Corn on the Cob

Ingredients:
4 ears of corn
1/4 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 garlic salt
sprinkle of salt
butter
Directions:
Bring a large pot of water to a boil and salt it. Once it is at a boil set the corn in for about 10-15 minutes. When it is done turn it off and cover the corn once you are ready to eat. When you are ready to eat pull the corn out and butter them. Sprinkle with chili powder, garlic salt and salt.

The Results:
I love corn on the cob. It always brings me back to when I was a little girl. I really just added what I wanted to the corn but usually it is salt and butter. The chili powder and garlic salt made it taste really good though.

Grilled Marinated Ribeye

Ingredients:

1 cup extra virgin olive oil

1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce

1/4 cup A-1 Sauce

1 teaspoon Johnny's Seasoning Salt (I used just lawry's seasoning salt)

4 to 6 cloves garlic, chopped

*(reserve 1/4 cup of this marinade to brush on the ribeyes as they cook)

Directions:

Marinate the ribeyes in this mixture at least 4 hours, and preferably overnight in the fridge. A couple hours before grilling, remove the steaks from the refrigerator and let them warm up to room temperature.

The Results:

Perfect ribeye. My husbands ribeye was medium rare and mine was a little more done. I let him enjoy the perfect ribeye. It was my Father's Day meal for him since he wasn't home on Father's Day. I got the recipe from http://www.smoker-cooking.com/marinated-ribeye-steaks.html.

Buttery Cooked Carrots

INGREDIENTS:
1 pound baby carrots
1/4 cup margarine
1/3 cup brown sugar

DIRECTIONS:
Cook carrots in a large pot of boiling water until tender. Drain off most of the liquid, leaving bottom of pan covered with water. Set the carrots aside.
Stir margarine and brown sugar into the water. Simmer and stir until the margarine melts. Return carrots to the pot, and toss to coat. Cover, and let sit for a few minutes to allow flavors to mingle.

The Results:

I got the recipe from allrecipes.com. I've never really liked carrots cooked. For some reason today they tasted really good. I enjoyed the sweet kick to them. I topped the carrots with parsley. I will definitely be snacking on these tomorrow.

CHOCOLATE MAYONNAISE CAKE and HERSHEY'S PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE FROSTING

CHOCOLATE MAYONNAISE CAKE

Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour

2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1-1/4 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. baking powder

3 eggs

1-2/3 cups sugar

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 cup Hellmann's® or Best Foods® Real Mayonnaise

1-1/3 cups water

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and lightly flour two 9-inch round cake pans*; set aside.

2. In medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and baking powder; set aside.

3. In large bowl, with electric mixer at high speed, beat eggs, sugar and vanilla for 3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Beat in Hellmann's® or Best Foods® Real Mayonnaise at low speed until blended. Alternately beat in flour mixture with water, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Pour into prepared pans.

4. Bake 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. On wire racks, cool 10 minutes; remove from pans and cool completely. Frost, if desired, or sprinkle with confectioners sugar.

*Or, prepare cake mix as above in 13 x 9-inch baking pan and bake 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE" CHOCOLATE FROSTING

Ingredients:

1 stick (1/2 cup) butter or margarine

2/3 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa

3 cups powdered sugar

1/3 cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

Melt butter. Stir in cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency. Add small amount additional milk, if needed. Stir in vanilla. About 2 cups frosting.

The Results:

The best chocolate cake. The mayo made the chocolate cake nice and moist and the frosting went perfectly with it. I put the frosting in the middle of the cake and some chopped up strawberries. On top of the cake after I frosted it I put toasted coconut. I just barely toasted it and stuff it on around the cake. You can really put whatever you want on the cake. It would have been good with just the frosting. I don't think you could really go wrong with this cake. YUMMY!

Green Chili Casserole

Ingredients:
12 corn tortillas
1 lbs ground beef
1 small onion, diced
1 can of Cream of Mushroom
1 can of Cream of Chicken
1 small can green chilies (4 oz)
1/2 can corn
Cheddar cheese, grated
Directions:
In a large skillet cook ground beef and onions. Mix the rest of ingredients together and add to cooked ground beef and onions. Heat mixture through. In a 2 quart pan lay down the corn tortillas,the meat mixture, cheese, tortillas, meat mixture and 4 more tortillas. Top with cheese. Cook at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
The Results:
This may look like a mess but it was good. It was kinda like the white enchiladas that I had made except this was made with corn tortillas and it is a casserole. I thought this was a really good and quick meal.

BBQ Chicken Grilled Cheese Sandwich

MAKE THIS!

This doesn't look all that hot but it was sooooo tasty. Notice I started to eat my sandwich before I realized I had to take a picture because it was so good.

Ingredients:

2 pieces of white bread (I use Country White Orowheat bread)

8 slices of sharp cheese ( I use Sharp Tillmook cheese)

leftover BBQ chicken

butter

Directions:

Place 4 slices of cheese down on your bread. Next add the BBQ chicken. Then add 4 more slices of cheese. Close the bread and butter the top. Get your skillet on medium and grill till done. WAHHLAAA! Enjoy!

The Results:
SOOOO GOOD! This was the perfect lunch. You could probably even add some red onion on to this. Perfecto!

BBQ Chicken Salad with Cilantro Ranch Dressing

Ingredients:

3 Cups thinly sliced Green Leaf Lettuce

¼ Cup corn

¼ Cup black beans

8 grape tomatoes, halved

1 cooked grilled chicken breast

¼ Cup favorite BBQ Sauce

¼ Cup shredded mozzarella cheese
¼ Cup prepared ranch dressing

1 heaping Tablespoon fresh chopped cilantro leaves

Directions:
1. Place lettuce into a salad bowl. Layer with corn, black beans and tomatoes. Dice cooked chicken breast and mix with BBQ sauce. Top over salad and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.
2. Place ranch dressing and cilantro leaves into a small bowl to combine. Drizzle over salad and serve.

The Results:

I got this recipe from one of my favorite food blogs.http://www.pickypalate.blogspot.com/. Everything Jenny makes looks so good. So of course I had to try this. It was good. Right up my husbands alley. He loves salads. I like the salad better without the ranch dressing but you can do it however you like it. I also hadn't gone to the store for grape tomatoes so we just had roma tomatoes with it.