I made these homemade star potato chips for my baby’s first birthday last Friday. They are actually oven baked with only minimal oil, so they are suitable for little children to eat. They also look very inviting, so may help if you have a child who is going through a stage of fussy eating.
Homemade Star Potato Chips
Ingredients:
- 2 kg large potatoes
- 4 tbsp olive oil
Method:
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
- Slice the potato into 2 or 3 pieces, depending on the width of your potato. I sliced into 3 pieces as the potatoes that I was using were very thick.
- You need to have the potatoes as wide as the size of your cutter if possible, but they still do work out well even if they are not the complete full star shape. Press the cutter into the potato slice to make the star. Keep the left over potatoes.
- Place all cut stars into the bowl of oil and coat lightly. Too much oil makes them less crispy.
- Place on a lined baking tray and bake in the oven for approx 40 minutes, turning once during cooking.
- Place the remaining chunks of potato into the oil and coat. Spread them onto a lined tray also. As they are a smaller shape, these potato chips will take less time to cook. Add them to the oven about 10 minutes after the potato stars.
- They are always very hot when first out of the oven, so allow a little time for cooling before serving up to little kids.
The Family Menu Plan For This Week
Baking: Chocolate Balls
Monday: Spaghetti All’amatriciana
Tuesday: Roast Chicken and Vegetables
Wednesday: Salad Rolls
Thursday: Chicken Wings, Baked Potatoes and Corn
Friday: Left Overs
Saturday: Lamb Chops, Potato Au Gratin And Steamed Vegetables
Sunday: Home Made Hamburgers And Salad
If you are looking for further recipe inspiration, check out my complete list of Family Friendly Recipes. All of these recipes are in the database of the Planning With Kids Free Menu Planner. You can use the menu planner to plan a week of meals for your family and then print out the associated shopping list.
And for even more menu planning ideas, you can also head on over to “I’m an Organizing Junkie” for Laura’s regular Menu Plan Monday posts.
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can’t believe your little one is one!!! Hope you had a lovely day of celebration… these look delish!
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Kate – We did have such a lovely celebration. Small group of wonderful friends. His first year of life went so fast!
That’s a GREAT idea. Stealing commencing in 30 seconds …
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Oh, we have chicken wings that need to be used. Think I will use them next week paired with a potato salad and corn. Thanks for the idea.
The roasted chicken sounds yummy!
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Sugo all’amatriciana is a traditional Italian pasta sauce based on guanciale (dried pork cheek), pecorino cheese, and since the late 18th century also tomato. Originating from the town of Amatrice (in the mountainous Province of Rieti of the Lazio region), the Amatriciana is one of the most well-known pasta sauces in Italian cuisine.
The name of the dish is sometimes misspelled as [type of pasta] alla matriciana instead of the correct all’amatriciana; this is a characteristic colloquial clipping of initial vowels in the Romanesco dialect.
great recipe. i love your blog! ^___^
Thanks for letting me know about the spelling all’amatriciana. I do like to spell things correctly and I appreciate the back ground as well.
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