Crispy NO-OIL Potatoes

I was reading the McDougall board when I read some posts about crispy no-fat tater tots. They claimed the potatoes got very crispy in the over without any oil. I've been making roasted potatoes for a while, but it's usually necessary to use oil so I was intrigued. Plus the Husband LOVES crispy potatoes.

The actual recipe takes some time, because the potatoes are first peeled, then par-boiled, and then cooked at a high temperature for an hour. When dinner is supposed to be ready in 30 minutes, a quoted time of over an hour isn't going to cut it. I decided not to peel the potatoes and to cut the chunks of potatoes fairly small (about 2" cubes). I also used lots of seasoning in addition before they were baked.

Since the chunks of potatoes were smaller, the baking time for me was about 40 minutes instead of 60. They really WERE crispy and very tasty! I wouldn't say they resembled tater tots at all, but they were delicious crispy (healthy) potatoes.

Recipe can be found here.

BBQ Lentils!

Recipe is here.

This recipe is excellent! I was looking for something to make that would be "meaty" and have good, but not too unusual flavors. Also great was that I had most of the ingredients (I ended up skipping the allspice which I didn't have and leaving out the vanilla because it seemed weird).

I didn't have to bake this as long as stated (maybe 30 minutes total) because I put it in a glass 9x13" pan and it looked like it was going to burn if I left it in there longer. It had a great tangy flavor without tasting overly sweet. I would serve this to SAD-eaters and am actually thinking about bringing it to the next work potluck!