Microwave Potato Chips

For a side dish with dinner last week we made microwave potato chips. 

When my husband ate one he said, "I LOVE these!" 

To say he loves them is quite something as the usual comments are as follows:

"We can have this next week." or 

"I am going to have some more."

I know he likes something if he asks for it again or wants seconds, but LOVE! 

These were really tasty and low fat!

Microwave Potato Chips 

adapted from thekitchn.com

What you will need: 

Potatoes (I used Russet) 

Non-stick spray 

Steamer (I used my trusty tupperware steamer)

Microwave

What you will do: 

Peel (or not, your choice) and slice potatoes as thin as you can. 

Spray your steamer with non-stick spray and place potatoes in the steamer, laying them flat, not overlapping. 

Microwave on high for 3 minutes, then microwave on half power for 3 minutes. 

Remove from microwave and flip them over. 

Put back in the microwave for another 3 minutes at half power. 

Sprinkle with salt and serve. 

Friday Night Dessert Night: Candy Popcorn Balls

My original plan was a dessert with apples but the day got the best of me and I didn't have time to make anything. 

We were too busy having fun at the Pumpkin Patch with our cousins. 

How is it possible that not even one kid is looking at the camera? 

Anyway, instead of something with apples, we went with something I saw on Debbie Does Dinner Healthy's Friday Favorites list of yummy links. 

I had some leftover candy from making Monster Mix and I wanted it gone, so this was the perfect thing! 

Candy Popcorn Balls

recipe adapted from A Duck in her Pond

Ingredients 

1 bag popcorn, popped

1 1/2 cups candy corn 

1 cup mini M&Ms 

1 10 oz. bag mini marshmallows

1/4 cup butter

non-stick spray 

Directions 

Pop popcorn and set aside. 

Spray a large pot with non-stick spray and melt butter in the pot.

Add marshmallows and stir until butter and mallows combine. 

Add in popcorn and stir to coat. 

Add in candy corn and stir completely. 

Sprinkle with M&M's and only stir a few times (they start to melt, which is fine, but it looks prettier if you can still see some of the candy shell!).

Spread out on parchment paper and separate into 10 or so pieces and roll into balls. 

Eat up! 

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Friday Night Dessert Night x2

For the last two weeks we have definitely made dessert on Fridays but I have yet to post about it! 

Two weeks ago Abby had a slumber party with her best friend/cousin, Radley and we had a tea party with mini pumpkin pie cupcakes. They were delicious! 

They thought they were pretty funny drinking their "coffee," aka chocolate milk. 

We also made a cute little pumpkin craft from some things they collected on a nature walk, plus some things we had around the house. 

This last Friday night, we made Chocolate Caramel Apple Pops. 

They were delicious and pretty easy to make. 

I got it all ready (too hot for Abby to help) 

and away she went dipping the apples! 

We made a huge mess, some were pretty, some were not, but all were delicious!