A delicious meal

My cousin and his wife are here from New Paltz, New York.  They are vegans and awesome cooks.  This is a good combo because the people of Crete are vegans half the year (they eat no animal products on religious holidays).  We just made one of the best tasting meals I have had in a long time and it was so quick, simple, and easy.  Here are the recipes:

Oven Fries with Olive Oil and Herbs
4 organic russet potatoes, sliced into steak size fry pieces
1/4 cup good quality extra virgin olive oil
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2.  In a large bowl, drizzle olive oil onto the potatoes.
3.  Add all the spices to bowl and mix well with your hands so that spices and oil are on all the potatoes.
4.  Place potatoes single layered on a cookie sheet.  Drizzle any extra oil on potatoes.
5.  Cook potatoes for 30 - 40 minutes or until browned.
Save extra oil for bread.

Sauteed Kale with Garlic
1 large bunch of Kale, trimmed, cut and washed
1/4 cup good quality extra virgin olive oil
3 large cloves garlic
Salt and pepper to taste


1.  Heat oil on medium heat.
2.  Add Kale and saute until wilted (or to taste)
3.  Add garlic near end of cooking and turn off stove.
4.  Salt and pepper to taste


A Recipe for a Delicious Meal
Crusty sourdough bread, sliced
Oven fries with olive oil and herbs
Sauteed kale with garlic
Red wine (no sulfates)


Pour extra olive oil from fries or kale onto bread.  Top bread with kale and garlic and eat!  Enjoy fries.  Drink wine.  Be happy.
Delicious!

Recipes by Casey Byrne and Bill Bradley.