Recipes Worth Remembering

In the last month or so, I have been wowed by two culinary concoctions to come from Lane & Jill's kitchen. I have to put these somewhere so I won't lose them and I need to do it before I forget the ingredients. What better place to do so than right here!

Jill's Sangria

Seriously, the best cocktail I've ever had. Period. The recipe went missing but she's pretty sure this is it (Jill, please comment if I get this wrong!).

1 cup vodka

1 cup triple sec

1 bottle dry white wine

1 cup sugar

1 can lemon-line soda

1 peach

1 lime

1 orange

1 lemon

Clean and slice the fruit. Mix the vodka, triple sec, sugar and fruit in the bottom of a pitcher and let set until the sugar dissolves. When you're ready to serve, add in the wine and soda. Serve over ice.

Lane's Wicked Good Fried Chicken Strips

Barbara comes walking across the street holding this crispy morsel in a napkin and says I have to try this new chicken tender Lane's just created. I look at it and think, yeah, OK chicken strips... woowee. Then I take a bite! Serious perfection!

I think he eye-balled the measurements so he didn't have a definitive recipe, but I think I've come close.

1-2 lbs chicken breast tenders

1 sleeve saltine crackers, crushed

1 cup corn meal

1 cup flour

salt

pepper

garlic powder

1 cup buttermilk

1/4 hot sauce (my addition!)

Soak chicken tenders in buttermilk (add hot sauce if you want them a little spicy). Meanwhile, mix together crackers, corn meal, flour, salt & pepper and garlic.

Drain buttermilk from chicken. In a large plastic container or paper bag, toss in chicken and breading mixture, shake until evenly coated. Let set for at least 5 minutes. Fry until done!

Enjoy!