This would be my favorite springtime meal!  And it’s so quick and easy.  It takes just 10 minutes TOTAL time to cook.

                          Start with some fresh caught crappie……or anything else you might be catching.

               The ingredients are simple….. half flour, half corn meal and some salt and pepper in a baggie.

      Heat up some oil in your skillet, I use half olive oil and half canola.  For pure health, use olive oil

          Now, put a bunch of your fish fillets in the bag and coat them (see, your fingers never get dirty!).

                                                                      They should look like this.

Start frying!  I think they cook about 3 or 4 minutes on each side.  Make sure they cook long enough so you can easily turn them over with tongs without breaking into a million pieces.

And while the fish are turning a golden brown, put your fresh picked asparagus into a glass dish and microwave with just a bit ‘o water for about 3 minutes.

                                                                  OMG!  Can you hear them sizzle??

                                                  And look what you have in 8 SHORT MINUTES!

                          Add a pad of butter and a little garlic salt to your asparagus and WA-LAH……

          There’s a PERFECT meal!  Then I started to think, did that really just take 10 minutes???  WELL……

                                                     I guess I didn’t include the afternoon of fishing……..

Or a morning of asparagus picking with my good friend, Henry, and his mom, Maggie.  BUT, I sure had a lot of fun getting my ingredients the good ‘ole fashioned way! (I know my pic is a little large, but Henry is just SO darn cute I wanted to show him off!)

PS.  If you don’t have a pond or lake nearby, don’t fret, fresh/frozen white fish fillets from the grocery will do just fine!

                                                                                                                     ENJOY!

Smack dab in the middle of the state you’ll find the Bunker Hill Cafe in Bunker Hill, Kansas, population 167 (and that might include all dogs and cats :-).

Open for 30 plus years, it’s a favorite for locals and those of us who get there just once in awhile.  The steaks are out of this world and the meal that goes with is fabulous as well.  BUT, don’t be in a hurry because I think they start baking your bread when you order.  And PLEASE make sure to order the twice baked potato because you would be sorry if you didn’t!  My steak is below, a nice 4 oz. You can even get a 2 oz., if you just aren’t that hungry.  No worries, they also have the big ones that are lots of ounces!

It’s not a big place so you might want to make reservations.  Oh, and they are only open Wed. thru Sat. for dinner.    

http://www.bunkerhillcafe.com  For more information and the all important phone number!

So if you are driving that long drive across Kansas and you need to stop right in dead center, pull off I-70 at the Bunker Hill exit and drive north.  Just make sure not to blink because you would surely miss the whole town!  Enjoy!

And not to forget the girls……goodnight!