<![CDATA[AMANDA.IRL - FVS.VMM.]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 22:49:03 -0600Weebly<![CDATA[Homemade Southern Style Hash Browns. #Update #OvenBaked #SkilletFried]]>Sun, 27 Dec 2020 06:00:00 GMThttps://www.amandairl.com/fvsvmm/oven-baked-crispy-southern-style-hash-browns
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​Hello there!
I won't dilly dally long... I just want to say this post has been insanely popular. I first posted this recipe in 2015 before I established a more professional website experience.

However- this recipe remains popular and I keep seeing it being pinned over and over and it needs an update, so here we are! 

This is a very simple and easy process and worth it if have potatoes you need to use up -or- if you just want to make yourself a big ol' bag of frozen hashbrowns you're in the right place! Let's get started. 
**Printable Recipe Card at the bottom of the post
     I love homemade southern style hash browns.. I have successfully made shredded hash browns.. and I still make homemade french fries all the time.. but the Southern Style (the cube variety) are my favorite. I have to confess and say that for a while I did switch back to the WalMart frozen hash browns because I figured eh... potato potatoe am I right? 
No. I wasn't. Those potaotes are hollow and sad.
I recently ran out and the stores have been out---but I had potatoes. 
So the time had come to make hash browns from scratch again.
 
Dude what was I thinking?? Buying that dehydrated garbage... Boo.
Fresh potatoes are so much better. 

So here's the deal. 
You gotta soak the potatoes in cold water... 
Yeah you can get away with rinsing them... but sometimes I will rinse them and then stick them in a containter with cold water and leave them in the fridge. Covered with a lid. 
I will use them for about 3 days right out of the cold water... 
Then I usually bake and freeze what's left for the rest of the week.


The reason for the cold water:
 It removes excess starch that makes the potaotes gooey...
If you've ever tried to make homemade french fries or potatoes without soaking them in cold water or at least rinsing them, you will understand what I mean... they don't get crispy... they are soggy and gross.. that's because Idaho and Russet Potatoes are super starchy and you have to remove some of that in order to get crispy potatoes. 
So, that being said, you can rinse until the water is mostly clear and you will have crispy potatos if you bake or fry them.
Just be sure to pat them dry first. You don't want to put wet potatoes into hot oil and if you're baking them you don't want them to be wet either.
Pat them dry. 
You may notice their texture has changed.
​They are crunchy feeling almost like a carrot. 
That is what you're looking for. 
And straight into the oil they go. I use canola oil. 
They will need to be seasoned straight out of the oil. I usually just go with salt when I do them this way in the mornings.
I would say that this is the lazy version but they're all pretty lazy processes.
AND that is the finished product! Served with our regular fried egg and avocado. 
Delicious. Don't they LOOK crispy?? They are.
​And nice and soft on the inside. Excellent.

Let's move on to the oven baked version. 
Same starting process as above... peel (or not), dice, soak or rinse, pat dry and here we are.
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And that's how I make them for the freezer! 
I reheat them in the skillet in the morning (I can use much less oil if they're already cooked and since I'm only warming them up they're done much faster then when I fry them straight out of the cold water. I only had a small bit left and my freezer is packed right now but usually I make a huge gallon sized freezer bag of these hash browns.
Also.
They are delicious straight out of the oven and you can absolutely reheat them on a baking sheet at 375 for a few minutes (5-7).
You don't have to fry them at all.
You can still get crispy hash browns straight from the oven. 
I love having them on hand and I hope you guys love the update to this recipe! 
Much Love 
​Amanda
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]]><![CDATA[The Sonic the Hedgehog Cake.]]>Thu, 14 Jun 2018 20:56:23 GMThttps://www.amandairl.com/fvsvmm/the-sonic-the-hedgehog-cake
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My son turned 8 YAY!

