Great Tasting, Crispy Homemade Potato Chips in Minutes

I just tried this for the first time tonight because I was craving potato chips! I sliced two potatoes on the back of the cheese grater into thin slices. Then I laid them on a paper towel and patted them dry. I sprayed some olive oil on a microwave-safe plate and placed the potato slices on the plate (only one potato worth of slices fit at a time). Then I sprayed the slices with a little more olive oil. I put the plate into the microwave for about 6 1/2 minutes - until the chips started to brown in the middle. I am sure times will very from one microwave to another, so just watch them. I took them out and sprinkled with a little sea salt and ate them - yummy!!!

And then my daughter wanted some, so I just told her how to make them and she made her own, too! I would show you a picture, but I ate them too fast to stop and take photos! I was really craving:-)

A Popcorn Secret

I can only imagine why we have never heard of this before - it is a well kept secret. Did you know that you can use regular popping corn and a brown paper bag to make popcorn in your microwave? No oil or butter?

Just throw a handful of popcorn in the little brown lunch bag, fold over the top a couple times, place in microwave and turn on for about 2 or 2 1/2 minutes. Then stand by and listen, when the popping slows down, turn it off. In just a couple minutes, you will have freshly popped popcorn with no oil or butter! Then you can season it however you like (I personally like Cajun Seasoning on mine) and enjoy! So simple, so quick, so healthy! It is my favorite snack!

Oh, and make sure you reuse the brown paper bag over and over, unless (this happens occasionally) you get a tear from a particularly violent popcorn:-).