Grilled Steak with Caramelized Onions

I am going to give everyone another easy and amazing dinner. This dinner took a total of twenty minutes. I love quick meals. I take care of two crazy kids. A one yr. old and a four yr. old. My husband is the biggest kid of all and loves to have dinner on the table when he gets home. Needless to say, I like to have meals I can get done quick, but still is full of flavor. Not to mention, I can grill all yr. round in FL.

2lb skirt steak

Any Marinade (I used the marinade they make at my Meat Market. It rocks.)

2 Vidalia Onions

4 TB butter

1. First of all, I marinaded the steak for two days!!! It taste amazing. I am not sure if it does a difference then overnight. It just happened that way.

2. I put it on the grill for 10 minutes each side and rest for 15 minutes.

3. While the meat grilled I added the butter to a hot skillet then the onions. Cook until brown.

I served this with salad and french fries....

ENJOY

Breakfast Burrito for My Husband

My husband loves mexican and breakfast and I combined the two. I made him some kick butt breakfast burritos...Hope you try them and Enjoy!!!!

2 TB veg. oil
1/2 lb. of mexican chicken sausage, out of casings
1/2 red bell chopped
1/2 sweet onion chopped
jalapeno, chopped
4 eggs
cheddar cheese
flour tortillas

My homemade salsa (Below)

1. Add the oil to the pan and saute the veggies. Add chicken sausage and brown. When the chicken is cooked through add the eggs. Cook until eggs are set and ready.
2. I threw my tortilla on my panini press to warm and added the cheese. When it was a little crispy I took it off the press and filled it with the egg and sausage mixture. Served with a side of salsa (and sour cream, but my husband DESPISES sour cream)

Beer Can Chicken

This meal is so simple. It tastes awesome. It is a cheap dinner and it is made with beer...What more could you want? LOL. Anyway, my husband and I make this almost every weekend. We love it! We like to cook together on the weekends. He mans the grill and I make the sides in the kitchen. Today I made homemade pickled beets, my salsa (below) , a huge salad and green beans. (below)......Yummy

Beer Can Chicken

2 cans of beer, does not matter what kind. (Dump half...Or drink half. LOL)

2 whole chickens (3 to 4lbs each)

2 Weber Seasoning Packets

4 TB olive oil (2 TB for each bird)

Cooking string

1. Preheat Grill. Rinse and dry chicken. Rub with the dry rub. (I used tomato pesto for one, Black Peppercorn for the other). Put the bird on the can of chicken and tie its legs around the can. Put 2 TB of olive oil on each bird.

2. Grill the bird for at least 2 hrs. (We cook ours until the legs are falling off the bone.

This chicken is amazing. We love it. I eat it with a salad and my husband loves it with rice and the green beans (recipe below).

This was my dinner with my pickled beets on top of my salad with a basic balsamic vinegar and oil:

Pickled Beets

2-3lbs of beets
2 cps water
2cps sugar
2cps white distilled vinegar
salt to taste

1. Boil beets (almost like you would potatoes) until tender. Drain beets. Add vinegar, water, sugar and salt. Boil until salt is dissolved.

2. Peel beets as the brine warms up. (HINT: It is easier to peel with a spoon...I know that sounds weird, but it pulls it right up). Slice the beets and add to brine.

Refridge!

Enjoy!!!!!

Green Beans

2lb Green Beans

1/2 Lg. Sweet Onion, cut in half then sliced

1 cp. Chicken Stock (Homemade)

1 tsp. Lawrys Salt

1 tsp. Garlic Salt

1 tsp. pepper

(This is really good if you cube ham and cook in the green beans)

1. Throw it all together in a pan and cook on medium heat for 2 hrs.

I will be posting lots of ways to use your garden veggies. This is very good. I usually make my green beans with lots of butter and I came up with this idea to cut some calories and fat. It taste just as good, if not better. Try it! It is an incredible side dish!

Fried Green Tomatoes, Ham and Egg Sandwich

I made this for my hubby this morning. I never had fried green tomatoes before. I was pleasantly surprised at how incredible they tasted. I breaded the tomatoes with 1/2 cp flour, 1.2 cp bread crumbs, Lawrys Salt, Cayenne Pepper and Pepper.(Peppers and Salt to taste. Geoff likes it spicy so I add a little more cayenne) I dipped in eggs and water and then the breading and fried it in a few TB of oil. MAN!! They are so good!!!

2 Slices Rye (Toasted)

4 Slices Muenster Cheese

A few slices of ham off the bone

2 fried Eggs with salt and pepper

2 TB minced jalapeno

2 Fried Green Tomatoes

1. I toasted the bread and as soon as it came out I topped both slices with 2 slices of muenster. I then put the two fried green tomatoes on one slice.

2. I fried the eggs with a little oil and put the ham in the same pan to brown it.

3. When the eggs where done I put in on the slice of bread with out the tomatoes and then topped it with the browned ham and jalapenos. I put the second slice of bread on top with the tomatoes.....WHOLOA!

The Local Farmers Market

Today I went to a Farmers Market in Flagler Beach and picked up all kinds of great deals. On Wednesday I went to a HUGE Farmers market in Volusia County Fairgrounds. It has hundreds of booths. It is awesome. It is about 30 minutes away, but worth every minute to get there. If you live in the Orlando area you need to visit the Volusia County Farmers Market. This is some of the deals I got:

.88cents per lb for beets

$1.00 lb for tomatoes (Romas, Green tomatoes, Beefsteak)

2lb bananas for $1

.50cents per lbs for all onions.

Homemade Marble Rye $2

Tilipia is 5$ a lb

Red bells 6 for 2$

2lb grapes for $2

Romaine Lettuce for .50 cents a head

This produce is even better then what you would find at most grocery stores.

You are probably wondering why I am telling you this. First of all, you can get more for your buck. Especially at these hard times a little always helps. (I bought 4 big bags of produce for 20 bucks) Second of all, it helps your local farmers and the economy.

You can always find a farmers market. Look at your local town or cities website. I know, every town near me has their own local farmers market. Try it out....You will be amazed at how much you save. It has great deals. Just wanted to pass that on.

Meatballs

1 lb ground beef

1/2 cp. milk

1/2 cp. white bread turned into bread crumbs (no crust)

1 tsp. garlic powder

2 TB parsley, oregano, basil...FRESH HERBS

1/4 cp. parm. cheese

1 egg

salt and pepper

1. Put the bread crumbs in the milk and let is soak up the goodness

2. This is sooo simple. Put everything together and get your hands dirty!!! Mix with your hands and form into pretty big meatballs. Throw it in the sauce....YEP!!! I said just throw it in the sauce. Let it simmer and it will do its things. It will not dry out and taste sooo good. Trust me.

****Use my simple Marinara below and add 1 8oz. can of paste****