Juiciest Spicy Round Steaks and Squash youll ever eat.....on the grill

I love grilling with tinfoil "packs".  Butter, plus WHATEVER and some seasoning makes good on the grill if you make the right tinfoil pouch for it!!! Today, it is raining, and I grilled anyway! Here is my lazy day way to excellent dinner with fresh veggies!

Round steaks/Pork Steaks
Taco Seasoning/Mixed with Creole
Garlic and Herb Sea Salt
Squash
2 onions, 1 purple 1 yellow
2 Potatoes red or brown (or mix it up!)
Green Peppers
Creole Seasoning
Butter
A couple of strips of bacon

First, thaw your meat.  Rub the taco creole season mix all over the meat, and place in a ziplock bag

 

 Let it sit in the fridge for about 30 mins. Next, make one medium sized square for each piece of meat. Put a large spoonful of butter in each square. Then, place a piece of meat in each one on top of the butter. Then put another spoonful on top of each piece. Make the foil into a bowl around the steak, and pinch and fold the top together. Put it on the grill.

Now on to the veggies! I took 2 medium sized squash, and 1 red and 1 white potato today, but you can add to this depending on who youre cooking for! It is the technique that matters! 

Peel your potatoes and take the skin off your onions. Cut up your squash, potatoes, onions, peppers and put them in a bowl. Season them with creole seasoning, stirring and reseasoning multiple times. Lightly cook your bacon pieces a little, but leave them soggy. Make a big square of tin foil, depending on the amount of veggies you cut up, then make it into a bowl with high sides (like the meat)  Place 2 spoons of butter in the middle and season it. Then lay your bacon down, and then pour your veggie mix onto it. Fold the top together, and throw it on the top shelf of the grill if possible!

This is guaranteed to be the best you have had in a while, granted this is your type of taste. Twist it, change it, whatever! Email me and let me know what you come up with!

 

Tortellini with Homemade Spicy Shrimp Alfredo Sauce

Frozen or packaged Tortellini pasta
bag of shrimp with no tails
6-8 tablespoons of butter depending on amount
garlic salt
sea salt
Creole seasoning and/or red pepper or other spicy seasoning
1/2 cup cream cheese to 1 cup depending on amount

Put tortellini in water and bring to boil. While that is heating, melt half of your butter in a skillet on medium heat. Moderately season the butter as it melts with garlic and sea salt. When the butter starts to bubble, add your shrimp and turn the heat down a little. Season ONLY THE SHRIMP with the spicy seasoning, on both sides. Cook the shrimp, stirring and flipping regularly, until the butter is mostly cooked out. Turn the heat down a little more and add the rest of your butter. Then half of your cream cheese. Stir it all up and add more cream cheese, and garlic seasoning, as needed. (I even add shredded Parmesan or Mozzarella sometimes) cheese turn off heat, and let it thicken a little. Drain pasta, load it on a plate, and pour the gooey goodness on top! YES! Sometimes I use a lot of butter and get a golden, thin sauce with a LOT of flavor....just try it. Trust me.

 

Greek Honey Lemon Choppers

So everyone ate up my Teriyaki recipe...as expected...so how about another risky one? Sweet meat.

First, there are different ways to cook this. One of my fav ways (pictured above) is to smoke or grill the meat after brushing it with this mixture! ITS AMAZING.  You can use this rub on any meat. Cook it any way. It is still awesome. Personally, I love using it with pork, hams, etc. DIP BACON STRIPS IN THIS MIXTURE AND BAKE THEM and you will NEVER BE THE SAME. Just saying. I like making this for dinner with pork ribs or pork chops, or sometimes even breakfast pork steaks and eggs with honey biscuits...OH MY.... I am serious try it with whatever you love...I have...whole roasts, briskets, and even beef steaks work too! Try it on chicken! Try it on ANYTHING! Anyway, here ya go!

4 pork chops/rack of ribs/etc (1 pound)
1-2 tablespoon all purpose Greek seasoning
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest (optional)
3 tablespoons lemon juice
4 tablespoons honey

BROIL: Turn on broil setting after mixing but before application.
BAKE: Preheat to 375 before mixing.
First, thaw your meat, keeping all the juices in or close. Season it lightly with greek seasoning.  Then mix all the ingredients in a bowl.  Brush on in a thick coat all over the meat.  Let sit in a bowl or deep plate for 5 minutes in the fridge, covered.
BROIL: Place in broiler pan. Cover. Heat 5-7 minutes until brown, then flip meat pieces over, heat 7-8 more minutes

BAKE: Place meat, maintaining juices, into a glass baking dish.  Cover with tin foil.  Bake for 15-20 minutes, and check.  Temperature should be between 135 and 140 for smaller pieces and 145 + for larger pieces. Or if you don't have a meat thermometer, you can check the color of the meat for BARELY ANY PINK MEAT, that pink meat you have should only be towards the bone. Heat for 5 to 10 more minutes or until meat is done and tender. Serve juicy, and sweet with some plain white rice.  It is FANTASTIC!

