Fried Chicken Night

I have tried fried chicken only one other time. It was okay but not very well seasoned. So this time I vowed to do better.

I used a recipe I found on allrecipes.com but altered it. Here is what I did:

Ingredients-
2-3 cups of vegetable oil
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons pepper
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
3 medium chicken breasts cut
2 egg yolks
1/3 cup milk

Directions-
1. Preheat oil in a deep sauce pan to just over medium.

2. Mix flour, salt, pepper, garlic powder and onion powder in a gallon size bag. Mix the egg yolks and milk in a bowl.

3. Place chicken in powder mixture then in the yolk mixture then back into the powder. Be sure to shake well.

4. Add chicken to the oil and allow to cook till it's a nice golden brown. You may need to add more oil as you go along. The chicken needs to be completely covered in oil.

I served it with potatoe wedges. I didn't like them but Jeff says they were okay. I need to keep searching for a good potatoe wedge recipe!

Cute Moments

Do you ever have one of those moments where you think, “Man, my kids are cute”? Well I have!

Yesterday I was working out in the living room and Jenelle (almost 2 years old) stood right next to me and did squats with me. Probably one of the cutest things I have ever seen. Then later in the day we were at the store and she grabbed my arm and said “love you”. Yeah… that is why you have kids. For the little moments that make you smile uncontrollably.

Speaking of which, Jeff and I had a funny argument at Walmart last night. And by funny I mean we spent more of the time laughing. I wanted some curtain to go in front of our washer and dryer. It is kind of a big eye sore right in our kitchen so I wanted to hide it while dressing the room up a little bit. Originally I wanted to get the curtains up before Jeff came home but of course I had several failed attempts. Needless to say Jeff ended up going back to Walmart with me to pick out curtains that were the right size and color. He wanted a dark brown and I wanted a pretty blue. We continued to argue about what curtains were best so we put a few in our cart so we could narrow down our decision.

Jeff made the executive decision. He told me we could get the “ugly ones” which I thought were the ones I wanted. When we checked out I was all excited because they were cheaper than I thought they were so of course I bragged a little at my shopping skills. Jeff then corrected me by telling me that was the price listed. Come to find out we got the blue ones HE wanted! Sneaky man! It was a good laugh and the curtains look great.

Gotta say, I love my family <3

 

Before

(Scary right?)

 

After