Saturday, September 22, 2007

veggin' out


Saturday has turned out to be a rather rainy, lazy day. How fun!! We went for a walk at low tide where it promptly began to rain, we all ran and laughed. The girls had a bath to warm up and I made them hot chocolate. The day has slipped by and we have enjoyed it immensely. It felt like letting sand slip slowly through my hand.

We are going to a friends house for dinner tonight and I had some leftover apples, so I made an apple crisp. Super easy:

Peel as many apples as you have, core and cut into cubes. Put them in a bowl and season with cinnamon, brown sugar and a little apple pie spice if you have some. Add about 3 tablespoons of butter cut into small cubes. Put the apples into a deep sided pie plate.

In the same bowl, add equal amounts of flour and oats. Add in about 1/2 as much brown sugar and about 1 tsp. cinnamon. mi together with your hands and work in 3/4 of a stick of butter until the mixture is somewhat crumbly. Bake in a 375 degree oven for about 40 minutes or until top is golden brown.

I also have some chicken tenderloin pieces that I will make crispy panko crusted fingers from. Very easy too.

Heat vegetable oil in a pan on medium heat.

In a shallow plate combine 2 parts Panko with 1 part seasoned flour ( this is flour with either garlic salt, lawry's or my favorite Adobo) and a handful of grated Parmesan cheese. Combine and dredge chicken pieces in until coated. Cook for 2-3 minutes turning chicken once when color begins to come through on one side.

Today felt slow and lazy and I am looking forward to some cooler brisk days.

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