Tag Archives: entree

Polenta Casserole

This is a recipe devised by my college-going daughter.  She prefers to eat vegetarian and found that there were very few vegetarian choices in the college’s cafeteria.  Also, they tended to repeat the same old same stuff every day and she longed for something different. So she threw in a few ingredients she had in her pantry and refrigerator...
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Mesquite Steak

This is an easy home-made steak that is as good as any pricey steak house.

Ingredients:

1.    3 lbs of beef flap steak (quite reasonably priced at Costco) 2.   1/4 cup of Extra Virgin Olive Oil 3.    1/4 cup of Balsamic vinegar 4.    4-5 garlic cloves 5.    2 Tablespoons of Sweet Mesquite Seasoning

Directions:

1.  ...
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Indonesian Chicken Satay

Our family spent some time in Indonesia and during our stay there, both my children got addicted to the Indonesian style Chicken Satay.  They loved it so much that they both would order it at least once a day. In our six months there, we got to sample this dish in all its incarnations – at people’s homes, street...
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B-6: Blonde Belgian Beer Braised Boneless Beef

B-7: Blonde Belgian Beer Braised Boneless Beef

Serves: 6-7; Prep time: 30 minutes; cooking time: 3-4 hours! My children named this dish for me and it is their favorite.  Although it takes a long time to cook, it is an easy recipe because you can put it in the pot and leave for an hour or so and let it cook...
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