He also requested a Sonic cake... so mom to the rescue yet again lol.
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I don't think they are posted here but, maybe in the future I will post them.
I have kind of a past with cakes.
Last year I made a Mario cake that was pretty cool and I also made a Star Trek themed cake for hubby one year that was pretty epic. I used fondant on both (homemade) and decided I was going to go a different route this year. 
So I went to Pinterest and alas there are Sonic cakes. 
I decided on the Sonic head. I don't know why. I just felt it.
​It resonated with my soul I guess. Haha. 
ANNNYYYYWAYYY.
​Long blog posts bore me so on with the show! 
STEP 1.
Ugh I have the hardest time starting things... but I decided I needed to draw this out first. I had the cakes baked.. they turned out well enough..
now how do I cut this thing?
I made 2, 8 inch circles with my handy dandy compass (I don't even know why I picked up one of these but I'm glad I did... I remember I grabbed it at the Dollar Tree for a whopping $1) 
Apologies as I realize it's not a professional setting but I kinda just work wherever I am... I'm a pretty serious artist like that. Haha
I also realize the sketch is realllly hard to see but it's just a rough sketch of Sonic so I could start to see this come to life.
There are about 8 gazillion pictures of Sonic's face online so I just picked one.
Now onto the cakes and the cutting.
So as you can see I cut out the spines and ear from my sketch and placed them on top of the cake using the round edges??? to my advantage. 
I used just a sharp little pairing knife and cut the pieces out.. the cake cut pretty easy.
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***DISCLAIMER***
Cake is best worked with when cold. Fridge and/or freezer is ideal.
I ended up having to put it in the freezer because I baked the night before and covered it but, it ended up being too soft to work with properly so I stuck it in the freezer for about 30 minutes and it made everything really really easy.
So there you have the basic Sonic shape. 
At this point I was pretty happy. That was one of the scariest parts for me.

And just for reference the piece on the side is what I was left with.
I didn't do anything special with it... I ate it. Haha. 

​Now onto the decorating!

Step 2 
I guess? Idk why I did steps... that's not really my thing y'all.

Using the reference photo I had I gauged the distance for his eyes... 
I used his left ear as a starting point and I used basic vanilla frosting.
I actually used vanilla frosting for the whole cake I just added food coloring.

***DISCLAIMER 2***
In the future I will definitely use gel food colors...

The blue that you see took me FOREVER. 
The most annoying part of the whole process.

I had to go through a ton of colors to get that blue...
I used blue, turquoise, purple, red, black it was a HUGE process... I almost gave up at the "Sonic blue" but my son came in and saw me mixing and he approved so it worked out after all. As you see it CAN be done with food coloring but be prepared to mix like crazy and basically question your entire existence. haha.
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​As for the tan color I happened to have some Halloween icing left (unopened and not expired yet) that was a light orange and I just added some yellow but it could have been created with just food coloring no problem.
Probably just a drop of red would have been perfect with the yellow.

I didn't show it in the photos but if you look closely there is some highlighting on Sonic and all I did was add some vanilla frosting to the dark blue until it was a little lighter and added the highlights you see. I actually used a chopstick to add the highlights so nothing fancy haha. 

Okay let's move on to the finishing features... eyes, smile and outlines!

Step 3 or something
Finishing the features.
Besides cutting out the spines and ear I have to say the outline and eyes were the most nerve wracking part because I had already come so far so at this point I had to nail it. 
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I have used the gel writing type icing stuff before mostly for sugar cookies around the holidays, but I'm really not a fan. I don't know why.. personal preference I guess. 
I just never really had much luck with it so the outline is also vanilla frosting with black food coloring.

The next issue was delivery because I needed it to be a thin line but the handy dandy ziploc bag handled it. I cut a tiny hole and tested it out on some wax paper first just to make sure I was getting the right flow and it worked great. 

As for the eyes... my main concern was that he was going to look cross eyed haha
So I actually kinda drew them out first on the icing with a toothpick so that I could kinda see how it would look. 
Again it's vanilla frosting and some green food coloring I think also used some Lime..
I had a set of neon food coloring which is also where the turquoise and purple came from in the blue. 
I used a cake pop stick to create the eyes...
real professional tools going on lemme tell ya.

