Roasted Garlic Potatoes With Sun-Dried Tomatoes

Dill and potato go together like basil and tomato

A kids-friendly recipe - although potatoes probably bare qualify as "vegetable," I'll take what I can get. I mean.. it's gotta be better than French Fries.

Ingredients

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ = be creative or leave it out

As pictured	Substitute
Russet potatoes	Any type of potato in your pantry... except "sweet."
Sun-dried tomatoes	¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Dill	Any green dry spice in your kitchen cabinet that smells to your liking
Coarse ground black pepper	... pepper
Himalayan pink salt	... salt
Garlic	–
Extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO)	Any OO

Directions

STEP 1 | Clean and cut potatoes to 1/2 thumb-sized cubes, put it in a sealable plastic bag. Add a drizzle of EVOO, along with dashes of salt, pepper, dill at about 1/.5/.5 ratio, respectively. Seal and marinate in the fridge for 30 minutes, up to overnight, if you have time.

STEP 2 | Preheat the oven to 425°F. Spread the marinated potatoes onto a baking pan and bake for about 20-25 minutes. These guys may take a little longer to cook through than you might expect, especially if you had them cut into bigger pieces. Don't be shy to open the oven to sample a piece at around 20 minutes to see if it's to your liking.

STEP 3 | Take it out of the oven, mix in a sensible amount of sun-dried tomatoes.

Baked Brie Pepperoni Bruschetta

... or maybe it's a pepperoni pizza.

Takes less than 20 minutes, super easy to make... and if you've got kids, it's almost guaranteed they'll love it.

If you've got kids, it's almost guaranteed they'll love it.

Ingredients

As pictured	Substitute
Sourdough bread, sliced	Hard crusted bread slices
Tomato sauce	Tomato puree, pizza sauce, red spaghetti sauce... ketchup (tip: mix with olive-oil roasted minced garlic for a touch of "gourmet")
Pepperoni slices	Any protein
Brie cheese chunks	Any cheese
Dried Italian seasoning	Oregano, basil, rosemary, etc.
Coarse ground black pepper	... pepper?
Ground dried red peppers	¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Minced garlic	¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Tip: mix ketchup with olive-oil roasted minced garlic for a touch of "gourmet"

Directions

STEP 1 | Mix minced garlic and tomato sauce, spread it on the sourdough bread slices

STEP 2 | Lay on brie cheese and pepperoni slices on top

STEP 3 | Sprinkle on black pepper, dried red pepper and Italian seasoning

STEP 4 | Put the prepared bruschetta on an oven pan or aluminum foil and set it on top half of the oven. Set oven to broil. It's done... when it looks done (~3-5 minutes). See below.