Celebrating the Beginning of Autumn with Roasted Potatoes

I'll tell more later about what I did today to celebrate the beginning of Autumn over at my other blog, but one thing I am doing is making roasted potatoes this morning to go with whatever DearMother decides to make for dinner/lunch (it's her turn to cook today).

This dish is still in the experimental stage. I've made it once! What temperature do I use (ETA: high--about 400, but I'm not sure what is best)? How long do they bake (a long time, but I don't know for sure!)? How much salt do I put in them (I guess I'll have to start measuring the potatoes, won't I?)? The herbs are easier since they are a bit flexible.

Here's what I put in the potatoes.
Olive oil (not a lot)
Salt
Ground oregano
Ground rosemary
Ground thyme
Spanish paprika
Basil
Sage (just a little)
Marjoram

I mixed this all with the potatoes (cut into large unpeeled chunks) in a bowl and then poured the potatoes into a sprayed baking dish. I think DearMother put the oven on 250 degrees since she will be baking something else at the same time that requires that temperature.

We shall see how this batch turns out! I think that roasted potatoes must be perfected and that I shall attempt to do that this fall.

While I was making the potatoes I also thought of something else I could do along the lines of using this holiday to better serve those in my household: make a potato dish once a week, at least throughout fall. Not just microwave-baked potatoes but something more "real" like roasted potatoes, oven-baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, scalloped potatoes, etc. I think this would be very popular with DD (dear dad) and DB (dear brother).

My Hope Chest Calleth for . . .

What do you do when you don't have any money to spend on your hope chest no matter how frugal you are? You just talk about it . . . I guess.

I'd like to try some of this huck toweling. I don't know if I would like this kind of towel but I want to find out. If I do like it then I might buy some more and make towels.

This Needlework Skills Book 1: A Handsewing Primer looks interesting.

Some cast iron cookware. I'm not sure what. If anyone uses cast iron cookware and wants to advice me I shall be grateful. I already have one skillet (10 inch?) and maybe another (8 inch?) that I used while in college.


What do you think of my choices?

More links on dressing from my collection

. . . for Womanhood Wednesday.

Baker Lane

Amelia's Aprons

Practically Pretty by Design

Show and Tell: My Current Hope Chest

So, no, it's not very special or pretty, is it?

More Garden Project Pictures

After clean-up but before making the garden.

Another view.

Squaring up the garden. We had to measure diagonally to do this ~ under the forsythia!

The nursery!

Lookin' for Love?

It's not so much about finding love as it is about learning to love.