Sunday, March 18, 2012

Leftover Mashed Potatoes?

Do you ever find yourself with a bunch of leftover mashed potatoes? Sometimes the kids do not like to eat them very much the second day.  Mashed Potato Latkes to the rescue!  These came out so good and one of my kids said they tasted better than regular mashed potatoes! Give them a try next time you have some leftover taters.

Mashed Potato Latkes
2 cups mashed potatoes
1 egg
1/4 cup flour
salt
garlic powder
minced onion

Add all the ingredients into a large bowl and mix well.  Add the spices to taste.  Fry up some oil, get it nice and hot!  Fry these up like you would a regular potato latke.  Eat immediately with some sour cream and applesauce and ENJOY!

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Guest Review from my 10 year old son

Welcome to The Review of The Genius Files: Mission Unstoppable By Dan Gutman

Genius Files 


Dan Gutman is my favorite author.
This series is a very educational yet adventurous series.
It is about two genius twins who are recruited to a government agency named The 
Genius Files. They are warned that they will be in danger, but they are promised 
$1,000,000 for when they are grown up. The first twin is named Coke.The second 
twin is named Pepsi (or Pep for short). Pep is very good at solving ciphers (she 
wants to be a spy when she grows up). Coke has a photographic memory and 
remembers tons of random facts. The Genius Files puts Coke and Pep in danger. 
They are nearly killed numerous times on their cross-country trip to their aunt’s 
wedding. And if you like the first book you will love the second book. The second 
book just came out last week and I have read it 10 times. It is that funny! Each book 
ends with a cliff hanger.  I cannot wait for the new book to come out, but it will be at
least a year, so until then I will have to keep rereading the 2 Genius Files books.