Ah! Parenting. Talk about having double standards:
When this comes, I bet this would be a parenting-cringeworthy-jaw-dropping moment. Yikes!
Keep it real, parents. Keep.it.real. Here’s to a peaceful week of awesome parenting ahead.
July 21, 2017
Friday Flavour: Fried Spiced-Scalloped Potatoes
Category: Fabulous Friday Flavours
Like carbs? There’s no reason not to! (Well…there is but we are not going to go there.)
This is one of my favourite easy to make snacks: Potatoes marinated with all sorts of spices and herbs for seasoning and then fried with rosemary-infused olive oil. Bless the easy access to pre-boiled taters from the supermarket to make cooking much easier.
After frying, sprinkle some salt and pepper all over and you’ve got yourself some goodness perfect for an afternoon snack.
Make sure you stock up your spice racks!
Fried Spiced-Scalloped Potatoes
2017-04-20 05:07:16
Serves 4
A simple potato snacks full of flavour and really easy to make!
Prep Time
15 min
Cook Time
10 min
Total Time
25 min
Ingredients
- 500g scalloped potatoes, par-boiled
- 1 tbsp onion powder
- 2 tbsp fried shallots, finely crushed into a powder
- 2-3 leaves of fresh sage, chopped finely
- 1 tbsp paprika powder
- 1 tspn cumin powder
- 1 tspn coriander powder
- 1 clove garlic, pressed
- Half tbsp cayenne pepper
- Lots of black pepper
- 2 tbsp white pepper powder
- Half a cube chicken boullion, crushed (optional)
- 5-6 tbsp Rosemary-infused olive oil
- Chopped chives for topping
Instructions
- Mix all the spices and herbs together in a bowl
- Marinade and chill for about 30 minutes
- Fry in hot rosemary-infused olive oil till golden brown
- Drained. Sprinkle some salt and chives all over.
- Serve!
Notes
- Depending on your preference of spices, feel free to dial up or down on the usage of some of the spices and herbs used here.
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July 20, 2017
Lak Door Tijn
Category: In and around the Netherlands
This came in the mail a couple of days ago and only today had I open the little package, coming face-to-face with this:
We bought it about a month ago for €10. It’s my favourite nail polish colour. Yet I feel torn about it…because my heart weeps as I held the small bottle in my hand.
This looks like any other ordinary lak (lacquer or polish) but the story behind it was an extraordinary one.
Sometime in December last year, a 6-year old Dutch boy by the name Tijn created this nail polish challenge. It was a part of his bucket list to helping as many children as possible, raising more than €2.5 million by varnishing people’s nail. He had less than one year to live.
“Lak door Tijn” was conceived only a few months ago. It’s the brainchild of local Dutch celebrities who started the line of nail polish to raise money for Dutch children suffering from the same illness as Tijn who suffered from cancer of the brain stem.
Tijn passed away not too long ago. He left behind not only a brand with his chosen colours but also a hope for a newfound treatment for an illness that has no known cure.
For one, I could never look at this nail polish the same again. This one is truly different from all other nail polishes I ever owned.
No, we don’t know him or his family personally; neither is this an affiliate post.
Though, one thing is for sure: the mother in me cannot look at his adorable face without my eyes glistening away and thinking how so very beautiful his soul was for wanting to help others even when his own life is uncertain.
At 6 year old, that was a remarkable gesture. Such selflessness and kudos to his parents for raising him so well. May his soul rest in peace.
Note:
The fund-raising campaign for the buying the nail polish has unfortunately ended, though the foundation is still accepting donation here.