Hopefully everyone had a wonderful New Years! As did I! Well, I'd say it was more interesting than anything else. A fellow intern and I went to Downtown Kalamazoo, 2 hrs from where i'm staying, to watch the "ball" drop. The more interesting aspect of the night was the show we watched prior to the countdown which was of Elvis singing his greatest hits. Oh, you didn't know he was still alive? Well, if he isn't, his legacy is sure living on through the greatest impersonators alive. Yes, I watched an Elvis impersonator on New Years Eve. Despite it not being an ordinary activity I'd pursue back home in LA, I can't help but appreciate it's uniqueness. It's not everyday you see a person who looks, sings, acts, and dances exactly like a celebrity who once lived. He even had the ego of Elvis as he would wipe his sweat on towels and give it to women in the audience as a "gift." A gift that I much rather enjoyed watching others receive than to have received it myself. On a lighter note, I enjoyed some of the greatest tasting raw chips ever on New Years! I've been eating raw since the 26th of December, so that may not say much, but they were DELICIOUS!! It tasted like BBQ chips with a little bit of a "taco" kind of flavor and I made them using sweet potatoes, olive oil, and a little bit of spices!
and I call these chips the....
BB-qT Chips
What you'll need:
*1 tbsp sea salt
*1 tsp pepper
*1 tbsp chili powder
*1 tbsp cumin
*1 tbsp crushed red pepper
*1/4 cup of olive oil
* 8-10 sweet potatoes
*Mandoline slicer
*Mixing bowl
*Dehydrator
Instructions:
First, thinly slice the sweet potatoes to your desired shape. It's not necessary to cut of the skin and actually more nutritious to keep it, but it's ultimately how you prefer it. Then, add all of the spices and olive oil to the mixing bowl and mix it well. Then you add the sweet potatoes to the mixture and the idea is just to get just enough of the spice on each sweet potato slice without making it too oily. I just noticed that the more oil that's on the slice, the less crunchier it gets and vice versa. After all of the slices are mixed into the spice mixture, place them onto a dehydrator sheet. You can't place a lot of them on one sheet, where it's very tight space because ultimately the chips will shrivel as they dehydrate. Place the chips in the dehydrator at 110 degrees for 24 hours. Hope you enjoy!
Here are pictures of the BB-qT chips I made...
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