Fried Shrimp!

Fried shrimp is super easy to make. Seriously, all you do is take raw shrimp and prep it the usual way (de-vein, rinse, pat dry), dump it in a fryer (be careful though!) and when it turns pink, take it out. We used Lawry's to salt it along with some crushed black pepper. And if you have lime on hand, sprinkle the juice on top. Deeeeeelicious! We made this as an appetizer to munch on. It was most definitely a wise choice.

Pork Chops

So behind on posts.... But I just remember these being delicious so here's a picture blog on delicious pork chops:

DIY Chili Oil

I've been growing and drying lots of chilis just because my plant refuses to die. And finally, I got around to making chili oil. I used this website as a guideline: Homemade Chili Oil.

But this is what I ended up using:

1 3/4 cup vegetable oil

2 tbs sesame oil

a crapton of dried chilis, chopped

Pretty much just throw everything in a pot and heat it up on low heat til it bubbles.

Then pour in a container. Hubby wanted the chili flakes in there so I poured those in as well.

It was still bubbling a lil bit so I took a pic, but it's hard to see here...

Chili flakes falling down.

Hubby said not to put in the seeds part because they're hard to eat...

All canned up!

Awhile later, the chili flakes fell to the bottom. Hopefully, it's as spicy as hubby likes it.

Fry Day!

Let me start off by saying it's FRY-day!! Le hubby wanted to fry up shrimps, chicken wings, onions (blooming onion style), cheese sticks, mushrooms and anything else we could thing of. I can tell you we did end up frying everything but the mushrooms only because we ended up have WAAAAAAY too much foods.

To make the batter, we used something along the lines of 1 1/2 cups flour, 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 1 tsp cajun seasoning and a bottle of beer.

Came out glueish looking. haha

Bought these shrimps from pavils. I believe they were only deveined and we just left the shells on. 

They were rinsed, patted dry, and then coated in cornstarch.

Then, I got the brilliant idea of adding panko to the batter. Added about 1 1/2 cups of panko.

Deep fried the shrimps after a dunk in the panko batter.

Squeezed some lemon juice on top. Twas delicious!

Our attempt at a bloomin onion. Learned how to cut one here.

Ended up quartering it because it was too big to fit in our small fryer. We coated the onion in cornstarch before dunking it in our panko batter.

Fried shrimps and onion with fancy ketchup on the side. It's fancy cuz hubby added some spices to it. Also, as you can see, the bloomin onion didn't turn out too well.

Lunch time! We could barely finish it.

PS: we fried up the chicken wings and cheese sticks for dinner. The cheese sticks didn't turn out too well as we decided to try frying that last minute when the cheese part really should have been frozen beforehand.

Apple Crisp

Time for an apple crisp! I made it similarly to the Persimmon Apple Crisp and Pear Crisp. So easy!

I used 5 apples. 2 reds, 2 greens and 1 yellow.

The apples are all chopped and added to a pan with a 1/4 cup of butter.

Added a bunch of sugar and spice. More specifically, 2 tbs sugar, 2 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp nutmeg, 1/4 tsp cloves, and a generous pinch of salt.

Here, the apples are almost done. In a small bowl, I mixed about a 1 tsp of cornstarch with 1/4 cup water and poured it into the liquids and stirred it all up.

For the crisp part on top, I totally cheated. Buahahaha. :o) I had hubby squash 3 of the oats n honey bars. See, it's easy!

Apples are all cooked and deliciously soft. Note, you should taste test your apples every now and then. I didn't want my apple crisp overly sweet so the 2 tbs were just fine for me.

Place the cooked apples in a pie dish. Add the crumbled oats bar on top. Baked in preheated oven of 375 F for 10 minutes just to brown the top.

Ta-da! 

PS: pics were taken from my phone so not the usual quality...

Apple Butter

I finally made apple butter! Sadly, no pictures. :(  But it's awfully similar to the persimmon butter method via slow cooker. Easy peasy. Here's what I used:

5 red apples
4 yellow apples
3 granny smiths
1/4 cup water
1 tbs vanilla extract
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tbs cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pumpkin spice
1/2 tsp ground gloves
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

Peel, core, quarter and chop all the apples. Place in slow cooker. Add water and vanilla extract. Add in the remaining ingredients. Mix it as best as you can. Cook on high for 4 hours uncovered, stirring at least every hour to ensure it doesn't burn. Once the apples are soft, I used a hand blender and pureed it. Afterwards, it cooked on low heat, uncovered, stirring occasionally. Once thickened, the sauce was canned. Yummy! :D

Steak

Hubby's keto friendly steak with side salad and cheese chips, which are homemade and super easy to make if you have the time. 

Le hubby always cuts up my steak for me. Yum! Also, strawberry salad is quite delicious. I should add fruit to my salads more often!

Baked Salmon

The other half of the salmon from yesterday, we decided to bake it in foil.

We salted the salmon piece and placed it atop a bed of chopped bell peppers, carrots and sliced lemons. We added pats of putter and sprinkled with chopped dill from my garden! :) It sat in our fridge overnight.

It was then baked in the oven.

Delicious salmon served with mashed potatoes and grilled tomatoes. 

Om nom nom nom!