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Category: Food

  • Trust me on this

    I have found a recipe that could shake the foundation of the junk food industry forever. I give you: Microwave Potato Chips.

    I saw a link to these on a food blog and decided to give them a try. Surprisingly, they actually taste really good. We’ve made them a couple times now, and while they don’t taste exactly like Lays potato chips, they’re pretty darn close. I recommend giving them a try. We cut a piece of parchment paper and put it on the rotating plate in our microwave and nuke them for about 4-5 minutes, just till they start browning in the middle. It takes a little time to make a decent size batch, but they’re worth it. Just make sure you don’t let them get too dark, or they taste bitter. And make sure you season them before you cook them.

    Seriously, give them a try.

  • Summer 2006 Update

    It’s been quite a while since we’ve had an update, so here’s our Summer 2006 update:

    We are having a great summer! The kids are doing lots of fun things: taking care of the garden, playing in the sprinkler, and having a good time with friends/family. The highlight would have to be our trips to the Ohio State Fair. Corinne really loved the rides this year. Mason mostly threw sawdust at the animals, but he made sure to get his share of the milkshake from the dairy barn! The kids have had special trips to both grandparents’ homes without Mom or Dad. Everyone had a good time (despite the early wake up calls by the kids). We also went to Geauga Lake with Papa Bill and Grandma Ann. Abuelita and Papa Tom came later to see the kids play in the water. It was a good time for all!

    Here are some pictures of our good times. Click on the picture and it will take you to Flickr to show the whole set of pictures.

    Geauga Lake

    Corinne and Greta

    Ohio State Fair

    Yea!

    If anyone was wondering what Tony’s favorite thing from the State fair, it would easily be “Chicken-on-a-stick”!

    Chowing down on chicken-on-a-stick

  • Happy Meals

    Yahoo! News – McDonald’s to Launch Adult Happy Meals (link is dead): “Instead of Happy Meal standards like a burger and a toy, the new Go Active meal will include a salad, an exercise booklet and a pedometer meant to encourage walking”

    I think it’s a bad idea that McDonald’s is trying to go “healthy”. They’re basically saying that their food is bad and they are trying to make up for it.

    Bad idea.

  • Mickey-Dees off the hook.

    Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage:” A federal judge on Thursday threw out a revised lawsuit against McDonald’s Corp . that accused the fast food restaurant of using misleading advertising to lure children into eating unhealthy foods that make them fat.”

    Nice to see that the vulture lawyers won’t be turning Micky-D’s into a cash source. I don’t know what it is, I can’t abide with these lawyers. (And I might be going to law school?)

  • Vanilla Pepsi!

    This made my day. I love diet Vanilla Coke, but since I prefer Pepsi products over Coke products (I do own stock in Pepsi, afterall) I really wanted Vanilla Pepsi. Well, Pepsi has released Vanilla Pepsi. But they did better than Coke by releasing both regular and diet at the same time. I had to wait forever for diet Vanilla Coke, so releasing both at the same time was great.

    I am tasting both of them right now. I must say that Vanilla Pepsi has a very distinct taste. While it does taste delicious, I can’t say it’s better. It has a sweeter taste. Coke’s version tastes more vanillaly. Pepsi’s tastes smoother and a little more pleasant. I like them both.

    Now I won’t worry about lining Coca Cola’s pockets because I can by my own version of the beloved vanilla cola. Yum!