Beef Fried Steak

It seems this last week I am posting in the afternoon or evening hours.  I had an allergic reaction to Watermelon seeds.  They are cooked just like any other nut you find out there.  Our grocery store here on the west coast in the bulk section sells them.  My mother in law introduced me to them this past Saturday.  On Sunday I ate a few pretzels and cheese it crackers from the bags they were in along with some other nuts.  My tongue started to swell and itch.  By ten at night I was not feeling good and had some bug bites too.  I had the hubby go get me some Benadryl.  Yesterday the swelling finally went down and the throat doesn't hurt anymore.  I still have to take it for the bug bites but not as often today.

So for dinner tonight I just wanted to share what I made.  I read online a few recipes for chicken fried steak.  We had beef patties to make into beef fried steak.  A request my husband made last week.

Here's my recipe I came up with to bread the meat.

1/2 cup of cornmeal
1 full cup of flour
Onion powder, few dashes
Garlic powder, few dashes
pepper, just a dash
salt, a few dashes to your liking

Mix all of this together and get a seperate bowl of milk. About a cup will do.  Dip the meat into the milk and then into the dry mix of ingredients, coating both sides.  Fry in a pan with oil, a few tablespoons will do.  Cook two or three at a time depending on size of pan.  I cooked two and did a total of 8.  Make gravy from the drippings in the pan you fried the meat in.  You will not be disappointed! Make with some mashed potatoes and green beans; definitely a hit with the kids!

When it's all cooked up this is what it looks like!

What's on your dinner plate tonight?

Hawaiian Chicken

My oldest BBQ'D this chicken last week.  It turned out pretty tasty. The recipe comes from Pintrest. Come pin it here from me and find the recipe here.  This does a lot of chicken.  I cut the liquid in half. Half the water, half the soy sauce.  I did use half soy sauce and half teriyaki soy sauce.  It was delicious!  Oh my mouthwatering fabulous!  LOVE!

Grilled on the BBQ. Yum!  The picture looks a little bit dry. Nope. The grill marks added the perfect flavor.  This is definitely a recipe for the grill and not for the oven. I would totally make this again!

What have you made from Pintrest lately?

French Bread

I made this French Bread recipe I found online.  The picture at the end of the post wasn't the best looking so I was really hesitant to try it.  I was told it would be absolutely delicious and better than the loaves you buy at the local grocery stores.  I was in the mood to bake something and was thinking garlic sticks to go with this lasagna I was going to cook for dinner, but I wanted to try something new and not so messy.  French Bread, mmmm, I am just drooling at the thought of it.  I must make more!  Here's a peek at what it's going to look like!

Gather up the following ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups warm water
• 2 tablespoons yeast
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 5 - 6 cups flour

Pour water in bowl & mix yeast in. Add sugar. Let this mixture sit until foamy on top (some people say bubbly, but it reminds me of foam on top of water at the beach.) About 5 - 10 minutes. Stir in the oil, salt and flour. Add one cup of flour at a time. Mix, mix mix!  Cover with a towel and let it rise. Mine took about half hour total. One of the kids thought it was cool looking and poked it and it sunk so I let it rise some more.

When the dough is done rising, split in half, shape into two long loaves.  Make slashings on top with a knife. Once oven is preheated to 375, bake about 30 minutes or Golden Brown. I lightly greased my pan, the recipe I found did not say to do that.  Click here for the site I found the recipe on.

A peek at the inside! Yum!

The kids and I ate almost one loaf while waiting for dinner to cook!  We turned the rest of it and the other loaf into garlic bread.

For Garlic Butter, take one stick softened butter, about a teaspoon garlic powder, garlic salt will work fine, but kids wont eat the bread if it's too salty, mix it up and slather it on the bread. Bake until butter is melted and bread is browning.

Oh yum! The loaf that got cut in half length wise got eaten real fast with dinner!  These we saved for daddy's dinner when he got home from work.

Yummy, cheesy, saucy lasagna! The bread went great with this.  Quick and easy meal!