Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Fried

Well kids, I did it. I bought a deep fryer!
Actually, my sister bought it. Sort of. You see, she got me the gift card for my birthday that I used to buy it. So, technically she paid for it. But I got it. LOL.
And, of course it is a Cuisinart. My favorite!

Anyways, I have a fryer!!!! I am so excited. This is going to take things to a whole new level!
Now, I planned on waiting until the weekend to play around with this, but I just couldn't wait. So I didn't.
Tonight I decided to have lobster and cole slaw for dinner, so I thought that some sweet potato fries would go perfect with them.
So,  here goes...
Ingredients: one large sweet potato, oil, kosher salt and pepper.
First step: peel and cut up the potato into fry-sized pieces.

    

 Next, fry for 3 minutes at 325* to cook the potatoes

    

Then, increase the heat to 375* and cook for 4 minutes, or until they are as dark as you like (I like mine well done)

    

As soon as they are done, sprinkle them with salt & pepper (and any other spices you like). Do this while they are still hot so everything sticks.
And that's it! Enjoy!

oh, and PS- as much as I love ketchup on fries, I don't like it on sweet potato fries. So I usually make some kind of dipping sauce. for these, I just whisked together some mayo, a little ketchup, a tiny pit of mustard, garlic, and a little white vinegar. And it was delish! :)
Stay tuned for more fried stuff!

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Diary of a Garden

I know it has been a while since I posted about the garden, so here are a bunch of pictures of it. I can't believe how fast everything is growing!

The area after it was tilled
My Dad after he put up the fence

The stairs and walkway
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Day One of planting 5-28-12

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6-9-12

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6-17-12

Peppers
Tomatoes
Corn
              
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6-23-12

Corn
Pumpkins
Everything!

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6-30-12


Zucchini
Corn
Tomatoes
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7-2-12

Corn
Tomatoes
Beets

Zucchini
Tomato
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7-6-12
My first harvest.

Zucchini
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7-28-12

Summer Squash
 Tomatoes & Corn
Tomatoes
    

Corn Silk
Tomatoes

Pumpkins
Peppers
Everything

Zucchini
Pepper
Corn

Sweet Italian Peppers
Beets
Summer Squash (twins)
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7-23-12.
Another harvest!


Pumpkin
Watermelon
Cantaloupe


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7-23-12
More pickin's!



Cantaloupe
Watermelon
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7-29-12


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