Steak Marinade

I have to say that I am a lucky girl when it comes to eating steak. My wonderful Father-In-Law sends us Omaha Steaks for my birthday and they super yummy. If you have never tried them before you really need to. Not only to do they have steak, they also have chicken, pork chops, fish, hamburgers, sides and some of the best cheesecake you will ever eat. My mouth waters just thinking about that cheesecake.........back to the steak though. We took steak with us when we went camping and I tried a new marinade recipe for them. My husband who doesn't say much either way when it comes to food ( he just likes me to feed him) even said how awesome these were. The longer you let them marinate the better and more tender they are going to be.

Steak Maranide

4 tbsp olive oil
salt
pepper
garlic powder
2/3 cup terayike sauce
2 tsp soy sauce
liquid smoke
4 tbsp worcestershire sauce

Sprinkle salt, pepper and garlic powder on one side of steak. Pour 1/2 tsp oil on each side and knead spices/oil into steak. Repeat on other side. Add remaining ingredients, marinate at least 30 minutes before cooking or grilling.

Tasty Tuesday ( Cheesy & Beefy Tomato Corkscrew Pasta Bake)

I found this recipe on Kraft website. I changed it a little bit to fit what we like and that is what I am sharing here. Everyone in my family loved it, even my 8 year who refuses to eat just about anything that has hamburger in it. I hope you enjoy it to!

Cheesy & Beefy Tomato Corkscrew Pasta Bake

1 pkg, pasta ( you can use any shape that you want)
1 pd hamburger
3 cloves of minced garlic
1 can diced tomatoes ( I used homeade diced tomatoes that I had frozen form last summer)
1 cup marinara sauce
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 tsp. Italian seasoning
1 pd velveeta, cubed

Cook pasta as directed on package and drain. Meanwhile brown hamburger with garlic and Italian seasoning. Drain. Add diced tomatoes, marinara sauce, dash of Parmesan cheese. Simmer for 8-10 minutes and then add drained pasta to hamburger mix. Spoon half of mixture in bottom of casserole dish. Top with velveeta. Add remaining pasta mixture and sprinkle with remaining Parmesan cheese. Cover with foil and bake at 350 for 15 minutes. Uncover, bake an additional 10 minutes

Cucumber Soup

Here is a interesting soup for you. I made it for the Girl Scouts Thinking Day to represent Belgium. It even made the paper the next day!

Cucumber Soup

6 unpeeled and washed English cucumbers

6 onions

4 chicken stock cubes

1 2/3 cup milk

Salt/pepper to taste

Sautee coarsely chopped onions in butter/oil. 

Coarsely chop the cucumbers (do not peel) and add to onions. Salt/pepper to taste. 

Add 9 cups water and the stock cubes. Cook together until the cucumbers are soft. 

Blend together until smooth. Add milk and mix well.

The Perfect Tortilla Pan Set

I have tired making baked taco salad bowls off and on for years.  They have turned out okay but still not great.  And I really do love taco salads in a tortilla bowl.  Well last Saturday Scott's dad and his wife were here for the weekend and we decided to go shopping.  First we went to a very nice goodwill store about 35 minutes from our home.  I love to shop at goodwill our oldest so picked up a nice flat screen monitor for about 15 dollars.  Since us girls got to shop there the men wanted to go to Fry's Electronics Store.  Don't even let me start talking about that place All I will say is it is Huge!

 

Okay while we were there I saw the Perfect Tortilla Pan Set.  And being the as seen on TV people that we are Scott and I decided to try it.  Well let me tell you they work great.  I have never seen a better tortilla bowl except in a restaurant.  Plus it was baked not fried so much better for me. 

 

First you just press the tortilla in to the pan it is so easy much better than trying to press them around a bowl and no oil needed. 

 

Then you put them in a preheated 400 degree oven for 10 minutes

 

 

 

 

This is what you come out with a perfectly shaped bowl that is crispy and delicious.

You are suppose to let them cool for about 10 minutes.

 

 

 

 

Then you just fill it with all you yummy taco salad ingredients and you are ready to eat

 

 

I hope you get a chance to try these out they are well worth the money .  I will let you know how well the hold up over time. 

 

Stephanie