Potatoes?? Oh, Happy Day!

We were supposed to whip out the mini bbq tonight and roast some 97% fat free hot dogs, but then we found out that they would be spraying our areas for west nile. Would you like a side of fries with your pesticide? Yum.

So we made them in the grill pan instead. Since it was the first night of football, I made celebratory spicy oven fries. I don't normally make us potatoes, so this was really a special occasion. Because I really love football* (*please note sarcastic tone).

I sliced a few potatoes into thin wedges, and tossed with olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, dried parsley, paprika and cayenne. Mmmm! Spicy! Oh yeah- I also threw in about a tablespoon of sugar, because I read that it helps crisp up oven fries. It worked pretty well. They were in a 425 oven for about 35 minutes. I'll go a bit easier on the olive oil next time.

Mom came over to play Scrabble with me while Andrew watched the game. It was fun, and nice to visit with mom during the week, but I think my brain might be too tired on weeknights for Scrabble. We might have to stick to less challenging games like Uno.

Tomorrow we are having dinner with Andrew's family. I will do my best to pick something delicious yet moderately healthy. I have to make sure I stay in shape so I can kick Andrew's butt at tennis.