Day 11: Parchment versus Wax?

Day 11 started with another amazing fruit bowl. While out shopping this past weekend we purchased a mange slicer (those mango cores are a pain in the ...) so this made life easy. We sliced up mango, strawberry, pineapple, raspberry, blueberry, blackberry (sadly forgot about the kiwi). I told Leigh about my almond butter experience last night and she also wanted to give it a try, so we paired the fruit with a bagel also.

For lunch, it was chili again. One this to note about the book is that the recipes make for large portions. Almost as if Rip is trying to feed the entire fire station. This is certainly not a bad thing, as leftovers make for a quick and easy meal. With 'fast food' being an epidemic in this country, having something health and filling in this fast paced world is a godsend.

So here is my 'Parchment Paper' story... We decided to do Burger and Fries for dinner. I recall in my class on Monday that someone had mentioned using 'Parchment' paper to bake the homemade sweet potato fries in, and while the aluminum foil that I had been using was not turning out too badly, I wanted to give it a try. Well, stupidly I purchased 'wax paper' thinking that the 2 were synonymous. Boy was I wrong! After baking the fried on the wax paper, they pretty much stuck to the paper and sadly were inedible.

Because of this blunder, it gave me the opportunity to make my first homemade hummus. I quickly grabbed the garbanzo beans, garlic, lemon juice, tamari and some vegetable broth. It whipped up very quick and easy and while alittle lemony, it was a great pair to the veggie burger.

I would be remissed if I did not mention Needle Nose Ned Ryerson on this Groundhog Day... I still cannot believe the dumb thing saw it's shadow. It was 70 degrees here today!

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