It's Been a While...

Sorry it's been so long, folks.  I'm back in action now, so let's jump right in.  Today's recipe is an original that I'm pretty proud of.

Mike has a tendency to say silly things like, "I don't like [enter name of vegetable here]".  It's all good; I see statements like this as a challenge.  Last fall I got him eating squash when I put it in soup with sausage.  The next challenge: Sweet potatoes.  I actually already completed this challenge a long time ago, but I reenacted it last night.

Step one: Preheat your oven to 425 degrees and cut the sweet potatoes into fry shapes.  I slice them into planks and then cut the planks down. I like shoestring shapes, but you can do steak fry shapes or whatever you like.

Okay, here's where I stupidly forgot one of my own steps.  Put a cooling rack on your baking sheet and then lay your fries on it.  The space underneath the fries will allow air to circulate all the way around them and cook them more evenly.  Then, sprinkle your fries with salt and garlic powder.  Why garlic powder?  Because real garlic will burn.

Then into the oven for 30 minutes or until the surface is crispy.

Whabam!  Sweet potatoes fry deliciousness!  And Mike ate his all up.  "I don't like sweet potatoes" my eye. :-)