Let The Festivities Begin!

One of my great fears is that one day I will be driving home from work, with the heater turned on in my car, observing the holiday decorations on the street, hearing christmas songs on the radio, and find myself feeling jaded and sad and maybe even grumpy. Sad for what? Not sure, maybe for the many holidays that has gone and past  in my life and for the uncertain holidays yet to come.

No, please never let that day come where I can't feel the happiness and excitement that I feel now. The feeling of when fall comes rolling in and the weather drops 30 degrees cooler. Stores begin to smell of cinnamin and pine cones and everywhere there's oceans of green and red, silver and gold.  There's just something about the holidays that is so exciting and special. I'm sure that has probably been said so many times but there is so much truth to it.

I don't have a recipe for this post, just my thoughts and feelings. I hope to have more posts up for the many holiday festivities I hope to engage in! Read more On "Let The Festivities Begin!"!

Mango Sticky Rice and Strawberries!

I've been so busy lately with life that I haven't been able to post as much as I've wanted. As a result I have a few dishes on my computer that I want to share but I think today I will just start with one. This is a dessert recipe that I found and tried it out and I was very pleased with the turn out. It's a quick simple recipe for the popular Thai dessert, Mango Sticky Rice. The only thing that went wrong with my dessert was that the mango were not ripe enough! So if you try this recipe make sure that the mango you pick is very ripe.

I pretty much followed this recipe to a tee. The can of cocont I used was the 14 ounce can.

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America's Favorite Food: French Fries!

I remember when I first tried to make french fries, they stuck to the pan and weren't crispy! I've tried numerous times since then and was still unalbe to get the fries I wanted.  Fast forward many months later and I think I now know how to make tasty and crispy baked potato fries. The first advice is to get a good size and good quality baking sheet. I bought mine at Williams Sonoma for 20-30 dollars (i forget the price). The second is turning the fries with a spatula half way through baking so they don't stick to the sheet.

Here's my quick recipe. Add whatever ingredients you like!

4 potatoes clean and peeled (I only had small brown potatoes but the large russett potatoes work best)
1 1/2 tsp of olive oil
1 tsp salt and some pepper
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp chilli powder

Preheat oven to 425 degrees
Cut potatoes into french fries-like pieces.
Add them to a bowl. Add oil and, with a large spoon mix to coat the fries. Add all the spices and mix again to distribute the spices. Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray. Arrange fries on an even layer of baking sheet. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Half way through, use a spatula to turn fries. Fries should come out cripsy!

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