My momma always said, "You can't beat it with a stick"

You can't beat WHAT with a stick? How about Steak on a Stick ? Why do we have to wait until the fair comes to town to eat our food on a stick ? I say, let's start a revolution. Wasn't it Kevin Costner who learned in an old baseball flick, "If you cook it on a stick, they will eat" ? No ? Well, it was something like that I'm sure. Anyway, this was a yummy and very easy recipe. If you like the teriyaki steak on a stick from Chinese restaurants, you will like this as well.

I served my own version of "fried brown rice". Cooked 1 cup of rice in 1 cup of chicken broth with a couple of dashes of soy sauce and a sprinkling of onion powder. After it cooked, I sauted it in a little butter and added frozen peas and carrots and some seasoning salt to taste. DELISH !

STEAK ON A STICK

1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup water
2 TB honey
2 tsp mustard powder
3/4 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp onion powder
2 pounds sirloin steak cut into thin strips
wooden skewers soaked in water

In a large resealable bag, combine the marinade ingrediants above with the steak and let rest in the fridge for at least 8 hours. Preheat oven's broiler. Thread meat onto skewers and place on a broiling rack or baking sheet. Broil for 3-4 minutes on each side.

H O L Y M A C A R O N I !

Forgive me if I get a little enthusiastic about this latest dish. The Perry's idea of eating Italian food is ordering pizza...therefore when I get brave or lucky enough to try out something with pasta, it truly is a rare treat. Tonight's dish is delicious and we will just pretend everyone in my household loved it and I won't confess to making a different meal for the other grown up sitting at the table....ahem..

TURKEY RAGU


1 16 oz pkg elbow macaroni (although any variety will work)
1 TB olive oil
3 cloves minced garlic
onion powder to taste
1 lb lean ground turkey
1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes in their juice
1 14.5 oz can crushed tomatoes
2 TB dried parsley
1 tsp dried oregano
2 tsp dried basil
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 cup grated fontina cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Heat oil in large skillet and cook garlic for a few seconds before adding the ground turkey. Sprinkle with onion powder and cook until no longer pink. Drain. Mix in the tomatoes and seasonings. Simmer uncovered for 20 minutes.

Meanwhile cook pasta to package directions, drain, add to above mixture along with cheeses. Stir well and serve.

(NOTE: I did not have fontina cheese and so substituted 3/4 cup mozzarella and only used 1/4 cup Parmesan)

"Can I have seconds please?"

Ahhh, the 5 little words I long to hear at my dinner table which to me equates a successful recipe. Guess what, I actually heard that tonight !! From the hubster no less ! Now, I must fully disclose that there was more to this conversation, and it went a little something like this....
Me= "So what do you think?"
Hub= "I think that if you would have just wrapped it up like a burrito we could have eaten 30 minutes ago."
Me= "Alrighty then."
Hub= "Can I have some more?"

SWEET victory. Hey, I take it as I can get it !

DEEP DISH ENCHILADA PIZZA

1/2 lb ground beef
onion powder to taste
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 pkg taco seasoning
refried beans
2 flour tortillas
1/4 cup salsa
shredded cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a glass pie plate with cooking spray. Cook beef, onion powder, and garlic together. Drain well and mix in taco seasoning. Lay one tortilla in the pie plate and cover with a layer of refried beans. Spread the beef mixture on top and cover with the second tortilla. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and spread salsa on top of tortilla and then cheese. Bake for 5 to 10 minutes more until cheese is melted. Let rest a few minutes before cutting and top with desired toppings such as tomato, sour cream, jalapeno peppers, etc.