Rosemary Roasted Potatoes

This is a very easy way to make flavorful potatoes and a nice change from baked or mashed potatoes.

Potatoes of any kind, russet, white or red, as many as you need to feed who are going to feed
Olive oil
Dried rosemary
Kosher or sea salt
Freshly ground pepper

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Wash and scrub the potatoes clean.

If you are using russet potatoes, dice them.  Here is a pictorial guide- how to dice potatoes:

 On a cutting board, with a large sharp knife, slice the potato in half lengthwise.

Keeping the two halves together, roll the potato 1/4 of turn so the halves are one on top of the other.  Cut down through each half, cutting them each in half, creating a 4 part potato.

Keeping the four parts together, rotate the potato so your knife is at one end.  Cut about 1/2 in. from the end down through all four parts.  This will cut of 4 diced pieces of potato.

Continue moving your knife in 1/2 inch from the cut end of the potato, cutting down through all 4 parts.

This will continue to cut of 4 diced potatoes with each cut of the knife.

Until you are at the end of the potato, when you will end up with 8 diced pieces of potato if you have spaced your piece to allow a decently sized end section.

One regular sized russet makes about 1 serving of diced potatoes.

If you are using smaller red or white potatoes, depending on their size, you can leave them whole, cut them each in half or in 4th's if the the potatoes are on the larger size.

Place potatoes in a large enough bowl to allow room to toss the potatoes without having them fly out of the bowl.

Drizzle olive oil over the potatoes, and toss or stir the potatoes.  Sprinkle the oiled potatoes with rosemary, salt and pepper.  Toss again to distribute the seasonings among all the potatoes.

Spread the potatoes out onto a cookie sheet, tray or large casserole dish large enough to hold all the potatoes in a single layer. 

Place the tray in the preheated oven.  Roast the potatoes for 10-15 min.  Pull the tray out and stir up and flip the potatoes over.  Return to oven and continue to roast for another 10 min. or until potatoes are soft and somewhat golden brown.

Remove potatoes from the tray and place in a serving dish and serve immediately.   Yum!