gilger
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You can make this tasty dish every holiday or whenever you are craving some mashed potatoes. This mash potato dish will go great with Christmas dinner. It is so good that everyone in your family will enjoy. You can make extra mashed potatoes, so you can have leftovers to heat up the next day. You also can add your own additions to this mash potato dish such as onions, cheese, and other vegetables or herbs.

Ingredients
6-7 lg. peeled and diced, yukon gold potatoes
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. white pepper
4 Tbs.(half stick) butter
3 oz. cream cheese
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
¼ tsp. onion powder
warmed milk to taste
1 ½ tsp. white or cider vinegar (optional)

Directions
Boil potatoes until soft. Drain. Put potatoes back into the same pot and on low heat, stir until all the water evaporates out the pot. Take a potato masher and mash the potatoes in the pot. Add butter, cream cheese and milk. Whip for 5 minutes. Add garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper and vinegar and whip until fluffy.

Photo credit: mashed taters by David K

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