I was a junk food addict. Really. I'm over it for the most part, but in the whole time I've been dieting, the one little craving that sneaks up on me occasionally is some tiny little voice in my subconscious reminding me how much I love potato chips.
I refuse to buy any, because faced with a whole bag of them I know there is no way I could summon the will power to only have a few, plus there is so often stuff added to them that I really don't want. My goal is not to purchase anything processed (with very few exceptions). I'm trying to find ways to make most of what I like, on my own without ever buying something in a package.
But that little voice was still there. Remember potato chips Karen? You used to love them so....remember how they taste? The decadent saltiness and the light crunch...
I mentally put my hands over my ears and hum to drown out the voice.
I tried to make some in the oven. Some with regular potato and some with sweet potato. Dismal failures. Either not crunchy, or they burn. Disappointing disaster time and again.
Then today, a friend posted this on her facebook page. OMG...really? Potato Chips...(I mentally start drooling at the word "chips")...in the microwave? REALLY?
I put ONE skinny small slice of potato into the microwave...
...and out of the microwave came a small, crispy, flavorful, PERFECT slice of absolute heaven (even without salt!).
http://www.foodgal.com/2010/01/microwav ... ps-really/