Try it Tuesday... thanks Laurin and Lee

Thanks to Laurin's Try it Tuesday idea, I am going to share with you a fantastic way to make the boring steamed veggies much more exciting. Last night we had French's Fried Onion Chicken (the commercial was too enticing!), steamed veggies, and mashed potatoes. Neither the hubs or myself are a huge fan of veggies. We will eat them, but they're not our favorite... until I found a way to spice them up....drizzle them with Italian dressing! This was such a simple way to make eating veggies much more enjoyable. (I know it's like being a kid and dipping all your raw veggies in Ranch, but at least the veggies are steamed and simply drizzled with Italian. It at least seems more grown up!) Now don't ask me about the nutritional facts... because I assure you the dressing added no nutrition, but boy were they good!

Any other helpful ways to spice up your everyday boring veggies?


Also, Friday night I tried Laurin's latest crave of sweet potato fries. ... whom she got the recipe from Lee. Now I like sweet potatoes, but I like them covered in butter, sugar and cinnamon. Here is the recipe:


Baked Sweet Potato Fries:

3 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut lengthwise 1/4 inch
olive oil
salt

Directions

Preheat oven to 400
Coat potatoes with olive oil
Spread in a single layer onto a baking sheet
Sprinkle with salt
Bake for 20 minutes, flipping frequently to crisp

Now I personally would prefer them much crispier so next time I will cook them longer. I made 2 batches. One I sprinkled with salt and pepper. The other batch I sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar. (now that version was good!) So Thank You Laurin and Lee for the idea... I think I'm going to stick with dessert fries!