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Showing posts with label snack. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snack. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Sweet Potato Chips Recipe

Ok so I looove sweet potatoes in pretty much any form. There is a local restaurant that makes sweet potato fries that I regularly order and cant get enough of. Not the best on the waist line, but uber delicioso. I often make my own at home that are baked, not fired and are much healthier. I recently came across a recipe for these sweet potatoes CHIPS that I tweaked and now am obsessed with. Nothing like a healthy chip, right? There is something magical about sweet potatoes and cinnamon together. Its like they should always be together, married or attached at the hip, best friends like Heather and I. Anyhoo, here's the recipe and I hope you and your family enjoys!




            This is what you need:

                                     ~ 2 Sweet potatoes                                                          
                                     ~  1 tbsp butter (or spray butter if want lighter)
                                     ~ 1/2 tsp salt
                                     ~1/2-3/4 tsp ground cinnamon


 What to Do:
1-Preheat oven *375
2-Thinly slice the potatoes----I used my cheese slicer and it worked like a charm. If you have a mandolin, use it!! The thinner the better!
3-Melt butter in small bowl in microwave and add the rest of your ingredients. Stir, then add Sweet Potatoes
4- Spray cookie sheet and add coated potatoes, arranging them into a single layer.

Bake for 12mins, stir, then for another 12 mins or until corners curl up. Turn off oven and let sit.
Remove and Enjoy!


Written and taste approved by Brandi

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Homemade Wheat Thin Crackers

Have you ever read the label on a wheat thin box? Sparkly Polliwog has and we don't like what we have found! Why buy a snack that has MSG in it when you can make it yourself and know exactly whats going in it. Not that the package kind is evil or anything, but there is just stuff in it that you would never add to your food by choice. It is also a fun project to do with the kids! Found this recipe from Smitten Kitchen.







          Ingredients:
   Makes ~3 dozen.  I doubled it :)
  • 1 1/4 C whole wheat flour
  • 1 1/2 tbs sugar
  • 1/2 tsp table salt , +additional for topping          
  • 1/4 tsp paprika
  • 4 tbs unsalted butter
  • 1/4 C water


Directions:
  1. By hand or food processor: COMBINE the flour, sugar, salt, paprika, and butter until evenly distributed. (I don't have a processor, SIGH, so mixed by hand-I grated the cold butter before mixing). Mix until looks like cornmeal.
                                 Drizzle 1/4 C water and combine and knead until all blended.

  2. Heat oven 400* and either lightly grease baking sheet or line with parchment paper.
  3. Roll half the dough out at a time on floured surface. You want to get it as thin as possible and in much of a rectangle shape as you can. You can recruit a helper ;0


                            Using your pizza, knife or pastry wheel, cut into 1 1/2 inch squares.
 4. Place onto baking sheet, don't need to be spaced to far apart and poke holes into each square using a tooth pick

Sprinkle some salt and bake until golden and crisp ~5-7 minutes depending on thickness 
Cool on baking rack

Store in airtight containers up to 2 weeks.

We like ours with the Garlic Cheese Ball! So YUMMY

Hope you and your family enjoy this alternative to the package kind. We sure do for so many reasons! Happy Snacking!!


Written by Brandi

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Goat Cheese Spread

This really is the easiest and most yummiest cheese spread EVER! My sister in law and I make it for just about every get together bc we love it so much. It was down to the last bit on Thanksgiving, and I was like, "I have to share this recipe with the WORLD!!" So I took a quick photo of the last lil bit before I devoured it. LOL.





Friday, November 16, 2012

Healthy Cheesy Popcorn recipe

video by Heather

 

Ok, so let me start off by saying that I LOVE me some popcorn!! Heather knows since we were kids that I am a huge cheese fan and when she said she was going to make me "Cheesy Pop" I was like heck yea, bring it on. Then she whipped out some flaky stuff that said nutritional yeast on it, I was like, "Hold up, wait! Uh uuh, I don't want that".  But she made it anyway and let me tell YOU, once you go Cheesy Pop, you NEVER go back!!!

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