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I Am Watching You
The Maid
Hopeless
It Ends with Us
Unmissing
The All New Ball Book Of Canning And Preserving: Over 200 of the Best Canned, Jammed, Pickled, and Preserved Recipes
Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving
Jurassic World: The Official Cookbook
Halo: The Official Cookbook
Ugly Love
Verity
Where the Crawdads Sing
The Moonlight Child
Becky: The Heartbreaking Story of Becky Watts by Her Father Darren Galsworthy
Freed
Drowning in Stars
Behind Her Eyes
The Girl in the White Van
Regretting You
Defending Jacob


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CopyCat Del Taco Chicken Tacos

Living in Arizona for 13 years of my adolescent life I grew up loving Del Taco. My parents would get take out there often. My sister, Michelle, that was her favorite taco out. If we did take out one night, Michelle always wanted Del Taco over anything else. She loves the chicken tacos. Now that I live in Ohio, Del Taco is not really out here. I have found 1 or 2 but they are some distance away from us. So, I decided to try and make that for my Sunday Family Movie night pick. Tonight, is my pick and I drew Mexican food so why not give it a try.  Marinade: 3 Large Chicken (I used thin chicken breast), diced 1 Lime, juiced 1 tbsp Taco Seasoning  1 tbsp Soy Sauce 1 tsp Garlic Powder 1 tsp Onion Powder 1 tsp Chicken Bouillon Powder 1/4 tsp Paprika Place all ingredients above into a ziplock, shake well and marinade for 30 minutes to an hour. I found the longer the better flavor.  White Sauce: 1 cup Mayo 1 Lime, juiced Whisk together in a bowl until smooth, set aside until ready for assembly.

Chicken Patties

One of my families favorite meals is always going to be anything which you can stuff into a bun and chomp away {no joke and for me the messy the sandwich the better! YUMM} Kailee started asking me if I could figure out how to make chicken patties as she says "you know the nasty frozen ones from the store, can you make them better mommy?" Well, crap-o-la! Of course I will TRY my best to figure this out... and I set out to do just that. I sent Daniel to Whole Foods Market (now, he BECOMES VERY side track with all the samples! ALWAYS!) to pick up some things. I wanted to make sure the ground chicken he gets is of good quality, stage 3 or above, and if not I told him to get chicken breast and I will ground them myself; so we did that first. I will not show that step as it is VERY messy job!
You Will Need:

1 Cup All-Purpose Flour
2 Cups Bread Crumbs
4 Eggs
2 tbsp Milk
4 lbs Ground Chicken
8 tbsp Parmesan Cheese
4 tsp Real Salt
Oil to fry
Place ground chicken- I only used 2 1/2 pounds still made 12 patties, mix with 4 tsp salt, and 6 tbsp Parmesan cheese- mix well
{FYI: this is a MESSY JOB use gloves!} Take small piece of the ground chicken, and make into a patty shape, take careful not to over 'mush' the patty
Dip well into the flour. Then into the egg wash or just eggs {I used 4 eggs and had left over}
Finally dip into the bread crumbs and be sure to cover the patty well with crumbs
Set them aside, this will allow the bread crumbs to dry onto the patty a wee bit- I left mine sitting while my cast iron pan heated up
Into the pan they go...I used palm shortening, heated it and started cooking- take CAUTION when using cast iron, as the WHOLE pan becomes very hot- Kailee touched the handle making tortillas' and burned herself- so I bought pads for the handles
BEAUTIFUL! {NOT PICTURED} Place on a baking sheet, preheat over 375 and bake 20-30 minutes, depending on how 'fat' you made the patties, or until cooked completely; I cut my biggest one open and check (as you can see) and when I close the buns I cut the sandwich
The final product, I made homemade buns- recipe coming soon. I place organic red leaf lettuce, organic mayo, organic homemade ketchup, and organic tomato... THESE ARE BEYOND AMAZING!

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