Moroccan Potato Casserole

Made this tonight for my wife who's vegan. She loved it and so did I. As far as the ingredients, I made it almost just like the recipe. There were however some changes I made during the preparation and baking. Based on past experience, IMO there's no way @350 degrees all the 1/2" thick slices of potato are going to be fully baked and tender in the amount of baking time this recipe calls for. After slicing the potatoes I parboiled them for 5 minutes and honestly they could've used a bit more time. Next time I'll try 8 minutes. I was a bit concerned that it would be on the sour/tart side due to the vinegar and lemon juice. I changed it up a bit using 2 tbs red wine vinegar and 1 tbs balsamic vinegar versus the 3 tbs red wine vinegar to add a bit of sweetness. That worked out well. I also didn't make the dressing till all the veggies were cut and in the bowl. Then I got out the food processor and made the dressing and got it tossed with the veggies and right in to the oven. That kept all the flavor bright and fresh in the dressing. Even with the parboiling and baking for the allotted time, some of my potatoes weren't quite done. Also the celery needed more baking time too. I just continued baking checking for doneness at 10 minute intervals till the celery and potatoes were done. Didn't keep track of the extra baking time but was probably 30 to 35 minutes longer than the recipe calls for. I did stir it around a bit while baking for the extra time. I think par

Made a lot of mess with this one since the prep for it was a lot to handle in my small kitchen. I wasn't a fan of the sauce, however, it was nice and unique tasting so I that's why it gets 2 stars. I probably won't be making this again.

I'm sitting between, okay and liked it. While I had all the ingredients on hand and it was rather easy to put together. The herb mixture was not a sauce, as stated in the 3rd step of the directions. It was thick and pasty and rather then a sauce, so it made me go "ohh fudge, what did I do wrong?" which I didn't feel I did but feel that there was way to much cilantro and parsley, I followed threw with the rest of the recipe as directed. However, the over all dish wasn't quite appealing as it was dark and blah looking. The smell as it was baking was not pleasant at all, and really made everyone complain....However, the dish was okay, the flavor was different, not something I had ever tried. My girls said some things in the dish was nice and avoided other things in it. I used small red potatoes and just slice in half or quartered because of their size. But will say, less peppers, less cilantro & parsley...And the dish would be better.