"Grilled" Chicken Tenders

1 package of chicken tenders
1 c. zesty Italian dressing ( I used Kraft Tuscan House Italian)
2 t. lime juice
3 t. honey

Put chicken in large ziploc bag. Mix other ingredients. Shake well. Pour over chicken. Marinate for about 30 min. Dump whole mixture into pan. Cook until liquid reduces (about 30-40 min). Turn chicken after about 15 min. Watch carefully and don't overcook or it will be dried out.

This tastes wonderful!! And it is really flavorful.

Salsa

I love to stalk other blogs. Especially when they include delicious recipes:

Chili's Salsa

1 14.5 oz can tomatoes and green chilies
1 14.5 oz can whole canned tomatoes (plus the juice)
4 t. jalapeno, diced not pickled
1/4 c. yellow onion, diced
1/2 to 3/4 t. garlic salt
1/2 t. cumin
1/4 t. sugar
1/4 t. cilantro
juice from 1/2 lime

In a food processor, mince jalapenos and onion. Add tomatoes, salt, sugar, cumin, cilantro and lime juice. Process together and chill before serving.

I found this through one of my favorite blogs: www. kellyskornerblog.com; her mother has a blog-hisdoorkeeper.blogspot.com. This is supposed to taste just like Chili's salsa. (btw, it really does!!!)

Enjoy!!

Smothered Steak

This is a recipe that I got from my mother-in-law:

Smothered Steak

1 pkg of tenderized, cube steak
flour
salt and pepper

Flour,salt and pepper, fry in a little oil. Remove, drain off grease. Return meat to skillet. Cover with water. Cover and cook for 1 hour. Remove steak again. whisk about 3 Tbl. flour with cold water. Add to skillet and whisk until smooth. Add a little water or more grease as needed. Add steak back and simmer for a few min. Serve with mashed potatoes or rice.
Warning: this is not a really healthy fat free meal, but it is so good. Especially since I haven't made it since before Landyn was even born.

2 new recipes

Here are 2 newly tried, tested and approved recipes: Both are delicious!

Butter Baked Chicken and Gravy
(from Paula Deen's magazine this month)

1/4 c. butter, melted
1 c. all-purpose flour
1 1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. ground black pepper
1 (15oz.) can evaporated milk, divided
4 chicken breast
1 can cream of chicken soup
3/4 c. water
Hot cooked rice

Preheat oven 350.
Pour melted butter into a 13 x 9 inch baking dish.
In shallow dish, combine flour, salt and pepper.
In a separate shallow dish, add 1/2 cup evaporated milk. Coat chicken pieces with evaporated milk; dredge each in flour mixture. Place chicken in prepared dish. Bake, uncovered, for 35 minutes. Remove from oven and turn chicken.
In small bowl, combine soup, water, and remaining evaporated milk; pour over chicken. Return chicken to oven and bake for 35 min longer. Remove chicken from baking dish; whisk gravy in baking dish until smooth. Serve with rice.



Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 2/3 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 sticks margarine
3/ c. sugar
3/4 c. brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
2 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.Beat margarine, sugars, vanilla until creamy. Add eggs, beat well. Stir in dry ingredients. Stir in chocolate chips. Bake 9 min.

Tonight's Menu

We are having our neighbors over for a thank-you dinner. He did some work on our internet and cable and made it much faster! Here is our menu:

New York Strip Steak (Kroger has these on sale for a great price)
Baked potatoes (rubbed with olive oil and covered in sea-salt)
Salad
Sweet Corn
Texas Toast

And for dessert:
Peach Cobbler served with vanilla ice cream

I am sooo hungry!

Slow-Cooker Beef Stew

This is a wonderful and easy recipe:

Slow Cooker Beef Stew

3 large potatoes, cut into 1 in pieces
4 large carrots, cut into 1/2 in pieces
2 lbs. stew beef, cut into bite-size chunks
1 large onion, chopped
1/3 cup soy sauce
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. paprika
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/4 cup flour
1 cup condensed beef broth
1 8-ounce can tomato sauce

Place potatoes in bottom of slow cooker. Add carrots on top. Then, add beef and cover with onions. Combine the soy sauce, salt, paprika, pepper and flour in a bowl, mix and pour over the meat mixture. Combine beef broth and tomato sauce in a bowl and pour into cooker. Cook on high for 5 hours or on low for 8-10 hours. Delicious!!

Pink Lemonade

One of my student's mother gave me this recipe last year. It is soooo good and easy to make.

1 gallon jug
1 cup of sugar (i usually only used 1/2 to 3/4 cup)
Pink and yellow cans of Country Time lemonade (not individual cup ones)
2 oranges, quartered and squeezed
1 orange, sliced for serving

Measure lemonade powder for 3 qts of yellow and 1 qt of pink, add sugar and squeezed oranges. Fill the rest of the jug with water. Let it sit the night before. Remove oranges quarters. Serve with new orange slices

I used this for a wedding shower, graduation, picnic and even for a family birthday party. Everyone loves it!