I enjoy cooking and do a fair bit of it. One of the recipes my wife and I like is Homemade Baked Fries.

Potatoes are loaded with potassium and when I was on dialysis a few years ago I was on a low potassium diet. One trick we used to lower the amount of potassium in potatoes was to soak them in water. While this did not remove all the potassium, it did allow me to have some potatoes while on dialysis. Come to find out later, soaking potatoes in water for two hours is a key step in making homemade fries.

Making homemade fries is easy but it does take a little prep work. Start by peeling eight potatoes, the longer the potato the better. Using my favorite Santoko knife, I cut each potato in half longways. With the potato on its flat side, slice it in about ¼ inch thick slices. Then turn each slice over and cut it in half. The trick is to cut each slice the same size. After all the potatoes are sliced, soak them in water in the refrigerator for two hours. After they have soaked, drain the water and pat dry the fries to remove excess moisture.

Place the fries in a zip lock bag with 3 tablespoons of olive oil and salt to taste. Shack the bag to mix the potatoes, oil, and salt.
Spray a pan with nonstick cooking spray before placing the fries on the pan and bake for 40 minutes at 450 degrees F. Turn fries over half way through baking in order to get each side a little crispy.

8 large potatoes
3 tablespoons olive oil
Salt to taste