I did add some green sprinkles to the green frosting but honestly it didn't make a difference... I had planned on just doing his eyes black as the other cakes did but my son schooled me and let me know beforehand that the "new" Sonic has green eyes so of course... I had to deliver. 
Oh and as you can see in the close up photo I did add some little highlights to his nose because it was getting lost and I wanted it to stand out a bit more. 
I think it looks much better with the little highlights. 
It's funny how the smallest things can make such a big difference. 

And in the end it was all worth it. 
My son was super stoked, which I did not expect after arguing with him for an hour in WalMart about what color "Sonic blue" was haha. 
But he was impressed.

I also thought the candle placement looked pretty cool.

So there ya go!
That's it!

***CLOSING COMMENT***
I definitely want to say that you can create great things on a budget. 
Honestly I didn't go into this thinking about how cheap it would be, but this cake was created for probably less than $5 (depending on if you have food coloring or not already, if you don't then I'd say under $7) and a few hours of my time.
Granted, I realize not everyone has a few hours, but for what I created it's actually amazing how cheap it was and it wasn't as hard as some of the cakes I've created in the past.

Whether you use a $1 box cake or make one homemade it's still about $1 and I only used one container of frosting (also $1 -yup I used the cheap WalMart brand) and still had some left over. So you don't need a ton of things in order to create something awesome. 
I just wanted to add that little tidbit in there because I can't imagine what a bakery would charge for something like this.. granted it would be worth it. I do believe a lot of work and talent goes into this type of thing, as a matter of fact I know it... but still---
I created it and it didn't cost me a fortune. I spent more on decorations. 

If there's any other questions please be sure to drop a comment.
Thanks for checking it out! 
I hope you have an awesome day!
Peace&Love
Amanda
]]><![CDATA[Homemade Whole Wheat Pizza Hot Pockets! #Homemade #Pizza #FreezerFriendly #HealthierChoices #WholeWheat]]>Sun, 24 Jan 2016 08:51:27 GMThttps://www.amandairl.com/fvsvmm/homemade-whole-wheat-pizza-hot-pockets-homemade-pizza-freezerfriendly-healthierchoices-wholewheat
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**UPDATE INFO**

 Please do not be alarmed by the edits over the watermarks...
2014 was a different time.. hahaha.
This is ALL my work.
​Some of it is just my older work.. and just because it's older doesn't mean it doesn't have value because it surely does. This recipe is awesome and I'd like to keep it. So I did some lazy but brand specific editing annd here we are. 
Now that's out of the way please enjoy the journey!! 
Hey hey what is up!?
How about these pretty pizza filled pockets of deliciousness.
So. Yeah you're right they totally don't look like Hot Pockets.. but you know what I wasn't even thinking about that when I did them.. and I'm about to give you the recipe so if you desire your homemades to look like the other thing don't let me stop you! Seriously.. I don't care. Anyway.
They are delicious.
Enjoy the little preview below and we can move on into the Homemade awesomeness.
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Yeah I kinda dig the collage thing. 
It really does something for the experience. 
And I guess it's also pretty handy for those of us want to get to the point haha.

