Food Tripping

I realize this is fast becoming a food blog and I don't mind! I have a lot of free time on my hands and I really enjoy spending time in the kitchen now. It's becoming a new outlet for my creativity and I'm really enjoying it. (Yes, I admit, I used to only bake sporadically and rarely cook.) 

Here are some highlights of some really great meals we've had at home:

I was really craving something made with tomato and basil so Gerard (the professional chef) whipped this up in the kitchen. Garlic Bread (well, I made that), Gnocchi with Tomato Sauce and Meatballs, and my favorite Pizza Margarita! (Did we overload on the starch? A bit. But it was totally worth it!)

So I reciprocated the next day with this for breakfast:

Poached Egg on top of Garlic Bread (again!) and Applewood Smoked Bacon 

(I wanted to make a Hollandaise sauce to go with it but I haven't learned how to yet.
Maybe Gerard will teach me.)

And this was my piece de resistance for the week:

Chocolate Covered Potato Chips!!!

Royce Chocolate Potato Chips, eat your heart out! 

I'd been seeing recipes for chocolate potato chips a while now and I'd been wanting to make them for a while. I took the super easy route.

I melted different kinds of chocolate chips in a paper cup in the microwave (stirring  them after each 30 second interval until they were all melted) and used a plastic spoon to coat one side of the chips with the chocolate. Usually only takes me about a minute total in the microwave before the chocolate is ready. I used Ruffles Potato chips with less salt cause the ridges make the chocolate stick better.

Then I placed the chips on a foil covered pan and stuck the pan in the fridge to let the chocolate set, before moving the chips to a Ziploc bag.

My Chocolate Potato Chips were a hit! A few people gave me a skeptical look when I said they were chocolate covered potato chips but after biting into the perfect salty sweet combination, they were hooked! Hmmm I love chocolate. Don't you?

My next project: baking cupcakes for a nephews birthday party. And I've got a shiny new cupcake carrier to bring them in!

P.S. I've found the best time to eat Chocolate Potato Chips. While watching a movie!!!