Homemade Sweet Potato Chips

If you own any kind of food slicer (food processor, mandolin, etc...) I recommend making your own chips! I saw a show on food network and decided to give it a try. Just slice very thinly your favorite veggie, you can try sweet potatoes, yams, parsnips, carrots & more. Just deep fry them in olive oil until they are golden (not extra virgin! if you are heating it up, it's best to use regular olive oil when cooking) Then remove them from the oil and lay over paper towel to drain excess oil. Season with salt, a little bit of pepper and a hint of garlic powder. They taste delicious...way better than any bag of processed chips I ever had!

Banana Pudding

During 4th of July weekend, I tried a super delicious banana pudding and of course I had to try making one myself. I tried a recipe that included condensed milk  - of course! I always have to go for any dessert with condensed milk. Anyway, I think it came out pretty good, if you are interested in trying it yourself, here's the recipe I came up with:

Banana Pudding

1 package (3.5oz.) instant vanilla pudding mix

1 package (3.5oz.) instant banana cream pudding mix

2.5 cups of 2% low fat cold milk

1 package (8oz.) fat free cream cheese

1 can of condensed milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 (8oz.) container frozen whipped topping

5-6 bananas sliced

1 box of nilla vanilla wafers

Line the bottom of a 13 by 9 dish with one layer of  vanilla wafers and add one layer of bananas on top .

In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Mix in condensed milk, vanilla,  vanilla pudding mix, banana cream pudding mix and cold milk until smooth. Last mix in whipped topping at a low speed, f or just a few seconds. The mixture should be fluffy and creamy.

Pour the mixture over the vanilla wafers and bananas. Refrigerate for 3 hours.

Right before serving add wafers and sliced bananas on top. Be creative! ;)