Cooking Tip! How to dilute an over salted meal
Added too much salt to your soup, stew, or sauce? No problem!
It's an old myth that adding a peeled potato to the soup or sauce will absorb the salt in a dish. Although it may draw some salt out, it is better to add a little sugar or acid, such as a lemon juice, and taste as you go.
Another option is to add more water and dilute the dish if it is a soup or stew.
Look at that mess! Now I need to throw some salt over my shoulder;)
Happy cooking!
Garlic Stuffed Flank Steak Recipe
This dish has it all, it's quick, it's easy, and it's elegant. I love that this dish can be made ahead, but it's the presentation that makes this entree special. Your guests will think you spent hours preparing this meal. Shhh, don't tell them!
Ingredients
Preparation
If cooking immediately, soak skewers 30 minutes before cooking meat.
Prepare the cream cheese mixture and the meat. Mix together the cream cheese, garlic seasoning, and pepper and set aside. Pound the flank steak between two sheets of plastic until the meat is about 1/2 inch thick. Generously season both sides of the flank steak with Pepper Pizzazz or Lem 'n Pepper Seasonings.
Spread the seasoned flank steak with the cream cheese mixture.
Add the chopped pepper and spinach. Carefully roll the meat with plastic wrap (Use the same plastic that you used to pound the meat). If going to cook immediately, take the soaked skewers and pierce the steak roll with the skewers about 1 inch apart. (If making ahead, wrap rolled meat in plastic and refrigerate, making sure to take meat out 30 minutes before cooking).
Turn griddle or pan on medium and drizzle with olive oil. Slice the steak roll between the skewers and add the steak skewers to the griddle or pan. Cook on each side for a few minutes or until done to your preferance (Pink, no pink...). Your family or friends will think you are a culinary genius! Enjoy!
Summer Meatball Sliders Recipe
For a last minute lunch, I whipped up these cuties for my daughter and her friend. They were playing in the water and I asked them to give me a warning when they were hungry. Immediately, they said, "Warning!" Yikes, I needed something quick. I came out with these 5 minutes later...mom saved the day, plus the little umbrellas were a hit, a perfect summer treat:)
Ingredients
Preparation
In a medium pan, heat meatballs in sauce until the meatballs are cooked. When meatballs are cooked, place one meatball on each of the slider rolls. (Optional, add mozzarella cheese on top of meatballs) Secure with your favorite pick. Enjoy!
Lem'n Raspberry Monkey Bread Muffins Recipe
Monkey bread round two...Lem'n Raspberry Marmalade Monkey Bread! My family loves sweet rolls, but to make them from scratch is a labor of love, and I save them for the holidays or a special occasion. I wanted something quick this time.
I ran across my monkey bread recipe recently, which used refrigerated biscuits, and it dawned on me...monkey bread muffins (Quick, easy, and elegant)! I wanted to jazz them up even more, so my daughter and I tested them with our Blackberry preserves. The result...amazing! I don't know why I didn't think of these gems sooner:)
As if the unusual combination of lemon, raspberry, and cinnamon weren't enough, the lemon cream cheese glaze was the "icing on the cake". Ha! I don't know which version I like more. Which one do you prefer?
Ingredients
1 package of Refrigerated biscuits (we used Pillsbury Grands Biscuits)
1/2 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons (Tbsp) Cinnamon
1 stick butter, melted
Cherchies® Blackberry Preserves (about 1 Tablespoon (Tbsp) per muffin
Zest of one lemon, divided
Lemon Cream Cheese Icing (below)
Lemon Cream Cheese Icing
4 oz. room temperature, cream cheese
lemon zest
Juice of one lemon
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Preparation
Add the sugar and cinnamon to a reclosable plastic bag and shake the bag. Open the biscuits and cut biscuits into sixths with kitchen shears or a sharp knife. (This is a great family activity).
Place muffin liners into the trays. Place four biscuit pieces into each muffin tin, and pour melted butter over the biscuits. Drizzle about 1 Tablespoon of Cherchies® Lem'n Raspberry Marmalade over biscuits. Sprinkle biscuits with half of the lemon zest.
Bake muffins at 350 degrees for about 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown. While muffins are baking, prepare the glaze by mixing together the cream cheese, powdered sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice, and vanilla.
Remove muffins from oven and cool about 6-9 minutes before serving. Drizzle with icing and serve warm. Ohhhh my goodness...Enjoy!