Homemade Thick Cut Potato Chips

Ingredients:
2-3 medium sized red potatoes per person
Olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste

1.  Wash potatoes and cut into 1/4 in  slices.
2.  Spread out the slices and toss with olive oil.  Arrange on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil.
3.  I didn't preheat my oven but I cooked the potatoes at about 300"F (our oven runs 100-150* hotter for some reason) for 15 minutes on each side until golden brown.

4.  Remove from tray and allow to cool slightly.  Season with salt and pepper, then they're ready to go.

These will stay good for most of the day but I would not recommend storing them overnight, they'll likely get soggy.  Rather than run out to the store for some chemical/preservative-laced chips in wasteful packaging, make some of your own at home!

Enjoy!

NO MORE PLASTIC BAGGIES!

Here is a quick update on how to avoid using those pesky plastic bags at the produce section.  I found these cotton bags at the local bulk/natural foods store and they are awesome.  They wash easily and I just toss them into my reusable shopping bag if I'm not using them to store fruits and veggies in the fridge.  I have never needed more than three large and three small bags.  I even used one of the bags to strain almond milk when I ran out of cheesecloth.  They're all in really good shape after several months.

Here is the website for the company for reference.  They have many other products available there besides the product bags.  Note:  this company is not involved in any way in this post.

The nice thing is that even here in this southern town, the clerks at my local grocery chain were completely accepting of them at check out time.  They just peeked in the bag, made sure they were ringing up the right product and kept moving!  

I have found that two larger reusable shopping bags are the most useful.  I use one of the reusable wine totes (with the 6 divided sections) to carry around my bulk jars and the other items go into the typical nylon bag.  

Hope this was a useful post and try to go plastic-free when you can!