INGREDIENTS!
So you can pretty much use any pizza crust recipe you want... I have made a ton of these in many different varieties.. AP, Bread Flour.. Yeast.. No Yeast.. they all work out pretty good. I am sharing this one because it is the first time I used a whole wheat crust and it was really delicious. I am jumping on the #HealthierChoices bandwagon if there is one.. I probably shouldn't even reference that since I have no idea if it exists and what it stands for but hoping common sense won this battle we are just trying to eat more fruits and veggies and less sugar and junk food. So I have been trying out all my breads with wheat flour.. so far so good I gotta say.. I've made whole wheat waffles, sandwich bread, biscuits.. and I'm pretty proud of this one and I love pizza so I'm sharing this one with you for now! 
Back to the ingredients.
Pizza stuff. You know. Sauce, cheese, veggies, meat whatever you want. 
My kid just wanted sauce and cheese.. alrighty then.. easy enough I say. 
But for myself I would probably add some mushrooms, bell peppers, olives.. 
All fantastic.
Oh also maybe olive oil. I used it on the edges before I crimped them because I'm a heavy flour user and sometimes it causes my edges to refuse to fuse.. and this worked great.. not a single one of my hot pockets lost any filling at all.
They all stayed sealed up. I think crimping on both sides is also very crucial to the success of this.
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And I got leaps and bounds ahead of myself haha. 
Divide up the dough.. it will smell so wonderful... 
I started with 8 balls of dough and divided each one into 8 more pieces.. 
This is actually a lot more dough than it looks like it can really go a long way.
I played around with the sizes. You can divide them into 4 and make 2 per each ball for small calzones. For the Hot Pockets divide them into 4 and then divide them again into 8. That should make 24 I guess... you know what.. I don't know just divide it up and make some pizza pockets. Everything will be okay.
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Now roll them out into whatever shape you desire.. you could probably even use cookie cutters if you wanted to.. whatever you like! Cooking is a huge art for me so I'm really not a very precise person .. I enjoy the process. But roll them out and prepare to stuff them with awesomeness!
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And bam! I left about 1/2 inch around the entire outside and I brushed the outsides with olive oil before crimping. Crimp the first side really well and make sure your surface has plenty of flour and it should flip no problem.
​Crimp the other side. 
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It's actually kind of hard to see in this photo but it is crimped nicely. After that place on well sprayed/greasted cookie sheet. 
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Bake at 425 for 7-10 minutes depending on size.. the ends will get brown and kinda crispy as well as the tops. Let cool before freezing on cookie sheet. Once frozen transfer to freezer safe Ziploc bag. Reheat in oven, microwave etc.
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So there you go pretty easy! And delicious! Excellet I say!
Below is a printable version of this recipe.
I hope you enjoy! 

Homemade Whole Wheat Hot Pockets

Thanks for stopping by!
Much love!
AmandaIRL
]]><![CDATA[Homemade Strawberry Pop Tarts #Homemade #HealthierChoices #Delicious #BreakfastDIY]]>Sat, 23 Jan 2016 04:36:40 GMThttps://www.amandairl.com/fvsvmm/homemade-strawberry-pop-tarts-homemade-healthierchoices-delicious-breakfastdiy
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HEY THERE! 
So glad you stopped by!!
I bet you're here to find my recipe!! I don't blame you. . . they are AWESOME!
The sneak peak is below. Little summary. Pretty awesome eh?
So let me take you on the Homemade Pop Tart journey!
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*UPDATE INFO*

 Please do not be alarmed by the edits over the watermarks...
2014 was a different time.. hahaha.
This is ALL my work.
​Some of it is just my older work.. and just because it's older doesn't mean it doesn't have value because it surely does. This recipe is awesome and I'd like to keep it. So I did some lazy but brand specific editing annd here we are. 
Now that's out of the way please enjoy the journey!! ​
First off!! The dough.
Now. These are a mix between whole wheat and white flour however, you can use any mix of flours you want. I have also created a Whole Wheat Nutella Pop Tart that also came out AMAZING. . . Those would be cool to check out too because I made them a litte differently. With these I wanted them to be more "authentic" -bleh- 
Usually when I do something homemade the goal is to make it better than the original, not "like" the original.. but this is a special case. My son. He loves his pop tarts from Walmart.. so I had to make these as close to the real thing as I could without neglecting my own personal feelings towards them being just a smidge more "healthy" even though... lets be honest this is basically pie... but you know what.. it's wayyy healthier than what's in the box... read the ingredients... if you can... haha ;)

So anyway. The dough is as follows:
2 C Flour (I used 1 C Whole Wheat. 1 C AP)
1 tsp Sugar (or honey)
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Corn Syrup (Optional)
1/2 C  COLD Butter (I used half butter half shortening)
1/2 C Ice water

*PRINTABLE RECIPE BELOW*

You make these as if you were making a pie crust.. mix the dry ingredients and then add in the butter in cubes. I always use my hands just because it seems like the right thing to do... work in the butter until you get a crumb like mixture.
Slowly add in the water and mix until a ball of dough forms. 
Roll out and cut to size as shown below.

