At first, I thought he was getting pink eye, cause that's been making it's round in our house, but no it's not. It's just a good old fashion cold and he is teething (molars). Wow I feel like I dodged a bullet! But I had to laugh, I gave him some pain relief and he wanted to use it as a spoon for his cereal. Oh to be creative like that!
On a completely different note, I made french fries last night. Homemade french fries that I found on....well lets just say you know where I found them! This lovely lady gave some wonderful directions but I did them a little bit different...not much but a little.
When making food for your family, you want to have fun with it and make it from your heart. Your family will tell if you liked what you made or if you didn't like what you made. You don't want to want them to turn on you and get this:
MAD FACES
(Matt didn't want to play so he sat in the background...and Nick was mad the wrong way...Actors, huh!)
Or this:
SAD FACES:
Then they won't want to eat and then they will depressed and then they will starve and then the school will notice and then....well we don't want to see any of this do we...
Oven Baked Parmesan Seasoned Fries my way:
Seasoning:
Olive Oil drizzled on top bout 1 to 2 T.(meaning eye ball...but be careful to add to much it will get greasy)
4 T. Parmesan Cheese (Grated kind)
3/4 tsp. Old Bay Seasoning (never heard of it until now and love it!)
1/2 tsp. Garlic Powder
1/4 tsp. Dried Rosemary
1/2 tsp. Dried Thyme (always in my cupboard)
1/2 tsp. Marjoram (only cause I ran out of Oregano...but other than that I would have used Oregano...but this tasted soooo good! Could also use Italian Seasoning just make sure it's a 1/2 tsp.)
1/8 tsp. Ground Red Pepper (Cayenne)
Preheat oven 425 degrees.
2.) Take your potatoes after you peel them and cut them. I like mine thin but you can do them however thick you want them to be.
3.) Then slice them again to make them look like fries. Again I like them thin. You make them as thin as you want.
4.) Here is where I did something different than her. I like to soak my potatoes. I don't know why I do this, I think because somewhere along the lines of my life I heard on Food Network that you should soak your fries, so I am. Another reason is because of the next picture.
Look how dirty this water is. The longer you soak them the better. I wished I soaked them longer. You can certainly skip the step of soaking. It is not necessary, just something I do. 
5.) After you take them out of the water bath place them a large towel and dry them. Make sure you dry them completely. Again, wish I would have dried them more last night. But they were still very good!
6.) For this step I forgot to take a picture of, but while the fries are drying you can mix up the seasoning. Again this is part is a little different from her blog because, I don't know, it's how I was feeling last night.
7.) Her idea is to toss them in a big Ziploc bag and put on a greased pan. I would have done this too if I had a big Ziploc bag. I would have done it if I had a sandwich size Ziploc bag. But I didn't. I just drizzled olive oil on the fries, then sprinkled the seasoning on top and tossed with my hands. I did use tin foil because my cookie sheets don't look the best and because I don't have parchment paper (recommended) Grease it down either way before you add your fries to the cookie sheet.
Place them in the oven at 425* for about 30 minutes. Toss them around half way through. And then after the 30 minutes are up turn off your oven and cook for another 10 to 15 minutes.
When they are done they will look like this! I do like it more crispy this is where I think if I would have soaked it longer and dried them longer would have helped. Any who, they were to die for and the kids greeted me with this:
Happy Faces!
Sign of Success!
And the pan greeted me with this:
I hope I got everything...let me know if you got any questions!
Happy Baking!!!
Lisa
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