You say potato and I say organic!

Even though potatoes are the number one vegetable, and even though they can have the highest total amount of pesticides, someone must think we don't want organic potatoes enough to push for them....read more

It also came as quite a blow to find out french fries are not only not good for you --they are also environmentally unfriendly due to the large amount of oil needed to make them. But there is a pretty good oven fried substitute,

3 (8 oz) potatoes, peeled
5 tablespoons vegetable oil or peanut oil
Salt and ground black pepper

Adjust oven rack to lowest position. Preheat oven to 475 degrees F.

Cut each potato into about 10-12 equal size wedges. Soak potato wedges in a large bowl of hot tap water for 10 minutes.

Pour 4 tablespoons of the oil into a 12×18 inch heavy duty rimmed baking sheet.

Sprinkle 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper over the oil; swirl it around. Salted oil helps keep the potatoes from sticking quite so much.

Drain the potato wedges and pat them dry on a layer of paper towels. Remove as much moisture as possible.

Wipe out the bowl you used for soaking and return potato slices to bowl. Toss potatoes with remaining 1 tablespoon of oil. Lay potatoes in pan with salted oil.

Cover pan tightly with aluminum foil and bake for 5 minutes. Remove foil and continue to bake until golden – 15-20 minutes (check at 15). Rotate pan halfway through.

Using a spatula, scrape potato wedges up off pan and flip them over. Bake another 5 to 15 minutes or until potatoes or golden brown all over.

drain. Add extra salt or hot pepper flakes if desired.