ONION RINGS-TAKE TWO!

Hey folks,

I'm still here, cooking and eating! I haven't been posting as much because I haven't ventured into making much new to share until now!

I decided to take another shot at making onion rings. JJ and I had a taste for these a few months ago and I downloaded a recipe to try to make some for us. Well, it was a disaster, a straight ooey, gooey hot mess! I was disappointed to say the least, but vowed I would revisit trying to make these again in the near future.

Well, I was watching the food network and Ina Garten on Barefoot Contessa was making some and that ignited me once again to tackle this task. I made up in my mind that it was going to work this time and they would be delicious. Well, my positive attitude must have worked because they did come out splendid!! I used the recipe Ina used, but veganized it for me and JJ. Instead of using buttermilk for the wet part of the batter, I mixed together some almond milk (soy would have worked I'm sure, but I've been buying almond as of late) with egg replacer for one egg and about a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar and set that aside to curdle.

I got this idea from the VCTOW cookbook because they say that mixing soy milk and the apple cider vinegar is said to curdle up to resemble buttermilk. I didn't know if it would work the same using almond milk, but it seemed to. I probably could have skipped the egg replacer but I thought it wouldn't hurt.

For the dry ingredients, I just mixed together some flour with cornmeal, salt, pepper, and a bit of cayenne and season all. I poured some canola oil in a deep pan (since I don't have a fryer, don't need one since I don't fry hardly ever) and started frying my onion rings away.

They came out crispy and delicious. Now, I did take a picture, but not one that did them justice so I opted not to post it. JJ and I were more than pleased with the result! Since they are fried, this is more of a once in a while treat, but the next time I make them, I'll be sure to take a better picture to share!

Until next time!

C