​For the filling I used Smuckers Strawberry Jam.
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Next!
After rolling out and filling them I just carefully sealed the edges together. 
(In hindsight there are a few things I would change about how I did this process... for one they DID leak.. so use foil just in case!! 
Since I had to use a lot of flour while rolling them out the edges didn't seal very well. The next time I will use melted butter or olive oil on the edges to help seal them. 
For the Nutella Pop Tarts I actually crimped the edges and I liked that look but once these were frosted I thought they looked totally cute too so it's all preference.. I can say the Nutella ones DID NOT leak but I don't know if that was because the Nutella is thicker or because of the crimped edges.. *GASP* I will have to test and find out or YOU can test it out and let me know!! 
Either way here is how they looked fresh out of the oven prior to icing and sprinkling.

BAKE AT 375.
Time will vary depending upon how big you make them.. Just watch for the edges to turn a little brown and if you touch them on the top they should be firm..
​You should be able to tap on them.
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And!
Here they are! All jazzed up! 
So before I start rambling on about how amazing these are let me show you how EASY the icing is... which is also HOMEMADE.

Icing:
1 C Powdered Sugar
2 tsp Milk
1 tsp Vanilla

That's it!! It will be weirdly thick but also thin.. I don't know.. it was my first time making homemade royal icing so I was pretty excited about the whole situation and how awesome they came out psh there's nothing better. 
I mixed it up real quick in my Kitchen Aid with the whip attatchment.
And for the sprinkles, well I let my son do that part and he loved it!
I'm pretty sured he loved eating the Pop Tarts more though. 

ALSO.
Here is something cool. 
They freeze pretty well and I reheated them in the toaster without much issue.. 
I suppose if you are worried you could use a toaster oven, if you have one, I'm not a huge fan of the toaster oven or you could just pop them back in the oven for a bit..
I'm sure you could microwave them.
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So there it is!! I hope you enjoyed my Homemade Pop Tart adventure!! I can't wait to try out new flavors and I'm hoping I can also start using some fresh fruits!! 
If you try these please be sure to drop me a line and let me know how you like them!
Mine were a tad smaller than the traditional Pop Tart and
​I got 10 out of this recipe.
Printable recipe below!

Homemade Strawberry Pop Tarts

Alright well this post is out of control long!! haha. 
But for good reason! I hope you enjoyed this and I hope you try this recipe
it's pretty simple!!
From start to finish it takes me about 30 minutes AND that includes me replying to comments on Facebook haha!!
Anywho thanks for stopping by!! 
Much love!
AmandaIRL
 (previously VintageModMom, this post is entirely my work)

]]><![CDATA[Chili Cheese Dog Casserole! ]]>Thu, 01 Oct 2015 14:05:22 GMThttps://www.amandairl.com/fvsvmm/chili-cheese-dog-casseroleHey hey!
So we tried a new recipe last night!! I found it on Pinterest of course and here is the original source!
Anyway I did grocery shopping yesterday and after shopping for 2 hours I really wasn't feeling like cooking a huge meal but I was also not feeling like ordering pizza seeing as how we're doing that on Friday #NationalPizzaMonth and I'm really over the bagged and boxed meals for now.. so I needed something quick..
I actually had this on the menu for tonight but Jaxon requested Chicken & Broccoli Alfredo so that is covered LOL. My menu is so out the window this week but that's okay I'm still glad I made one... it's my back up plan and it's always a good idea to have a back up... 
ANYWAY on with the food already...
Okay so this is friggin easy... and it all goes in one dish and done in 30 mins..
maybe 5-10 mins to prep...
INGREDIENTS:
Buns/Starch of choice
{I used just plain ol hot dog buns but after eating it.. you could use any starch.. well I wouldn't do rice but french fries, biscuits, baked potatoes.. yes yes yes.. 
Hot Dogs
Shredded Cheese of Choice
{I used Cheddar}
Chili of Choice
{Any will work I do make my own homemade but this was a last minute easy meal so can it was!!}
I used an 8x8 dish since this was going to just feed hubby and I... and we still had leftovers lol.

