Fantastic Marinade for Steak

This is the best marinade I have tried on steak so far. The steak comes out very very tender and juicy, no matter what cut you use. I typically use it on London Broil and cook it medium-rare, then cut it into thin slices. Serve with steak sauce if you like.

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup oil (I use olive)
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 2 tbs worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp pepper
• 1/4 cup white vinegar
• 1 tsp parsley flakes (optional)
• 2 cloves garlic, minced

Directions:
1. Mix all ingredients together. Before pouring over steak, place your steak in a plastic bag and pound it with a meat tenderizer for a few minutes. You can pour the marinade right in the bag with the steak or into a shallow bowl so the steak gets completely covered. Marinade overnight, as close to 24 hours as you can. The longer it marinates, the more tender the steak.
2. Cook the steak as you prefer. I cooks ours on my George Foreman Grill for 6-8 minutes.

Coleslaw

I used to dislike coleslaw, but not anymore! Jason said this is even better than the coleslaw at KFC! I love to have it with ribs.

Ingredients:

• 1 (16 oz) bag of coleslaw mix
• 2 tbs diced onion
• 2/3 cup mayonnaise
• 3 tbs vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 tbs white vinegar
• 1/4 tsp salt

Directions:
1. Combine the coleslaw mix and onion in a large bowl.
2. Whisk together the mayonnaise, vegetable oil, sugar, vinegar and salt in a separate bowl. Pour mixture over coleslaw mix and toss to coat. Chill at least 2 hours before serving.

Incredibly Easy Barbecue Ribs

These ribs are very low maintenance and they come out so tender. You don't have to be afraid to make ribs with this recipe!

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 lbs country style pork ribs (I like to buy them with the bone in, so I still have fall off the bone ribs, but boneless is fine too)
• 1 tbs garlic powder
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 2 tbs salt
• 1 bottle of your favorite barbecue sauce (We like KC Masterpiece)

Directions:
1. Place ribs in a large pot with enough water to cover them. Season with the garlic powder, pepper, and salt. Bring water to a boil. Cook the ribs in boiling water for 1 hour.
2. Preheat oven to 325.
3. Remove ribs from pot and place them in a 9x13 baking dish. Sprinkle with some garlic powder. Pour barbecue sauce over ribs. Cover with foil and bake for 1 1/2 hours. After an hour of cooking, I like to take the ribs out and add some more barbecue sauce over them. I take the foil off when the ribs have 10-15 minutes left so the sauce will bake into the ribs.

Butter Roast Chicken

This chicken is delicious and you can use the butter sauce as a dip for the chicken. I make ours in the crock pot on high for 5 hours, then put it under the broiler for 2 minutes to crisp up and brown the skin. I will also post the roasting directions.

Ingredients:

• 1 whole chicken (3-5 lbs)
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/3 cup lemon juice
• 1 tbs paprika
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp pepper
• 1 tsp brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp dried rosemary
• 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper

Directions:
1. Place chicken in a baking pan. Combine remaining ingredients in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Remove from heat and pour over chicken. Bake uncovered at 325 for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Baste occasionally.

Basic Meatloaf

My sister-in-law Kallee requested a meatloaf recipe. This is my go-to recipe for meatloaf. It doesn't have any weird ingredients in it or try to be ultra-fancy like recipes from the Food Network (now I love the Food Network but sometimes they put too many strange ingredients into their recipes and we just like normal meatloaf!)

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
• 1 cup oats
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup minced onion
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp ground mustard
• 1/4 tsp pepper

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350. Spray a loaf pan with Pam.
2. Mix all the ingredients together with your clean hands (I like to mix everything together except the beef. Once everything else is mixed well, then I add the beef).
3. Place beef mixture into the loaf pan. Top with ketchup.
4. Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes. Take the foil off and continue baking another 10-15 minutes.

Note: You can also make mini meat loaves, which is the way Jason likes it. If you don't have a pan that allows you to make multiple mini loaves, just shape the loaves yourself and place on baking sheet covered with foil. Decrease the baking time by approximately 15 minutes.

Fresh Salsa

I'm not a big fan of canned salsa from the grocery store. I love the salsa from restaurants. I found this recipe, which is supposed to taste just like the salsa from Chili's. Now I don't know how similar it is to Chili's salsa since I haven't eaten there in a year, but it definitely is restaurant quality. Not to mention easy! And it has a spicy level of medium. If you prefer less spicy, add only half the jalapenos.

Ingredients

• 1 (14 1/2 oz) can tomatoes and green chilis (like the Ro-Tel brand)
• 1 (14 1/2 oz) can whole tomatoes plus the juice (Now I had trouble finding a 14 1/2 oz can so I used 1 1/2 (10 oz) cans)
• 4 tsp canned diced jalapenos
• 1/4 cup diced yellow onion
• 3/4 tsp garlic salt or 1 clove garlic
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• 1/4 tsp sugar

Directions

1. Add all ingredients to a blender or food processor. Blend for just a few seconds. You do NOT want to puree.

2. Place in a covered container in the fridge for a few hours before serving to allow the flavors to blend.

Cream Cheese Frosting for Carrot Cake

The frosting from this recipe will be plenty if you bake a single layer carrot cake but if you make a 2 layer cake, you may want to double the recipe.

Ingredients

• 1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar

Directions

In a medium bowl, mix the cream cheese, butter, vanilla extract, and confectioners' sugar with an electric mixer until well blended.