{"id":5086,"date":"2026-05-17T09:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=5086"},"modified":"2026-05-17T09:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:51:07","slug":"these-potatoes-are-better-than-pizza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/these-potatoes-are-better-than-pizza\/","title":{"rendered":"These Potatoes Are Better Than Pizza"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>These Potatoes Are Better Than <strong>Pizza!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A cozy, budget-friendly potato bake with crispy edges, soft centers, and loads of melty cheese. Simple ingredients, big comfort \u2014 and kids always ask for seconds!<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>5\u20136 medium potatoes, thinly sliced<\/li>\n<li>2 tbsp olive oil or melted butter<\/li>\n<li>Salt &amp; black pepper, to taste<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp garlic powder<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp dried herbs (thyme or oregano)<\/li>\n<li>1\u00bd cups shredded cheese (mozzarella, cheddar, or mix)<\/li>\n<li>2 tbsp chopped parsley (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0Instructions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Prep<\/strong>: Preheat oven to 190\u00b0C (375\u00b0F). Lightly grease a baking dish.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Season<\/strong>: In a bowl, toss sliced potatoes with oil\/butter, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and herbs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Layer<\/strong>: Arrange potatoes in the dish, slightly overlapping.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bake (covered)<\/strong>: Cover with foil and bake 30 minutes until starting to soften.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Add cheese<\/strong>: Remove foil, sprinkle cheese generously on top.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bake (uncovered)<\/strong>: Return to oven 15\u201320 minutes until golden, bubbly, and crisp on the edges.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Finish<\/strong>: Garnish with parsley and serve hot.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>\u00a0Tips &amp; Variations<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Add thin onion slices between layers for extra flavor.<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle chili flakes for a little heat.<\/li>\n<li>Turn it into a full meal by adding cooked minced meat or tuna between layers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cheap. Filling. Absolutely delicious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These Potatoes Are Better Than Pizza! A cozy, budget-friendly potato bake with crispy edges, soft centers, and loads of melty&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5086"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5088,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5086\/revisions\/5088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}