I made the sweet potato fries

I made the sweet potato fries! I lined my pan with tin foil, and I think mine cooked faster than yours. At 425, it only took them 25 minutes or so to get nice and...well, as crispy as I think you can get them. Which is not crispy, but definitely not soggy! Nice. Very nice. I experimented with the broiler, but pulled them out after a few minutes because they started to burn. Oops! So no broiler for me, the tin foil apparently takes care of that.

Now what I'm doing is looking online for:

1. Tips to make them crispier. I don't necessarily need them crispier, but Shayne would like them better that way. I wish you could hear the sound he made when he tried one the first time. "EUGHhhh! Uh...I mean, that is not what I was expecting." But he put some on his plate, so it wasn't THAT bad, come on now.

2. A perfect dipping sauce. Again, not for me. For Shayne. Because natural vegetable flavor is for girls.

Curt might like them, if he would try one. But he was busy ramming hamburger bun into his face as fast as he could. I think he accidentally got a little bit of veggies and sauce mixed in (I made his sloppy joe with 1/2 sloppy joe meat and 1/2 mixed veggies - surprise, kid!), so I'll accept that as a win.

Overall review: will make again. And again and again and again. And if the boys don't want them, yay more for me.

I served them with sloppy-joes-from-a-can, so that was nothing special. I mean, they were very satisfying, definitely what I was hungry for, but I'll make my own next time. I was reading the ingredients on the can, and not feeling super happy about it. Can anyone even tell me what the hell "Natural Flavor" is? If it's natural, why do you have to add it in? Also, it's heavy on corn syrup. Not great. Can do better. Have been shown the way.

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I believe tonight's lineup will be fish, veggies and potatoes. We love baked tilapia, and it's fast, fast, fast. I rub a little oil in a baking dish, add the fillets in, and hose them down with lemon juice. Then I sprinkle on some dill and a little lemon pepper, and bake it at 375 for 15 minutes. THE END.

I think it goes really well with garlic and herb mashed potatoes (FROM A BOX MIX), but Shayne thinks the potatoes are too dry/plain and need a gravy. There is no gravy that says to me, "serve with fish." No. So tonight I'm going to try a different approach and go with cheesy mashed potatoes (potatoes from a box, but I will mix in sharp cheddar and some seasoning).

Have you ever tried those veggie steamers, that you steam right in the bag in the microwave? They are brilliant. The Wal-Mart brand is just as good as the Green Giant or other brands. They take, like, six minutes to cook, and the vegetables are PERFECT. They are sweet and light and good. We're also going to have some of that, I think.

Saturday morning breakfast, I'm in a quiche kind of mood. Will report back on that, but I'm not sure how I'll be with weekend updating!