Buffalo Chicken Wings

If you don't own an air fryer, love Buffalo Wings, and want a slightly healthier way of cooking them ... bake'em. Here's a recipe I used and they came out really well!

Ingredients: 
3 lbs party style wings
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder

For Sauce:
1/2 cup hot sauce (Frank's Red Hot Sauce)
4 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon honey

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees (F).
In a bowl, place wings and dry ingredients and toss toss toss! (Coat those little buggers.)
Place wings on a wire rack (above some cookie sheets to catch the dripping grease).
Bake for 45 minutes (until golden crispy).

For Sauce:
Melt butter.
Add hot sauce and honey.
Mix.

Place wings in baking pan and coat with the sauce.

Serve (you may want to place them in the oven for a bit, to let that sauce sink in) and enjoy!

Tarantula and Crickets! (Dec. 2018)

This post is LOOOOOOONG over due ... for Christmas 2018, my father got a few interesting "treats" for our stockings (mine, my brothers and his) ... and we ate them!

Tarantula

Crickets

Mixed Bag of Bugs

Chirps Chips

Bugs are a "food" that I'm really not sure I could eat - if they looked like the bug. However, during rehearsals for Alice in Wonderland Charlie (my awesome SM and friend) bought these and I did in fact, try them.

They weren't bad ... they kind of tasted like a slightly cheddar'ed up bit of air.

Fried rice

One Pot Chicken Teriyaki Rice Bowls

One Pot Chicken Teriyaki Rice Bowls

Brown the chicken in a few tablespoons of teriyaki sauce.

Add 2 cups rice and 3.5 cups of water.

Add chopped carrots, fresh peas, and chopped scallions.

Add 1/4 cup teriyaki sauce and a few tablespoons of soy sauce.

Bring to a boil. 

Reduce to a simmer and cook for approx. 20 minutes.

Add some fresh broccoli.

Cook for a 5-10 more minutes - until broccoli is "done."

Eat.

Enjoy.

Fajita Rice Bowls

Made a "one pan" - in the oven - Chicken Fajita Rice Bowl.

Rice (cooked on the stove top).

Black Beans (warmed on the stove top).

Chicken; Sliced Red Onion and Sliced Peppers (orange, red and green) -- all on one cookie sheet in the oven. Covered all things on the cookie sheet in oil. Sprinkled veg with salt and pepper. Rubbed the chicken with Penzys Taco Seasoning.

Cooked at 400 degrees for about 25 minutes.

Assembled and ate. 

Delicious.

And, 3 chicken breasts yielded dinner and four lunches for the week.