Friday night dinner ideas

Ever have one of those meals that needed something extra? Some meals just call for cornbread or muffins or in this case, biscuits! Tonight we had homemade chicken tenders, baked beans, oven baked zucchini slices and biscuits! I make my biscuits from scratch. Here is the simple recipe with pictures to follow:

1 3/4 cups flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup of butter or shortening, softened
3/4 cup milk

~Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
~Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl with a fork.
~Cut in butter with fork until the mixture looks like crumbs.
~Add milk and mix until the dough is in a ball.
~On a lightly floured surface, knead dough 10-15 times.
~Flatten out into a 1/2 inch thick circle.
~Cut out 10 biscuits with 3 inch biscuit cutter. (or a round cookie cutter...)
~Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 12-14 minutes.









For an interesting way to cook zucchini that doesn't require frying in oil, I oven-bake zucchini slices that have been dipped in an egg bath (one egg and one tablespoon water, beaten together), then dredged in italian dry bread crumbs. I put my bread crumbs in a plastic gallon bag and shake the slices until they are covered. Then simply spray a cookie sheet with oil and lay the slices in a single layer. Use the same 450 degree oven that the biscuits are cooking in...flip the zucchini halfway through baking time. (about 8 minutes per side...check to make sure they are tender, but not burning) You can also use eggplant the same way and then use them in your eggplant parmesan! Not at all greasy!







My dinner plate...not very colorful...but still VERY tasty!