Carmelized Onion Mashed Potatoes

I never make gravy so this is a tasty way to serve up mashed potatoes.

Make mashed potatoes as normal with milk and butter. Then add:

1/2 tsp pepper
1 tsp salt
1 1/4 cups grated parmesan cheese
1 cup chopped carmelized onions
2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley

Salty Sage Potatoes

I love finding new ways to prepare potatoes because potatoes are so cheap and a great addition to most the meals I make. This is easy and way yummy!!

What you need:
Potatoes
Sage Leaves (These are found in the produce section, they are fresh, not dried - took me forever to figure that out. I needed one container for 4 potatoes in a 9x13)
Coarse Kosher Salt
Olive Oil

Pick a cake pan (depending on how many potatoes you are hoping to make) and pour a thin layer of olive oil along the whole bottom. Pour the salt on top of that (for a 9x13 I do maybe 1 1/2 Tbsp). Pluck the sage leaves from the stems and lay them on top of the salt so they are evenly spread apart. Cut your potatoes in 1/2 length wise. Place potatoes, cut side down, directly on top of oil, salt, sage layers. Drizzle olive oil on tops of potatoes (the skins). Bake at 375 for about an hour, may need to adjust depending on your oven.

Serve these with the leaves on the potatoes (they sort of bake into the potato flesh), you eat the leaves and all and it is so dang yummy!

Oven-Roasted Asparagus

Asparagus (as much as you want)
olive oil
Salt and pepper

Place asparagus side by side on baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and bake at 400 for 8 - 10 minutes. Delicious and easy!!

Roasted Carrots

[the pioneer woman]Carrots
Olive oil
Salt
Pepper

Scrub carrots (don't need to peel them). Cut each carrot in 1/2 lengthwise. Place the carrots on a jelly roll pan, drizzle with olive oil. Toss the carrots to coat them evenly with the oil. Sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Cook at 400 for 35 - 40 minutes. They should be soft and wrinkly, some of the tips may be burnt. So yummy!!