Crab Cakes and Fried Pickles

Since Father's Day is all about daddy, Kaitlyn suggested that we buy him a small deep fryer. When he opened it up, he was very excited. He loudly proclaimed that he was going to make fried pickles today.

So, our dinner turned out to be:

• Appetizer: Fried pickles w/ cajun ranch dip
• Dinner: Crab cakes, salad and sparkling wine
• Dessert: Kolache

The fried pickles weren't bad, but next time instead of making fried spears, we plan to fry the slices.

The crab cake recipe from Ina Garten from Food Network is one of our favorites. We highly recommend it. We add a little extra on the spices and tend to use 1 lb. of crab meat so we can really taste it. Here is the link to that recipe: http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_32263,00.html

Wine tip: Apparently, I read somewhere that sparkling wine/champagne goes quite well with fried foods (the carbonation is key). Give it a try sometime, we did!