Baked Buffalo Wings

My husband is absolutely in love with wings! I mean, like obsessed with wings!!! He bugs me almost every week to make them (I definitely don't!)! His favorite wings are the breaded ones I've been making for about 3 years now. Last week was his birthday, and I made sure he had his favorite foods all week and of course that meant one night was going to consist of these wings. They are pretty easy but they do take a little bit of time, but the taste and outcome is well worth the effort!

Ingredients:
20-25 wings (I purchase the wing portion only)
1 cup of flour
5 tablespoons of cayenne
1/2 tsp of cumin powder
1 tsp of salt
1 tsp of garlic powder
1/2 cup of melted better
1/2 cup of hot buffalo sauce (like Frank's RedHot)

Directions:

Clean all the chicken wing portions and put them in a large ziploc bag. 

Add in the flour, salt, cayenne, cumin powder, and garlic powder into the bag. Give it a good shake to make sure all the wings get coated. You're going to want to let this marinate for at least an hour. I marinate mine from anywhere to 4-8 hours. I've noticed I get the bet results if I marinate for 8 hours. 

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. After they have been marinated, place the wings on a greased cookie sheet and set aside.

Now, mix together the butter and the buffalo sauce. 

Brush the sauce on the wings, and coat them relatively well. I ended up having to split the wings up on two different cookie sheets so that there was enough room around the wings, which is why you only see a few on this sheet now!

Pop them into the oven for about 45 minutes. Turn them once halfway through so they cook evenly! Serve it up with some ranch or bleu cheese dressing!

They come out beautiful!! =)

YUM!! I should've taken a picture of my hubby when I put these on the table...he was sooooo excited!! Haha!! I hope you all love this recipe as much as we do!  ENJOY!! 

Smoked Salmon in Cucumber Boats

Sometimes you need a little fancier of an appetizer than chips and salsa in my opinion! The other day I was craving a light appetizer that was just that, and knew that I definitely wanted to use smoked salmon. MMMM..am a huge fan of smoked salmon!!  Well in all fairness, I do believe I love all seafood but this is definitely on the top of my list. I also knew I didn't want to use crackers but something else, and as soon as I rummaged in my fridge for a few minutes, I knew it was going to be cucumber! Light and tasty!! Once I found what I needed it was a matter of minutes before this wonderful lil' appetizer materialized in front of me! My husband and I devoured all of it!! DELICIOUS!!

Ingredients:
* 2 english cucumbers
* 1/2 cup of chopped smoked salmon
* 1/8 cup chopped red onion
* 1/2 cup of plain greek yogurt

Directions:

Trim ends of cucumbers. Split each cucumber in half lengthwise. Scoop out center (the seedy pulp) of the cucumbers leaving a 1/4 - 1/2 inch thick shell. Cut into 1 1/2 inch long pieces. 

Next, I had to chop up my smoked salmon and onion. Note: I chopped extra onion for something else so excuse the amount of chopped onion shown.

Now, combine the greek yogurt, salmon, and onion in a bowl until thoroughly mixed.

Once you've got the mixture ready, spoon about 2 tsps of it into each cucumber piece.

                           And that's all there is to it!! Fresh, light, and wonderfully tasteful!