Another French Fry Recipe...

I just wanted to share another INCREDIBLE french fry recipe :) 

potatoes + seasoning =

true love. 

Brussels Sprouts

My husband has three vegetables that he REALLY loves: Brussels sprouts, asparagus, and spinach... so we eat a lot of them. I love a lot of vegetables... not really picky.

I have fallen in love with roasted Brussels sprouts... and they're very easy to prepare! This is the recipe I have used so far... with some tweaks.

First,  preheat oven to 400 degrees. Wash the sprouts and then cut off the rough stem ends and tear off any yellow leaves. Put the cleaned-up sprouts in a ziploc bag. Pour in some olive oil and then salt and pepper them. Close the bag (VERY important) and then shake. shake. shake. Sometimes I also add some parmesan cheese. Yum!

Put them on a foil-lined baking sheet and roast for 35-40 minutes. Here's the catch: you have to shake them every five (or so) minutes so they get evenly browned. It's worth it :)

Enjoy! :)

cranberry sauce

On Tuesday, we left after work to drive to Florence, SC and we stayed the night there. We woke up at 4 on Wednesday and drove the rest of the way to Orlando, FL. I love Thanksgiving! So excited to eat all the yummy food today!

When we arrived yesterday, I had to bake all of the pies. Just as I predicted, I was super-thankful to have made the apple pie filling a few months ago. I also had the pumpkin puree so the pie making was pretty easy. I'll blog about the pies tomorrow after we actually taste them :)

I used about half the bag of Trader Joe's cranberries for the apple-cranberry pie and then didn't know what to do with the other half of the bag. Then I found this recipe for cranberry sauce and tried it.

It was super easy... You just dissolve the sugar into the orange juice and then add the cranberries! Lovely. just make sure you put a splatter screen (or a paper towel) over the pan if you decide to make it. When the cranberries start to pop, things got a little messy ;)

 doesn't this look pretty?

And then the final product...

I tasted it and it's super yummy! Who knew cranberry sauce was so easy to make?

the best potatoes ever.. fo reals.

I am not the kind of person who finds a recipe and only makes that recipe. I ALWAYS want to try something else and make it better. Not so with oven-roasted potatoes. I have a go-to recipe... I don't want to change anything... they are SO good.

The recipe was found here. Have you caught on that I get a lot of my recipes from allrecipes.com? So awesome. I love to read the reviews and change things up based on what other people have said.

Today, I am making these potatoes to go with chicken and Brussels sprouts. These are my husband's favorite potatoes and his favorite vegetable is Brussels sprouts... I'm kind of trying to make up for how mean of a lady I can be ;)

Anyways- I took pictures of the potatoes and the process... and then my blackberry deleted EVERY one of my pictures... about 400. Ticked me off.

So here's an after picture: so crispy on the outside but soft and delicious on the inside. Make them for your family; show them you love them :)