Donnalee's Special Roasted Potatoes

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 6 -8 red potatoes, approximately
• 2 -3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, to taste
• 4 cloves fresh garlic
• 1/2 cup frozen peas, cooked
• 1/2 cup frozen carrots, diced,cooked
• 2 -3 teaspoons dried oregano, to taste
• 2 -3 teaspoons minced parsley, to taste
• 2 -3 teaspoons dried basil, to taste
• 5 -6 slices bacon, freshly cooked,crumbled
• 2 teaspoons reserved bacon fat (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt, to taste
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 set out a 9x13" glass casserole pan and grease lightly with some of the olive oil.
• 2 dice raw potatoes (skin on or off- your choice) and place in the pan- you want to have enough pototoes to fill the bottom of the casserole.
• 3 sprinkle cooked peas& carrots over the potatoes.
• 4 press the garlic over the pan, crushing the garlic over the veggies.
• 5 liberally coat veggies with a few spoonfuls of olive oil and toss to mix everything together- the veggies should be well coated, but there shouldn't be a lot of loose oil in the pan.
• 6 sprinkle with oregano, basil, parsley to taste- you want to see little speckles of herbs on every piece of veggie.
• 7 salt and pepper to taste.
• 8 crumble bacon over the top and drizzle with a small amount of reserved bacon fat, if desired.
• 9 bake in a preheated 350 f oven for about 1 hour, uncovered, until vegetables are fork tender.