deep fried greenbeans pineapple and chicken recipes..

deep fried greenbeans pineapple and chicken recipes..

Pineapple is one of my favorites, I love it grilled, deep fried, fresh, on kabobs, on pizza, in drinks, cakes,  In this picture y...

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tortilla shell uses

tortilla shell uses

I didnt take pics of this one but here is the simplest of recipes that got a rave review from the teens that hang around here... you only ...

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taking the 2 year old to the zoo

taking the 2 year old to the zoo

yesterday we took the baby to the zoo. She is 2 whopping big ol' years old now and so she knows some things, and she knew "shere kh...

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deep fried greenbeans pineapple and chicken recipes..



Pineapple is one of my favorites, I love it grilled, deep fried, fresh, on kabobs, on pizza, in drinks, cakes, 

In this picture you have deep fried pineapple with fried chicken tenders, and fried green beans and broccoli slaw. I had just gotten my first deep fryer and so.... for a couple weeks there we fried everything. My apologies to our arteries.. But YUM!!!!

I used the same batter for the pineapples and the green beans and that is what I want to tell you about but first let me say this was also our first time having, or ever hearing of broccoli slaw. The local grocery had it packaged in the produce section, you just add your seasoning and sauce and it was awesome, i have not bought regular coleslaw mix since. 

so anyway back to what I originally planned to talk about. The pineapple and green beans..

I didn't want my batter to be overly thick and crunchy because pineapple and green beans are kind of a delicate sort of food I think. They needed a more delicate kind of batter...

here is that recipe
pineapple and greenbean batter

1/2 all purpose flour
1/2 cup corn starch
1 egg
pinch of salt
pinch of smoked paprika
1/2 teaspoon sugar
and enough milk to make it battery maybe was 1/2 cup of milk or so. you want it to a consistency that it sticks to the pineapple and green beans but wet enough alot of the batter drips off if that makes sense. If you look at the pictures you will see that the layer of batter is very thin on the finished product.. 

I apologize for not having exact measurements but I never have been a measurer, never will be.. I was raised in grandma's kitchen where everything was eyeballed, and you used a pinch of things, and if you are gonna cook with me.. You better figure out how much a pinch and a dash and a drip and drop are.. Cuz that's the measuring i do. In fact if I wanted to measure I couldn't.. life has been tough on my Pyrex measuring cups and the red measurements flaked away years ago....

anyway that's it for the batter recipe.. Mix all that stuff up dip your pineapple or green beans in it and cook in deep oil i use vegetable but you can use whatever you like.. when they are golden brown take them out of the oil and sprinkle with seasoning.. for the green beans I only added salt

for the pineapple I sprinkled nutmeg and sugar.. very little nutmeg just enough to give it more of a scent than a flavor.. 

The power of smell sometimes is enough... 


for the broccoli slaw 

I added

mayo
apple cider vinegar
a touch of sugar
a pinch of salt and pepper
some lemon zest
and a small amount of Dijon mustard

mix it up set aside in fridge for at least 30 minutes


my chicken tender batter was

crushed jalapeno Cheetos (or is it cheetohs) (did you know clarissa the 2 year old grandbaby can eat these and they dont phase her... me.. I need a gallon of milk to stop the burn... Im pretty sure she is not mexican, and I am not a wuss..  But I could be wrong...)
plain self rising flour 
salt pepper
smoked paprika (i love this stuff)

i dredged the chicken in a mixture of milk and egg
then coated it in the dry ingredients and fried...

tortilla shell uses

I didnt take pics of this one but here is the simplest of recipes that got a rave review from the teens that hang around here...

you only need 3 ingredients and 15 to 20 minutes and bada bang bada booom... Happy teen tummies...



soft tortilla shells, cheddar cheese, chili powder, garlic salt, and salsa... ok thats more than 3 ingredients i wasnt counting the spices.. But they are ingredients too.. They can however be left out if you absolutely must have 3 ingredients...

I guess if i had to name this i would call it cheese quesadillas

you fill your tortilla round with cheddar garlic salt and chili powder, fold it in half and cook in a 375 degree oven for 9 minutes or so, just til cheese melts... cut into 4 pieces with a pizza cutter, and serve with salsa, or spaghetti sauce, maranara sauce, or any other sauce you like and that is it.. they loved it.. We went with the salsa.

Tortillas are so versitile, I have tons of ideas to make them amazing and pleasing to teens...

Here are some ideas I plan to try,,,

shredded buffalo wing chicken and cheese
grilled cheese on tortilla with tomato soup
taco seasoning and cheese
sloppy joe tortilla
grilled steakum and cheese tortillas (maybe with taco spice)
anything you might put in an omelet on a grilled or baked tortilla


Ive read many recipes for making your own torilla chips from the soft tortilla shells, they make amazing wraps, they are a go to ingredient for so many recipe around here.. Its a staple in this house. The kids even use them as a crust to make quick easy microwave pizzas...

what do you do with tortilla shells?

please share your ideas in comments because I have starving teens daily and Im into trying new quick and easy recipes...

check out these ideas on pinterst


taking the 2 year old to the zoo

yesterday we took the baby to the zoo. She is 2 whopping big ol' years old now and so she knows some things, and she knew "shere khan" when she saw him, and she knew that that lion and lioness we saw were a mama and daddy, She knew that those monkeys and that barnyard park stunk really bad.. It was awesome seeing her see all that.. She even had something to say about ther blue butted monkeys booty's.

Here are some highlights from our visit to Riverbank Zoo for you to enjoy...



















I would give the zoo trip 2 thumbs up and am glad we got the year long membership so we can do it again. We all enjoyed our visit. 


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