Crispy Baked Sweet Potato Chips

Life after spring time change has been pretty neat. Madi is loving the extra sunlight and I'm loving that I can take her on a long walk or run after I get home from work around 5:30pm. The other day I caught Madi and Lily cuddling and playing together on the roof of the pump house. They're two peas in a pod.

I posted a picture of these sweet potato chips when I blogged the recipe for stuffed portabellas. These things are super easy and quick. The one kitchen gadget that makes these things a total breeze is a mandoline. You could do without the fancy tool by slicing the potatoes by hand very thinly or by using the slicing side of a stand up cheese grater. Some food processors have an attachment that does this same thing as well.

Once the sweet potatoes are sliced (I didn't even peel mine, but you are more than welcome to peel yours if you think the potato skin in gross), they just need some oil, salt, and a hot oven.

Cook them until they're crispy on the edges. I left these guys in juuustttt a little too long and a few got burned, but I just threw those ones out.

 

Crispy Baked Sweet Potato Chips Recipe:
- 2-3 large sweet potatoes, washed
- 2 tbsp olive or canola oil
- 1 tsp sea salt

Directions:
- Slice the potatoes using one of the methods listed above.
- Toss the slices with oil and salt.

- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Place potato slices on a parchment lined baking sheet (parchment really works the best for this, foil or plain oil will likely leave you with chips stuck to the pan).
- Bake for 10-15 minutes, watch closely for the edges of the chips to get crispy!

These chips would be awesome served with a sour cream curry dip (sour cream, curry powder, pinch of salt). Try it out and let me know how it tastes!

Mud Room Remodel

Well hello, friends! It's been a while. We've been suffering through the winter months over here. Luckily, March has arrived and this week we're several 60+ degree days. I'm sure we'll see a little more snow and some cold days, but the end is near! Jacob and I did manage to sneak off to Florida last week for a 48 hour adventure to pick up a car that my parents had bought. We had a blast and savored every moment of sunshine we had. 

Other than our short trip down south, we've been eating good food (as always), and working on the house.

The old mud room had wood floors and large cabinets. The wood floors were very old, and while they had a very "antique" look, they were falling apart. The cabinets had some charm, but they were also very old and oddly designed. Here are a few of the "before" pictures. This was while we were tearing down the cabinets and getting the room prepped for tile.

We spent my birthday weekend laying tile. It was a party with Jacob's parents and my parents both helping at some point over the long weekend.

Several weeks later, we got some storage units form Ikea and moved everything back into the room. It was a long process, but we are so happy with how it looks!

Madi likes her new space.

Until next time!