Special Holiday Meals: National Fried Chicken Day

National Fried Chicken Day is the day we celebrate the deliciousness of fried chicken. Click here to learn more about this holiday. It is celebrated on July 6th. This might be Mr. Awesome’s favorite summer holiday, but boy, do I abhor frying chicken in the heat!

National Fried Chicken Menu

Fried Chicken

Mashed Potatoes, Mac N Cheese

Greens, Baked Beans, Creamed corn

Biscuits or Waffles with honey on the side

Peach Cobbler w/vanilla ice cream

Here are a couple of alternative recipes:

 Keto Fried Chicken Gizzards

Oven Fried Chicken


 Below are some recipes I found to celebrate this day:

(Use at your own discretion.)

Crispy Fried Chicken Recipe – Allrecipes.com

Crispy Fried Chicken Recipe | Taste of Home

Fried Chicken Recipe | Food Network

Skillet-Fried Chicken Recipe – BettyCrocker.com

Mama’s Fried Chicken Recipe | MyRecipes

Southern Fried Chicken recipe | Epicurious.com

Also check out:

Fried chicken on YouTube

Blueberry (or Cherry) Yum-Yum

Ohhh my! This recipe came to mind when I was posting the Blueberry Pie Filling recipe. This recipe was given to meal a while back when I lived in NC. A dear lady would always bring this to our church dinners and it never lasted long.

I haven’t made this in several years but I will have to add it to my meal plan soon! (I’m all out of blueberries or I’d make it right now. Continue reading “Blueberry (or Cherry) Yum-Yum”

Blueberry Pie Filling

This is really yummy and I use it for different recipes… one of which just popped into my head… and I will definitely try to post those recipes as I can. You can use fresh or frozen blueberries for this recipe. This can be poured into a prebaked pie shell also.

This works great as topping for No-Bake Cheesecake with Flavor Variations and for Blueberry Yum-Yum. Continue reading “Blueberry Pie Filling”

Special Holiday Meals: Paul Bunyan Day

Paul Bunyan Day is a day to remember those stories we learned so long ago about Paul Bunyan and Babe. Click here to learn more about this holiday. This is celebrated on June 28th.

 Paul Bunyan Menu

Breakfast or Breakfast for dinner –lumberjacks could eat a lot!

Waffle or Pancake Board – it is said that he once ate 50 pancakes in one minute!

Fried Potatoes or Hashbrowns

Fried Eggs, Sausage or Bacon

Biscuits n’ Gravy

Coffee, Juice


 

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Crockpot Chicken Joes

We all like Sloppy Joes but have you tried them with chicken instead of hamburger? Well, my kids love this and my littlest one calls them ‘Chicken Joes’. They are so easy to put together and I almost always have the ingredients in my pantry and freezer to throw these together. Continue reading “Crockpot Chicken Joes”