September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Ingredients:
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Scrub the potatoes well, & slice them as thinly as possible.
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Lightly oil a microwave proof plate & spread the chips out, taking care they don’t overlap.
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Microwave on high for 5 minutes, turn over & do the same for another 5 minutes. They should be quite dry now or done (depends on the amount of moisture the potatoes have). Carry on doing the same for short bursts of 2 minutes, till the crisps are crunchy & done.
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Season with sea salt & freshly ground pepper. Store in an airtight box.
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Blend the cottage cheese + cheddar + cream till smooth. Season with salt.
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Pipe the mixture out on the crisps with a star nozzle, grind pepper over the cheese, garnish with sage & serve immediately.
O Foods for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. In honor of Gina DePalma, author of Dolce Italiano: Desserts from the Babbo Kitchen and Executive Pastry Chef of Babbo Ristorante in NYC, who was recently diagnosed with ovarian cancer, Sara of Ms Adventures in Italy, Jenn of The Leftover Queen, and Michelle of Bleeding Espresso are asking you to donate to the:
Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (via FirstGiving.org)
and then, out of the goodness of your hearts and to be eligible for the O Foods for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month Contest, please do the following:
1. Post a recipe to your blog using a food that starts or ends with the letter O (e.g., oatmeal, orange, okra, octopus, olive, onion, potato, tomato) and include this entire text box in the post;
OR
2. If you’re not into the recipe thing, simply post this entire text box in a post on your blog to help spread the word about the event and Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
AND
3. Then send your post url [along with a photo (100 x 100) if you’ve made a recipe] to ofoods[at]gmail[dot]com by 11:59 pm (Italy time) on September 30, 2008.
We will post a roundup and announce prize winners on October 3.
Prizes:
- 1 Recipe Prize for best “O food” concoction: $50 gift certificate to Amazon;
- 1 Awareness Prize for only publicizing event: Copy of Dolce Italiano cookbook.
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From the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund:
- Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from gynecologic cancers in the United States and is the fifth leading cause of cancer death among U.S. women; a woman’s lifetime risk of ovarian cancer is 1 in 67.
- The American Cancer Society estimates that 21,650 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the U.S. in 2008 and about 15,520 women will die from the disease.
- The symptoms of ovarian cancer are often vague and subtle, making it difficult to diagnose. There is no effective screening test for ovarian cancer but there are tests which can detect ovarian cancer when patients are at high risk or have early symptoms.
- In spite of this patients are usually diagnosed in advanced stages and only 45% survive longer than five years. Only 19% of cases are caught before the cancer has spread beyond the ovary to the pelvic region.
- When ovarian cancer is detected and treated early on, the five-year survival rate is greater than 92%.
Please donate to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund
and help spread the word!
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Both recipes are lovely Deeba and of course your photos are, as always, beautiful.
Oh I have to try those potato crisps. Neat idea to make them in to canapes. They look so good!
I just love the topping..Great entry for the event
These look amazing, the perfect appetizer for a party! Just beautiful!
These look awesome and Fabulous….Pics are mouth-drooling.
this must’ve been scrumptious. can’t go wrong with potatoes – my fav veggie.
thats a great idea to make the crisps. will surely try them with those soon-going-to-rot potatoes i have in the kitchen tray 🙂
we all love crisps! i sometimes even bother myself peel and slice potatoes thinly just to make a great and healthier crisps. looks good for the event, deeba.
Thank you for making us aware of the event 🙂 I think I would consume your canapes non-stop– I just love the combination of potatoes, salt, and cheese. I mean, who doesn’t?!
fantastic recipe n very easy to make.
woman! you outdo yourself each post!!! you are my inspiration (of course currently i am just being inspired and doing actually nothing!!! but someday the day will come…)
may i say again – absolutely love your posts.
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Deeba, these canapes look yum, how innovative n creative u got just to finish off, in style n taste, the small portions found in fridge! 🙂 ( Is the leaf same as juicy herb -ajwain ke pattey? The pic reminds me of them, umpteenth time I had chewed on the tender leaves during childhood, which gave a ajwain flavoured fresh juice!) Lovely entry.
These are gorgeous. I adore them. Thank you for posting it!!! 🙂
Awesome, awesome, awesome. Fabulous idea, execution, and photos (of course) 🙂 Thanks so much for participating and spreading the word Deeba!
What great ideas, both the event and your snack! Cool way of doing the potato chips!
oh deeba, these are fantastic! anything on top of a fried potato chip has to be delicious!
What a wonderful initiative! I am a potato freak so if you take one, fry it and then top it with cheese…I am all over it!!
I might send one recipe with PotatO too ;D.
Your pictures are stunning as always and the snack is so nicely presented and looks so cute!
Dear Deeba I love this dish we love potatoes, and look so beauty how you make, really nice, xxxxGloria
That looks absolutely beautiful! Thanks so much for helping to get the word out there! 🙂
Thank you Deeba for making us aware of this event. I’m a potatoholic and your dishes look beautiful – well done sweetie 🙂
Rosie x
hi deeba,
Thank you for raising the awareness about Ovarian cancer.
Your O recipes are simply delicious for the contest.
Aside from sounding delicious, these look beautiful.
Thanks for highlighting this event!
Mmmm, those potato crisps look……. CRISPY!! They’ve got the crunch factor for sure.
I think I need to try some canapes sometime. They look like such a good snack.
Potato and sage is a match made in heaven! I really, really must try these microwave potato crisps…