30 Minute Steak Marinade

I am the Queen of this grill in this house! Not that I am not already Queen of this house but I rock the grill. With the "Master of the Universe" away a lot it falls to me to do the grilling. Now if I am even more honest I love to grill. it can be -40 outside in a snow storm and I will grill. I am my dad's daughter who taught me when I was about 14 to use the grill. We grill all year round. So it was real sad for my family when our grill went to grill heaven last year. *a moment of silence for the beloved grill* Ok there that's enough. So when I got a new grill the other week the house rejoiced! I was the best with my kids... (Who knew all it took was a hunk of mettle with propane?)

One of my most requested things I get to grill is steak. We are a family with the love for cow. But cow on a grill well that puts this on a whole new level of awesomeness. So I have a very quick marinade with things I always have on hand. The Trick with grilling any meat is that meat should not be cold. Cold meat on the grill turns it to leather and chewy. So if you pull it out of the fridge 30 minutes before you throw it on will help with keeping the meat juicy.

What You Need:

 

 

1 Large zippy bag

Steaks

1/2 cup Olive oil

2 tbsp. Garlic minced

2 tbsp.Staek spice

1/2 tsp. salt

 

Putting It Together:

 

Take zippy bag and put steaks in bag

 

Add Olive oil

 

Add Garlic

 

Add salt and Steak spice

 

Close bag and give it a good shake making sure steaks get covered. Let sit for 30 min. This can be done ahead of time.

 

Once ready heat up your grill to about 300

 

Cook steaks for about 6 minutes on each side

 

Once cooked to your liking take off grill and let sit for about 7-10 minutes. Then Serve and Enjoy!

 

Ode To Gooey Grill Cheese!! In Honor of National Grill Cheese Day!

So two little fact about myself:

1. I am a LOVER of cheese! I mean I L-O-V-E CHEESE!! As I am saying this I have "Green Eggs and Ham" running through my head... "I will eat it in a house, I will eat it with a mouse." Hell, forget the mouse! That requires sharing! "I would steal it from a house, I would steal it from a mouse...." There much better!
2. Myself and a few of my Kiddlets have a very bad allergy to corn. Yes I said corn. Apparently it is not such a rare allergy as I first thought, its just not widely talked about and most people don't even realize that have this allergy. So as you can well imagine that makes the day to day of cooking very interesting shall we say, mainly because corn is in EVERYTHING!! No joke. I can not even partake in having a stick of gum because "Sucrose" is actually made from corn sugar. Did you know that? I sure as hay didn't till I looked it up and my Dr. Told me. So when it comes to my oh so favorite "Tex-Mex" style of cooking I tend to be just plum out of luck unless I can use flour tortillas. That means no Nachos nothing that would have a corn chip. Let me tell you it is just a plain bummer because I use to eat ALL that kind of stuff and LOVE it! So I KNOW what I am missing out on lol. 

That is what brings me to todays concoction really. This brings my oh so fave things together in a way I can eat it! OH do I ever eat this let me tell you.

So with no further a due I bring you:

Oven -Toasted Salsa Grilled Cheese!

What you need:

8 slices of Italian bread. This will make 4 sandwiches
1/4 cup Miracle whip Original Spread (or any other mayo you have on hand)
1/4 cup salsa (I like the think n' chunky myself)
8 cheese slices *2 per sandwich*
1 cookie sheet

Make it:

Heat oven to 450



Spread bread with Mayo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Place 4 bread slices, mayo side down, on cookie sheet; place cheese on bread; then cover with salsa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cover with remaining bread with mayo side up; Bake for 12-13 min, or until golden brown, turning after about 6 min.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once out of the oven let cool for about 2 min. Then serve and enjoy!