herb roasted potatoes

crispy. greasy. creamy. perfectly seasoned. that’s how i describe good fries. i love the ones from jack in the box and in & out. what’s your favorite?
you know those random cravings for fried starch in the middle of the day, but you are too lazy to drive and get ‘em? i get those all the time, and i hate the fact that i get it. rice, potatoes, pasta, whatever it is, as long as it is pumped with carbs, i’m all over it. and no one can stop me. i’ll tackle you down if you get in between me and my carbs.

i focused on potatoes last week. FOCUSED. yes. it was the most used ingredient in my kitchen last week. everything had it… well actually, that was all i cooked. i sliced it, diced it and roasted it. spiced it up and spiced it down. i tried different cooking temperatures, sometimes not to get the right texture but to just cook it fast, ‘coz i am hunggg-gry. i eventually found the combination of spices i liked and i think i am going to stick to it right now. it turned out pretty good. crispy on the outside, soft and creamy on the inside. just the way i like it!

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simple chicken and tomato pasta

lazy. that’s what i have been for the past 2 weeks. i was on a blogging slump. i wasn’t cooking a lot, but i was baking a lot of banana chocolate chip loaf. my mom bought me a 3 piece set of baking pans and i abused the loaf pan last week. i made one for me, one for shawn’s aunt, and one for shawn’s classmates who did him a favor for school. it was tiring, but i was happy… i guess.

one day last week i was go ing through what’s in the pantry, and i saw a can of stewed tomatoes, half of rotini pasta left in the bag, and in the freezer, a few strips of chicken tenders from costo left in the bag, so the next step would be to make a simple pasta dish.

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