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How to make fried recipes without much of the frying
Skinny Cooks Can't Be Trusted by Dave Kessler 
 
I just realized I had been neglecting you folks who like a hearty fried breakfast – or, for that matter, anything fried. I guess I have neglected to tell you that I rarely fry anything; I even bake or roast my hamburgers.
There’s a couple of reasons for this. One, because of being in a wheelchair, I can’t see what’s cooking on top of the stove. I can’t tell if things have fried long enough and I worry about spilling hot grease on myself when removing things that have been frying up above me.
Two, I don’t like a lot of grease on my food and I can work around this using the oven, Crock-Pot or microwave. 
When I do fry I use my roll-around low-down cooking cart. It’s actually a secondhand cabinet I bought at an auction and a friend of mine adapted it so my cooking level on the cart is 21 inches above the floor. I can use two electric hot plates or remove one and use my Crock-Pot.
That’s how this week’s recipe was fried. I use nonstick skillets and vegetable spray most of the time. I do use vegetable oil when I need to fry some chopped garlic in a recipe, though.
World’s Easiest Steak, Eggs, Potatoes and More

2 cups frozen diced potatoes (don’t thaw)
1 heaping tablespoon chopped onions
6 slices frozen Steak-umm, break into small pieces (again, don’t thaw)
2 Jumbo eggs
2 tablespoons shredded cheddar cheese
Lemon pepper seasoning
Optional when serving: Ketchup or even hot sauce
Spray the skillet with cooking oil. Add the potatoes and onions, cover the skillet and fry at medium heat 3-4 minutes.
Uncover, add the Steak-umm pieces, cover and continue frying 3-4 minutes. Uncover and stir the items in the skillet.
Add the 2 eggs, cover and fry 3-4 minutes covered. Remove the cover, stir the eggs and other ingredients in the skillet, then sprinkle on the shredded cheese and lemon  pepper. Cover and cook 2 minutes.
Serve and enjoy. I generally apply some ketchup on my serving.
You’ll notice the skillet will be easy to clean up, as there isn’t any hot grease to fool with!

Readers with questions or comments for Dave Kessler may write to him in care of this publication.
3/19/2015