Just another side dish idea.  We try to cook potatoes in a variety of ways and for everything but mashed, we use red potatoes. Basically you throw all this in a bowl, mix and bake. Pretty simple. I chose to use light dressing and no cheese since I’m trying to lose weight but normally we do add cheese.  Another great variation of this if you don’t like ranch, is to chop up an onion, mix it in, and cover with 1 cubed stick of butter.  Ummm, yeah, not so great on the heart but it sure is good.

The casserole pan is Emile Henry, some of the finest bakeware around. I love the way it cooks and if you have the chance to pick up some pieces for yourself, you should!

Enjoy!

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup Light Kraft Ranch Dressing
• 1/2 cup Kraft Shredded Cheddar Cheese (optional)
• 1/4 cup Oscar Mayer Real Bacon Bits (or real bacon)
• 2 lb. small red potatoes, quartered
• 1 Tbsp. chopped fresh parsley
• Salt & Pepper

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix dressing, cheese and bacon bits in large bowl. Add potatoes; toss lightly.  Spoon into lightly greased 13×9-inch baking dish; cover with foil.  Bake 40 min. Remove foil; bake an additional 15 min. or until potatoes are tender. Sprinkle with parsley.

I’ve missed the last week or two of the Four Foods on Friday meme….sorry Val;)   I’ll be answering the questions and including a tater recipe!  Here we go…………….

Here are this week’s four questions.

• What’s your favorite fruit and how do you like to eat it?

My favorite fruit is the apple.  I LOVE to eat in Apple Pie…….LMAO!

• What is the one spice in your kitchen you use more than any other?

My own homemade steak like seasoning.  It’s just a mixture of several and I swear we put that on everything. 

•  Pudding. Instant, stovetop or premade?

 I love the pudding I make for my banana pudding.  It’s homemade and was my grandmother’s recipe.  Other than that, we buy already packaged pudding. 

• Share a recipe using potatoes.

LORI’S CHEESE TATERS

INGREDIENTS:

• 7 or 8 potatoes (peeled and smaller cubes, not huge chunks)
• Chedder cheese
• 1 stick of butter
• half an onion (chopped fine)
• bacon bits (optional)

DIRECTIONS:

Place your cubed taters in a casserole pan.  I spray it with nonstick spray first.  Spread the onion and bacon bits over the taters.  Slice the butter evenly over taters. Cover with foil and place in 400′ preheated oven until done.  Remove foil and cover in cheese.  Stick back in oven until cheese is melted!