Sweet Potato Fries

After a night out, I had the intense craving for anything greasy. For breakfast, I made an omelet with green peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, and Mexican blended cheese (a deviation from my standard chocolate chip pancakes). Lunch was just ramen. As I was on the bus on the way back from fixing my now-alive iPod touch, I was wondering what I should eat for dinner (after seeing Knock Knock's "What To Eat" notepad, which I will talk more about later). I knew I had one more burger patty left in the fridge and I shouldn't make a big meal because I was leaving to go home to Maryland on Tuesday.  So, what went well with a burger? FRIES! More specifically, SWEET POTATO FRIES!! I didn't get to eat too many sweet potato fries at the SED GSA party on Thursday so I guess I was still craving it a little.

After researching some recipes online, I kinda just winged it. I stopped by Star to pick up a sweet potato as well as other items I needed to make it to Tuesday. Cutting the sweet potato was really tough...literally. I don't know if sweet potatoes are generally harder to cut or what, but it was difficult. The potato was cut into strips and then I threw them into a mixing bowl of some olive oil, salt, and crushed red pepper flakes. Make sure that the fries are seasoned well, especially with olive oil. 

Place them on a baking sheet and put it in the oven heated at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes. I checked it around 15 minutes, and it was cooked, but still a little soft. Turns out, after 30 minutes, some parts were still soft but other parts were crispy (but I ain't complaining!)

When I had cut all of the fries and placed them on the pan, I definitely didn't think I could eat it all, but it was so delicious that I did. Lauren helped a little as well. This was a delicious snack! The sweet potato was very sweet and savory, and the crushed red pepper flakes added a hint of a spicy kick (not enough to mask the sweet potato flavor though).

About the "What To Eat" notepads, I was seriously contemplating buying them at Anthropologie (where I stopped by and "shopped" while waiting for my appointment at the Apple store). Sometimes I have trouble planning out my meals for the week, and I only go grocery shopping once a week with my roommates so it would be easier if I could plan it out. Of course, the grocery store is only a 4 minute walk so I could always pick up more things, but most days I am either busy or lazy. The notepads were around $7.50 so I took some pictures with my cell phone and decided that I'd just make these by myself. It's not difficult at all and I have lots of time :]

Omaha Steak Burger

My roommate Nicky's sister sent us a huge package of Omaha Steak products, including some apple tartlets, various seasoned chicken, mashed and baked potatoes, and burger meat. It takes her a while to eat all of the food so I help out, hehe! I grilled my burger on my tiny Foreman Grill (which is a pain to clean but a perfect size for a single patty) while slightly caramelizing my onions and mushrooms on a pan. I had also made some guacamole earlier today (to bring to the last class of psych testing, yay!) and spread some on my bun. Top it off with some cheddar cheese (the muenster cheese looked...bubbly...I didn't know cheese could go bad...?) and a slice of tomato and deliciouuus!

Since I infrequently make/grill burgers by myself, I had no idea how long to cook the patty for. I kept spearing it with my knife and blood kept spilling out. It came out pretty well-done so I guess next time I don't have to worry about it so much. Apparently I also cooked too much onions/mushrooms that could fit on top of my burger so I piled them next to it and ate it before taking this picture, hehe!!

Proctoring for the AP's are almost over, as well as the one last class for BU. It doesn't feel like it should be summer yet (mostly just spring) but I guess I'll really start to feel it when I go home!

Update: I made the burger again today (as a main course to the sweet potato fries above) and this time I only changed it from guac to Sweet Ray's BBQ.

The buns also aren't as sqooshed as the picture above haha!