Day 205 - Roasted Thyme Blue Potatoes

I had some leftover blue potatoes from the vegetable chips I made on Day 199, so before they started sprouting appendages I wanted to put them to good use.
I've just recently learned about blue potatoes.  I had only ever heard of red.
A native of South America, the blue potato has a thin skin, so it doesn't have to be peeled before eating, just scrubbed.
Blue potatoes can have purple insides, too, not just blue.
They do not differ much in taste and their color originates from anthocyanins.
Say that ten times fast.
Anthocyanins are responsible for the color in red/purple fruits and vegetables such as purple cabbage, beets, blueberries, cherries and purple grapes.  They are also antioxidants.
So there you have it, a healthier potato.

Recipe adapted from The Hungry Mouse
Roasted Thyme Blue Potatoes - serves 4


1 lb. blue potatoes
1 tablespoon fresh thyme
1/4 cup olive oil
coarse sea salt
freshly ground pepper

Isn't she beautiful?

Nature truly gives us some wonderful gifts.

I know this is an odd time to ask this with both the devastating fires in Texas and floods in the east, but have you witnessed something in nature lately that really caught your eye?

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Scrape thyme off of the stems by holding it at the tip and sliding your fingers down to the bottom going against the leaves.  They should come right off.  This is so much easier than picking one tiny leaf off at a time which I have done in the past which is SO not productive.
In a medium bowl, combine potatoes with thyme, and garlic.
Add salt and freshly ground pepper to taste.

Pour in olive oil.

Toss to coat.

Arrange potatoes in a single layer on prepared baking sheet.

Take another picture because they're so pretty and purple.

I like PURPLE!  

It's my favorite color.

In Rhode Island we painted our house purple.  It wasn't bright, it was more of an 

AUBERGINE.

I miss my purple house with my GREEN front door.

I like the way it sounds, too.

Purple.

Purple.

Purple.
You know, this word looks funny after you type it and look at for a long time.

Remove from oven and season with more salt and pepper, if desired.

These were a really good side dish to go with the hamburgers and fruit salad we had for dinner tonight. 
I've never roasted potatoes before.
Weird, I know.
All these new and wonderful things I'm doing since I've started this blog.  It's awesome!!
This was definitely a good change from the typical mashed or fried potato chips I usually make.
I rate my daily bakings on a scale of 1-4 with 4 being the best.
The 365 family unanimously decided that these Roasted Thyme Blue Potatoes earned 3 rolling pins.
I also had 1 sweet potato that I cut up and baked on a separate baking sheet then combined it with the blues.
Honestly, I think I liked the taste of the roasted sweet potato better.  That was a definite 3 1/2 in my book.
Happy baking!