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This simple recipe for Oil-Free Greek Lemon Roasted Potatoes will soon become one of your favorites. Savor the flavorful herbs, garlic, and fresh lemon for this hearty plant-based vegan dish.

Enjoy these Oil-Free Greek Lemon Roasted Potatoes with entrees like Heirloom Tomatoes Stuffed with Greek Cauliflower “Rice”, Gigantes Plaki: Greek Giant Lima Beans with Stewed Tomatoes, Oil-Free Sardinian Stuffed Vegan Eggplant, Portabella Mushroom Burgers, Quinoa Tabbouleh, or Charred Zucchini and Summer Squash Quinoa Salad.

Serve these potatoes for brunch with Garden Vegetable Oil-Free Tofu Frittata, Oil-Free Garden Vegetable Tofu Breakfast Scramble, Get Your Greens Vegan Protein Breakfast Smoothie and Simple Fruit Mocktail Salad.

Potatoes: The Perfect Food

Potatoes get a bad rap for being caloric, starchy, or heavy. However, it’s not the potato…it’s how you’re cooking it. Most Americans consume potatoes in the form of French fries, potato chips, and hash browns. That’s oil, oil, and more oil. In fact, though, spuds are the perfect nutrition powerhouse.

Potatoes are rich in Vitamin C, potassium, and fiber. When compared to other white carbs like pasta, white bread, or white rice, the potato is far ahead. All of those other white foods lack any nutrition, mostly consisting of simple carbohydrates that are quickly broken down in the body…and often turned into fat. However, fiber and nutrition in potatoes helps provide satiety and lasting energy.

Wait, There’s Protein in Potatoes?

Yes! A lot of it, in fact.

Potatoes are surprisingly high in protein. One medium potato has about 160 calories and 4.6g of protein. If you hit your daily calorie goal by eating only potatoes, then you’d also exceed your daily goal for protein, which is 56 grams for a man aged 31–50.

What are Classic Greek Lemon Roasted Potatoes?

Greek restaurants are known for their flavorful roasted potatoes. These classic spuds are light and fluffy on the inside while slightly crispy on the outside. They’re flavored with garlic, lemon, and Greek herbs like oregano, rosemary, and paprika. Traditional recipes often involve a lot of olive oil.

For this healthy, oil-free, plant-based vegan version of Greek Potatoes, I use water to help cook the potatoes. By cooking the potatoes for the first 40 minutes in a covered pan, I’m able to fully cook them on the inside and impart them with lots of flavor. Then, once the potatoes are knife-glide tender, you can remove the cover to get some crispness. For extra brown color, broil the potatoes 2-3 minutes before serving.

Greek herbs like oregano, rosemary, paprika, and garlic flavor these potatoes

What Kind of Potatoes Can I Use for Oil-Free Greek Lemon Roasted Potatoes?

The short answer: Any. You can make these roasted potatoes with Russets, Yukon Golds, Red Skin, or Fingerlings. It would even be great with some of the fun varieties at the farmer’s market like purple, new or baby potatoes. Just avoid using sweet potatoes. They have too much water and not enough starch for this recipe.

Red, Purple, and Golden New Potatoes at the Farmers Market

Chef Katie’s Plant-Based Cooking Tips:

Using a Greek Spice Blend: If you love Greek flavors, you should get a good quality Greek Spice Blend. You can use this on potatoes, quinoa, grilled vegetables, or blend into hummus and salad dressings.

Parchment Paper: Line your baking pans with parchment paper to avoid using baking spray. This is healthier. Plus, it won’t leave your food with a greasy coating.

Potatoes will easily slide on and off a knife when done

Oil-Free Greek Lemon Roasted Potatoes

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