Salmon and Shrimp Fried Rice

"I decided to break from tradition and not cook my usual Italian, Sunday pasta meal. Instead, this particular Sunday screamed fried rice. To keep it healthier, I used low-sodium soy sauce, salmon and shrimp...my daughters' favorites. Enjoy. I know my family did!" ~Jennifer

What you’ll need:

2 eggs

½ pound salmon, skinned and cubed

½ pound shrimp, cleaned and deveined.

1 1/2 cups white rice

Snap peas

Baby carrots

Bushel of scallions

Low-sodium soy sauce

2 tbsp sesame oil

1 tbsp vegetable oil

Preparation:

Follow cooking instructions for white rice. 

In a separate pot, bring water to a rolling boil for vegetables.

Rough cut the baby carrots and snap peas and add to boiling water.  Cook until tender.

Heat wok and place a tablespoon of sesame oil and the tablespoon of vegetable oil to coat the bottom.

Place salmon in the wok.

Rough cut the scallions and add to the salmon.

Add the boiled carrots and snap peas.

Add the eggs, let cook until whites are visible (like a fried egg) and begin breaking up.

Add tablespoon of sesame oil and throw in the shrimp. Cook until pink.

Finally, add the white rice and begin adding soy sauce to taste.

Add more scallions for garnish, grab your chop sticks and dig in! 

Deep Fried Chicken Wings

Every Christmas Eve I make fried calamari. I didn’t have a deep fryer so I would use a deep pot, heat the oil until I thought it was hot enough, then used my spider to fry the calamari.  This year got myself a new toy! I went high tech and bought myself a deep fryer. It has a temperature gauge that I can set and a timer. Oh yes, I was very excited! This year's Christmas Eve calamari was better than ever. 

But I couldn't just pack away the fryer until next year. Oh no. Picture it: Wildcard Sunday. My house has two Washington Redskin fans. So when the Redskins were playing the Seahawks and my son told me he had a couple of guys coming over to watch the game, it was the perfect opportunity to make chicken wings. 

Unfortunately the “pig pen” (Redskins fans will know what that is) was unhappy with the outcome of the game, but everyone was happy with the wings! —Lisa

You'll need:

Vegetable oil (as per your deep fryer)

1 large package chicken wing sections, completely defrosted

2 cups buttermilk

3 ½ cups flour

2/3 cups cayenne pepper

salt

Heat the oil to 375 degrees.

Soak the defrosted chicken in the buttermilk for about 1 hour.

Mix the flour, cayenne pepper and salt

Coat the chicken completely with four mixture.

Cook chicken in batches of 6-7 pieces (depending on the size of your fryer) for 10-13 minutes or until the coating is deep golden brown. 

I love my new toy!