So. 8x8 dish..
I used 3 hot dogs cut into pieces..
3 buns.. same thing.. bite sized pieces..
Cover with chili..
Top with cheese..
Bake in oven at 350 for 30 mins.
BAM DONE!

This is standard for any size I think... I was worried about the time because the original recipe used a 13x9 but even in an 8x8 that temp and time was fine...
Just watch it.. all you're really doing is heating everything up anyway.. getting that cheese all nice and melty.. get the chili all bubbly.. ohhhh man...

You know what I bet you could even do this with *GASP* cornbread!!!
I make my own but I bet I could pour it over the hot dogs and chili and bake it...
OH MY WORD.
This recipe is very versatile..
And then of course you can top it with whatever you want..
Hubby like mustard on his..
I like jalapenos.. or banana peppers..
But sour cream would be good too... hot sauce.. avocado..
Yeah I'm in love with this recipe... easy.. fast.. little clean up.. 
It's a winner!!
Alrighty well I just wanted to share this quickly today especially since it was such a hit!! Let me know what you guys think because you know you're dying to try it already! ;) 
Have an awesome day y'all!!
AmandaIRL
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]]><![CDATA[My Go-To Sandwich Bread Recipe (White)]]>Fri, 20 Feb 2015 17:04:32 GMThttps://www.amandairl.com/fvsvmm/my-go-to-sandwich-bread-recipe-white
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Made with all AP Flour
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Made with 50/50 Bread Flour and AP Flour
Okay so. I have received a lot of requests asking about my "go-to" bread recipe. I have played with recipes for about 2 years before finding one that I LOVED. 
However, I have finally found it and I want to share it!
​Hope you enjoy!!
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]]><![CDATA[From Scratch Granola - Basic Ingredients]]>Sat, 14 Feb 2015 18:26:22 GMThttps://www.amandairl.com/fvsvmm/from-scratch-granola-basic-ingredients
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Hey beautiful people!
I have yet another favorite successful from scratch recipe to share!!
We are BIG snackers.. me especially. And I love SWEETS.
I find myself in the kitchen many a nights making mug cakes or cookie bars lol. However, I was starting to look for a somewhat healthier alternative. I do enjoy the occasional apple, peanut butter with chocolate chips remedy but I wanted something ready made.
And behold the Granola snacks were born.
I make them all kinds of ways... 13x9 pan, 9x9 for granola bars, cookie sheets for Granola Crumble, molds and mini muffin pans for fun shaped snacks.
All work great.
I hope you enjoy this recipe as we do. I find myself making it over and over and over again. It only takes a few minutes to throw together and 10 mintes give or take to bake.. 
Totally worth it. I usually cut them into bars (if I didn't use a mini muffin pan or mold) and seal them up in a ziploc. 

Much love!
Amanda
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]]><![CDATA[Homemade Mini Corn Dogs - Freezer Friendly]]>Fri, 02 Jan 2015 18:32:37 GMThttps://www.amandairl.com/fvsvmm/homemade-mini-corn-dogs
*Original Recipe Inspiration

