Dinner and a Movie: Fried Green Tomatoes

Remember the movie Fried Green Tomatoes with Jessica Tandy and Kathy Bates?  Well I hadn’t seen it since its debut in 1991, so when my daughters asked me what it was about while searching through Netflix,  I told them I really couldn’t remember, but I knew that I liked it, and thought it would make a could pick for our family movie night.

Since we planned to watch the movie together, I thought it would be fun to make some fried green tomatoes for dinner to go along with our theme for the evening. Though my kids really preferred the traditional version of fried green tomatoes dipped in a buttermilk/ranch type dressing, my husband and I really enjoyed this version, with the flavors of fresh corn, basil, crab, and roasted red peppers.

The combination of the crisp, corn meal crusted exterior, and the warm,  tangy interior of the tomatoes make them hard to resist, no matter how you eat them; that’s one thing we all agreed.

Though I usually wait to make fried green tomatoes until I have  end- of -the season green tomatoes left on the vine, I’m glad I plucked a few early to make this dish. They were a welcomed treat. And the movie? Just as wonderful as I had remembered, with a storyline the whole family enjoyed.

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