Frying Chicken

Honey would be proud of me!


Look Mama... fried chicken :)

That's my old trusty cast iron skillet my Mama gave to me.

Boneless strips.
What do you think Mama?

And, look what I made *just for you*... the children enjoyed them in your honor...

Crunchies!

And this picture is for my friend Carol. We were discussing the mertis of single dipping vs. double dipping...

On the left is double dipped, on the right is single dipped.

I used to fry chicken strips years ago... but they were never very crunchy (and I love crunchy) so I gave up.
Enter: Matt (lovingly called Matt Poo by the children and MattyCakes by me - lol)
Matt loves to cook. He taught me his way to fry chicken. Basically everything I had always done except for One Thing.

The One Thing?

Egg.

Yep, egg.

The drench should be made of egg and milk, not just milk. Egg is the secret. Lots of egg and just a splash of milk. Now you know. When you fry chicken you can think of Matt and me :)
No, I, of course, do not have a recipe - lol.
I seasoned flour with seasoning salt. Taste to see that it's well seasoned and not too salty.
Then I beat three eggs with a splash of milk.

I used five boneless breasts and cut into strips.
Then I heated about 1/2 inch of oil in my cast iron skillet.
Drench strip in wet, dredge lightly in dry, drench in wet and then dredge in dry. This time really press firmly to get the flour into all the little nooks and crannies and make sure it sticks well. Shake off excess flour.

Fry.
Drain on paper towels.
Enjoy.

Fab Friday Foods (updated)

BREAKFAST: Luke made these lovely Quick Danishes this morning -- all by himself!

On the lunch menu:

Molly made homemade pizza

and for supper:

Caleb slow roasted a beef roast today and made oven roasted potatoes and broccoli with cheese sauce

Thursday's Eats (updated for supper)

MaryVance made breakfast. Cinnamon sugar breakfast cake and eggs, just imagine there are eggs there! LOL
And for lunch... Sam was our chef. He made homemade buns.

Aren't they pretty?

While the buns were rising he made Broccoli Salad.

mmmm....

And here are the Sloppy Joes!

The Finished Lunch

And on the menu for supper? Molly's making lasagna, homemade bread and salad (I think... hoping we have salad greens!) Stay tuned...

And now for supper:

Molly made some yummy homemade rolls...

Lasagna, salad and rolls.

Very extremely yummy!

So I had this bright idea last week...

when I was working on our menu for the next two weeks. Caleb and Molly (mostly Molly) have been making breakfasts for a long time. A few weeks ago I gave Luke and MaryVance each a day to make breakfast.

I decided that Caleb, Molly and Sam would get to make lunch M-S. Wasn't that sweet of me! And they each have one night a week to make supper. I'm so self-sacrificing, really. It's true.

Really. My intentions are good. I want them to have more experience in the kitchen. I love to cook and I want to share that with them. It's been a lot of fun. They made their own menus and everything!

I didn't think of this until a little while ago but I should have been blogging our cooking week. So I am starting today. Following this post I will begin blogging my children's daily fun in the kitchen.

Sam is making homemade buns for lunch. Yes, that's a teaser... stay tuned!

mmmm.... Bread!

Guess what I did yesterday?

mmm... it's been so long since I've made homemade bread. Freshly ground wheat, local honey... smells so good!

Here's Joseph enjoying a slice of 'fresh from the oven' bread with butter!

Don't you wish you could smell it? :-)

What's for Lunch? Pizza Rolls here!

They may not look Pretty but they were were good!!

Dana's Pizza Rolls

In a medium bowl combine:

2 c flour

1 t salt

1 T baking powder

1/4 t baking soda

2 t basil *

2 t garlic powder*

1/4 c oil

3/4 ish cup milk

Mix drys. Add wets. You are making a basic biscuit here. (On the items with *... well, ya got me. No, you know I didn't measure those -- I just dumped in some till it looked right -wink-)

Plop onto floured surface and roll thin. How thin? hhhmmm... between 1/4 and 1/2 inch. Yes, that sounds about right.

Cover lightly with pizza sauce (your choice... if you want a recipe, just holler!) Too much sauce and it all squishes out when you roll it up. Yes, I said "roll it up"... Pizza Rolls are like Cinnamon Rolls...only totally different.

Cover with your choice of pizza toppings. I, obviously, used turkey pepperoni. Then sprinkle with mozzarella (or your choice of cheese/s).

Begin rolling from the edge away from you toward you. Gently. It will fall apart but that just makes it taste better. Neat food doesn't taste nearly as good as messy food!

Cut as for cinnamon rolls, in about one inch slices. Remember it will kinda fall apart and that's okay. We're not going for pretty here.

Place one inch apart on baking sheet (I always use parchment paper to make an easy clean-up). Sprinkle generously with parmesan cheese.

Bake at 450 for 12 minutes (give or take, depending on the thickness of your slices, your oven's mood, etc...)

Heat any leftover sauce for dipping.

mmmm......

mmmm...Molly's Been Baking Again!

mmm... don't you wish you could smell 'em!! Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies!!!

Molly's Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 c butter

1 c peanut butter

Mix well, Add:

1 c flour

1 c sugar

1 c brown sugar

2 eggs

1 t baking soda

1 t baking powder

1 t vanilla

Beat till throughly combined, add:

1 1/2 c flour

Mix well.

Stir in:

1 bag of milk chocolate chips

Drop by rounded spoonfuls or cookie scoops. Bake 375' for 7-9 minutes. Yield: 72ish