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May 25, 2008

Potato Skins

This is a great recipe to go as an appetizer or as a side dish for a cookout.  You will need to the following ingredients:

8 large potatoes

2-3 tbs. butter

3/4 lb. bacon

garlic salt

chopped green onion

cheddar cheese

Here are all my ingredients lined nicely up.  DSCN1941








Take the potatoes and bake or microwave.  I chose the microwave them. 

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Next you will want to start cooking your bacon!  Yum!

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When potatoes are done, cool a bit.  You will then need to slice them lengthwise in half, then each half into thirds.

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Here I am cutting them in halves.






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And see each half I am cutting into thirds.






Then you need to arrange them into a 9x13 pan.  My potatoes were so large I used a 9x13 and a 8x8!

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The next step is to melt the butter.  My recipe calls for 2-3 tbs.  I use a whole stick, sometimes you get dry potatoes and this helps keep them moist!DSCN1949








Once the butter is melted you need to spread over both pans of potatoes.DSCN1952








Then sprinkle garlic salt, too taste.

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After this step top with shredded cheese, chopped bacon and green onion.  The finished product should look like this:

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See yummy!  Finally, top pan with aluminum foil and bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.  They should then look like this:

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Serve with sour cream and enjoy!  Trust me they get rave reviews every time I make them.  You can also make them a day ahead and pop it in the oven the day of the party!

May 16, 2008

Ramblings

So....I am not the best blogger.  It really takes alot of time, hats of to those who post everyday!  But seriously I have had many posts started in my head, obviously none of them have come to fruition.  I do have the following ramblings to share:

  • Quote from E (age 5 1/2) "Can I wear something cool to school tomorrow, not something cute" 
  • Fishing season has begun.  Therefore, I am a widow all weekend.  Fun things planned with the kids hopefully time will go fast.
  • I really need to learn how to link to other blogs.  Maybe I can do that this summer when I am unemployed! (Trust me this is a good thing!)
  • 9 is a fun age for boys!  6, 7 & 8 were some really hard years at this house.  Did anyone else feel the same way.

Finally, I am working on trying to figure out what kind of blogger I am going to be.  I need to add more "kidisms" because I would like to record some of the things my kids say.  They aren't little anymore so they don't say as many cute things but I still want to be able to record some things.  I would also like to record some thoughts of my faith.  God has done some amazing things lately that have been the culmination of many many years of prayer. 

So, please bear with me as I try and figure out my "voice".  If you have been here before please keep checking back.