Quick Oven Fries

My kids really love oven fries, and while you're making something like the "Saturday Night Chicken Sandwiches", you can have these little gems roasting--done in 15 minutes, and no one has to worry about trekking out for food. Well, unless you tell your husband you just realized that you have two small potatoes to feed five hungry people, so could he please run really fast to HEB for some organic potatoes when he drops off that movie at Redbox? Oh, and please ignore the dirty oven. It is number 695 on my to-do list, and number 1,000,203 on my husband's "honey do" list. The children don't care. Get this--I even have a self-cleaning function and my oven still looks like this. It's a crying shame!

6 medium size organic potatoes (for one tray of fries)
2 Tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
black pepper to taste
Other seasoning ideas: 1 teaspoon garlic powder, 1 teaspoon chili powder

Heat oven to 450 degrees. Wash potatoes. (Do not peel. That takes time and the organic potato skin is good for you!) Slice potatoes into 1/4 inch slices, then slice into fries, about 1/4-1/2 inch wide. Pile potatoes, oil, and seasonings onto a large sheet pan and toss with your hands. Spread potatoes in one layer on the sheet pan. Place in oven to roast. Do not turn the potatoes. You want a crust to form on the bottom of the fries so that they don't break apart when you remove them from the pan. Roast for approximately 15 minutes, until fries are crisped and brown. Remove pan from the oven and let fries rest for a couple of minutes so that they release from the pan easier and don't break apart when serving.

Busy Mom Tip: Roast a second pan of fries, cut a little thicker, while you eat the first pan. The next morning, this second pan of fries is great for hash browns or in eggs for breakfast tacos. For yummy tacos, simply dice the fries a bit, and fry in a tablespoon of butter. Add eggs and a little salt, scramble. Place in egg/potato mixture in a flour or corn tortilla with bacon and cheese, top with salsa or Cholula. Yum! This same method can be done with leftover baked potatoes.