Sweet Potato Waffle Fries

Happy Memorial Day Weekend! 

Hope everyone had a safe and fun long weekend. We took the opportunity to visit my old stomping grounds in Charleston and attended the Charleston Tea Plantations First Flush Festival and spent some quality time with old friends. The tea festival was amazing (though there was a crazy long 1.5 hour line to get in) and the tea bushes smelled SO good! 

Charleston Tea Plantation

On Monday we went to an incredible brunch with our friends Vanessa and Brendan at Black Magic Cafe on Folly Beach, and while pondering the menu we reflected that it is almost impossible to find sweet potato waffle fries.. so we had a great idea! Why not make FUN sweet potato fries, just like they do with regular fries? Here is a post on our first sweet potato fry creation: Sweet Potato Waffle fries which we paired with a lean sirloin steak and a homegrown bibb lettuce salad!

We used our Cuisinart Mandolin on the waffle setting to cut the fries. BLT Foodies tip: rotate the potato 90 degrees on each slice to get the fun "waffle" effect.

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We used just 1 potato, and lined 3 baking sheets with aluminum foil and drizzled with olive oil. Place the fries on a baking sheet in a single layer and top with olive oil and your choice of seasoning. We tried 3 different types: salt and pepper, cinnamon, and paprika & pepper. Bake on 325 for 15 minutes, let cool, and enjoy!

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The result was a perfect Memorial Day BBQ meal! Especially because we used our home grown lettuce. I am so proud!!

Sweet Potato Waffle Fries
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Sunday Morning Berry Walnut & Flax Oatmeal

This morning was a bit of a lazy-hazy Sunday morning and it is beginning to feel like fall with colder temperatures in the 60s.  (A big change from our 80 degree and humid South Carolina summer mornings)  It just seemed like the perfect day for this warm and hearty Berry Walnut & Flax Oatmeal!  We still have some fresh North Carolina Blueberries frozen from Happy Berry Farm (check out our other blueberry recipes here) and they were perfect in this recipe.  We've shared the recipe with you below :-)  Enjoy!

BLTFoodies: Sunday Morning Berry Walnut Flax Oatmeal

Berry Walnut and Flax Oatmeal
Serves 2

Ingredients:

2 cups Silk Unsweetened Original Almond Milk
1 cup Old Fashioned Oats
1/2 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
1/2 cup fresh or frozen raspberries
2 teaspoons flaxseed
8 walnuts, crushed
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg

Directions:

1.  Bring the 2 cups of unsweet almond milk to a boil in a sauce pan.
2.  Add 1 cup of old fashioned oats, and reduce heat to medium.  Cover and cook for 7-10 minutes until all of the liquid is absorbed.
3.  Add cinnamon, nutmeg and flax seed to the oatmeal, stir well.
4.  Remove from heat, and serve 1 cup of oatmeal into 2 bowls.
5.  Top each bowl with 1/2 of the blueberries, half of the raspberries (1/4 cup in each bowl) and walnuts.
7.  Serve and enjoy!

Have a healthy week everyone!

Have you tried this recipe?  Leave us a comment below!