I LOVE recreating recipes!!
Especially when I can do it cheaper!! (And of course it must taste good... that's a given.)
So when I came across the idea of making my own mini corn dogs I had to try it out, and they were a big success! 
I did include the recipe that I received the inspiration from but I made a few tweaks. I did make these with regular hot dogs the first time but they just didn't taste right.. at least not for us. In a pinch (since they are cheaper, regular hot dogs do work they just don't taste like authentic corn dogs). So I decided to try the Hewbrew Nationals the next time.. and they were MUCH better. They just added something that was missing with the original recipe. Another ingredient I like to add is honey. I know I use honey a lot.. but the ones you buy at the store have the honey crust and I like it!! (Like I said before, this is our personal preference). I also found that using the toothpicks made them easier to fry and they came out really pretty!! I used just enough oil to cover them without the toothpicks being immersed. You may also want to use more than one package.. although I thought that one would be plenty since you are cutting them up into minis there were not leftovers. So after that experience I started buying multiple packages and making extra so that I could freeze them. They freeze well and can be baked in the oven again so they are nice and crispy... however if you're feeling lazy they can just as easily be microwaved for a late night snack or quick lunch. 

I am loving these homemade ventures! I'm finding much satisfaction out of making our own homemade versions of our favorite foods rather than getting less for more and also a bunch of random ingredients.. at least when I make them at home I know exactly what goes in them. 
Thanks for stopping by!
-VintageModMom
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]]><![CDATA[Homemade Potato Wedges {Amazing}]]>Sat, 06 Sep 2014 00:02:36 GMThttps://www.amandairl.com/fvsvmm/homemade-potato-wedges-amazing
Yay! New recipe! 
So I came across a recipe on Pinterest for potato wedges. I've been making homemade french fries for a few months now so as usual it was time for something new.
And I think these are OUR new favorite!
Yup. Hubbs loved them too! 
They are sooo good!!! 
And a tad bit easier than making french fries... although I will never not make french fries lol.

I also decided to try the seasoning that came with the recipe..
I normally make my own seasonings for things but I figured I'd give this one and go and it's FANTASTIC.
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I didn't have any onion powder AND my coriander wasn't exactly ground up but it was still amazing. I also added some chili powder since it was going to be for a bbq meal.
You must try these! They are very simple and perfect for when you need a quick side.
I baked them exactly as the recipe said and they came out perfect...
they were crispy on the outside but soft like a french fry in the middle.. 
So awesome!
The only thing different about mine was a tweak in seasoning and I covered them in olive oil first.. the recipe used a dry seasoning, I used the seasoning but I covered them in olive oil first.. Probably because this is how I cook my french fries.. and because I just can't leave recipes the way they are lol.

Anyway.
I love them.
You should try them.


The recipe can be found here>>> OVEN ROASTED POTATO WEDGES.
]]><![CDATA[Freezer Fries]]>Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:35:57 GMThttps://www.amandairl.com/fvsvmm/freezer-friesPicture
I picked up 10lbs of potatoes at the farmer's market for $5! Which was a pretty awesome deal compared to the price at the grocery store. Now what to do with all of them? 
Well. Around here we love french fries. I love potatoes anyway. 
So these potatoes were quite large as well I got like 3 batches out of less than 5 potatoes.
Super awesome!
It's quite simple actually.
 
  • Russet Potatoes.
  • Bowl of cool water.
  • Baking Sheets.
  • Cooking spray.
  • Oil (Olive, Canola whatever you like even vegtable will work)
  • Salt (And/Or other seasonings)
Cut potaotes accordingly. (You can peel them I do soemtimes) I don't have a fancy cutting device or anything I just cut them with a kitchen knife. Once cut let them soak in cool water for an hour. (TOTALLY worth it!) After the hour is up, drain them and toss them a bit but not harshly.. you will notice their texture has changed. They are crispy. It's hard to explain but you will see. Anyway. Drizzle with oil and preferred seasonings and mix well, then place them on a well sprayed baking sheet. 

Bake @ 400 for 30 minutes (also depends on how thick/thin you cut them if you cut them smaller you can cut the time in half)
*Check them after a few minutes you may want to flip them. 


Once cooked let them cool then freeze on baking sheet for an hour or so, then transfer to freezer bag. Reheat in oven @ 350 for a few minutes (3-5). (May need more use your discretion).
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