Fried (lightly) green and spicy

Tonight I "fried" up some green tomatoes. Fortunately they had green tomatoes at Kroger, so I bought one and served it with a good old Southern dish of shrimp and grits (want the recipe? go to Foodnetwork.com and type in shrimp and grits. The recipe I used was Paula Deen's--modified of course..no way am I eating that much fat!).

So, here's how you make 'em:

1 green tomato

1/2 cup yellow corn meal

kosher salt

cayenne pepper

1 tb olive oil

Cooking spray

Combine corn meal, salt and a good shake of the pepper.

Heat olive oil on medium high

Slice up the tomato and dredge it in the cornmeal.

Fry the tomatoes until the cornmeal is golden brown. If you need to, use cooking spray to continue frying, as the tomato will soak up the oil.

Voila!

The cayenne pepper goes nicely with the tang of the green tomato. Yum!