Easy Teriyaki Sauce

So I was asked by my friend Will, to post some good sauce recipes.  The first one I am going to do is Teriyaki.  It is my favorite.  My version is made with sweet onions, but you can take those out and add some hot sauce or something if you like!

1/2 cup Soy Sauce
Lemon Juice 3 tablespoons
Orange Extract 1 teaspoon
Vinegar 2 teaspoons
Garlic Powder
Salt
Black Pepper
Paprika
Cumin
Cloves
Honey drops to taste
Cornmeal 1 tablespoon, add more to thicken


Simply mix all together in a skillet, adding seasonings little by little to tweek to taste. Whisking slowly.  Add sweet onions for a yummy bite! Then simply add your meat and brown it in the sauce.  Let cool to thicken. Enjoy!

The Best Soup of Your Life.

It is raining today, so of course I am hankering for some soup!  I am a little burnt out on chicken, so today I am making a beefsteak tortellini and white bean soup. Enjoy!

1 pound Beef Stew Meat

Beef Broth

Canned Stewed Tomatoes or Tommy Toes (the little ones)

Onion-diced

Garlic cloves OR powder

4 cheese tortellini

I like to begin by putting my broth and my beans in the pot first.  Let them stew and boil and soften while you do the rest.

Take your stew meat, and season it to taste.  I like to use a little chili, garlic, and onion powder.  Almost over seasoning.  On a medium skillet on low to medium heat, heat a bit of oil and brown your meat in it, just barely brown.  Do not cook all the way or it will be tough.  Add your meat to your broth and beans.  Then add your tomatoes, onion, and garlic to the broth.  Let it stew on medium heat for about 20 minutes.  Then add your tortellini.  Let it cook until the tortellini is done.  Serve, with a light sprinkle of shredded cheddar cheese or sprinkled parmesan, with a side of garlic toast!

Nesha's Homemade BBQ Sauce (WARNING: Spice to your taste!)

I include that "Warning" simply because some people do NOT like things as spicy as I do!

2 1/2 cups  Ketchup
1 tablespoon Mustard
1 1/2 cup brown sugar
diced onions, jalapenos, and other peppers to taste!
Worcestershire sauce
A1
Molasses IF WANTED (I usually don't unless it is too thin)

Literally mix it all together slowly while on low heat. Apart from the exact measurements, do not add ingredients in large amounts. I can not express this enough. Less is usually more when messing with flavor! Here ya go!

Start with the ketchup, mustard, and brown sugar.  Stir well, then taste.  Add onions and peppers as desired, or use jalapeno juice.  Then taste again.  While simmering on low, add the Worcestershire sauce and A1 (I use the kind with Tabasco, or add Tabasco or other hot sauce to it).  Stir well and taste again.  Add ingredients in small amounts to make adjustments to taste. If it is too thin, add a small amount of molasses to thicken.

Cheesy French Bread Smother

1 loaf of French Bread, cut diagonally into 1/2 inch slices OR Garlic Bread or Texas Toast work too!
Butter
garlic salt or seasoning
Parmesan Cheese
Mozzarella Cheese
Any kind of cheese you want because it's CHEESY
1 pound Philly steak/flank steak/hamburger/sausage/any meat you want
1 tablespoon EVOO
diced onions, peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms, black olives, etc. that you want!
Pizza Sauce (for a faster way, try a Pasta Sauce with all the veggies already in it)

Preheat oven to 250, spray a baking sheet with nonstick spray. butter and season each piece of bread, then lightly sprinkle mozzarella cheese and/or parmesan on them and lay them on the baking sheet. Place in oven when preheat is done, and watch them while you are cooking to ensure that they do not burn!!!
Heat your oil in a large skillet on medium.  When it gets good and hot, start slowly adding meat, when the meat is a little more than halfway done, add your veggies.  When the meat is all the way done, lower heat to between low and medium, and add the sauce.  Stir until chunky and steamy, and meat is juicy and flavorful.

On each plate, stack 2 or 3 pieces of bread, covered in more cheese of your liking.  Smother it with this wonderful meat sauce mixture, melting all that cheese underneath. Sprinkle more mozzarella, and some parmesan.  Best french bread you every tried.