A wonderful Sunday lunch at home

After an incredibly busy weekend, and eating out almost every meal, Robert and I had a brainstorm during church today:

We were going to use our new deep fryer to make onion rings, and pair that with salmon burgers.

It turned out FABULOUS!!! We used this recipe - partially adapted from Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives - and partially made it up on our own:

Fieri / Crombie Onion Rings

2 Sweet Onions, sliced
3 cups of flour
2 cups of buttermilk
salt & pepper to taste
Cayenne Pepper to taste
Oil

Combine flour, salt & pepper(s). Mix well. Set aside. Pour buttermilk into pan or bowl. Soak onion rings in buttermilk, then coat in flour mixture. Repeat. Place each ring in deep-fryer. Allow each ring to turn golden brown. Remove carefully from deep-fryer, and set on a paper-towel covered plate. Serve & enjoy.

With our new dipping trays from Pampered Chef, this job was fun and easy. All we did was soak each ring in buttermilk, then transfer to the next tray for a coating of the flour mixture, repeat and fry. The double-coating produces an unbeatable crunch, and tastes fabulous. (Note: for food allergies, you could also substitute soy milk, which is just as thick as buttermilk, and rice flour).

For the salmon burgers, we just purchased those at Costco and cooked according to directions. We use a little mayo and some cheddar cheese on ours.

What a perfect lunch!