Now, some of you might think, "Wow, way to phone on in, Claudia." And to that I say, you try coming up with 12 original and innovative recipes in 25 days. Speaking of which, since Christmas is technically 5 days away and I still have, oh, 7 more recipes, I think I'm going to extend my deadline until New Years. But its not a cop out! Part of the reason is that half of my holiday parties are the week after Christmas, and I want to be able to feature some recipes I use for them on the blog. The other part of the reason is that I don't like rushing through the holidays, I prefer to drag them out for as long as physically possible - last year we had our tree up until February. And hey, you get to enjoy Christmas and yummy food even longer now! Isn't that exciting? I know, you can't handle your own happiness. It might even scare you a little. It's okay, accept your feelings, and express them appropriately. Go ahead, do a happy dance. I won't judge.
...finished your happy dance? Good. I used Not Without Salt's oven-fried onion ring recipe. While a little on the messy side to assemble, they are otherwise super simple, healthier since they bake in a few tablespoons of oil, and are coated in crushed potato chips - yeah I said it, potato chip covered onion rings. It's just crazy enough to be insanely delicious. I used black pepper and salt potato chips and served them with a homemade curried honey mustard (curry strikes again!), which along with the cayenne pepper in the batter gave these little guys a surprising kick.
2 tbs spicy mustard
1 tbs honey
2 tsp Vindaloo curry powder
1 tsp red curry powder
+ Combine ingredients in a small bowl. Mix well. Adjust amount of each ingredient based on taste.
