Salisbury Steak

This Salisbury steak recipe is so easy and so delicious.  A great comfort food!  It includes a sweetened take on a Belmont Sauce (with the more wine-flavored original recipe included) - both are heavenly and are just specific to your tastes.  Great thing about this is that if food is a way to a man's heart - this will definitely win that of the man in your life!  


Submitted by:  Karen Newbrough


Cook time:  10-15 minutes

Ingredients:
Steak patties:
     -  3 lb. ground chuck
     -  2 Tbl. chopped green pepper (optional)
     -  1/4 c. finely chopped onion
     -  2 Tbl. chopped parsley
     -  1 tsp. salt
     -  1 tsp. tabasco sauce
     -  flour

Belmont Sauce:
     -  3 Tbl Olio, or butter
     -  1/2 c. ketchup
     -  1 tsp Worchestire
     -  1 tsp. prepared mustard
     -  1/4 tsp. tabasco
     -  2 Tbl. light brown sugar (to your taste specifications) 
(If you prefer a more wine flavor vs. sweet, substitute the brown sugar for 1 Tbl. lemon juice and 2 Tbl. cooking sherry and voila! )

Directions:
1)  Combine meat, green pepper, onion, parsley, salt and tabasco sauce.  Shape meat mix into 8 oval shaped patties (think mini-meatloafs, at least 1/2 inch thick).  Sprinkle lightly with flour.
2)  Heat skillet lightly coated with cooking oil over medium-high heat.  Once hot, add patties and brown on all sides, cooking through.  Watch carefully and flip a few times to keep cooking even and to keep patties from burning.
3)  Mix Belmont sauce in small saucepan over low-medium heat.  Whisk ingredients together and continue stirring over the heat.  Serve warm over the patties.

Meat Loaf

The perfect comfort food and Sunday dinner!

Submitted by:  Nancy Clark

Preheat oven to:  350 degrees                              Cook time:  1 1/2 hours

Ingredients:
Meatloaf:
     -  1 lb. hamburger
     -  1 egg
     -  3/4 c. cracker crumbs
     -  1/2 c. milk
     -  1 tsp. salt
     -  1 tsp. chopped onion
     -  pepper
     -  1 tsp. dry mustard

Sauce:
     -  1/2 c. ketchup
     -  2 tsp. prepared mustard
     -  3 tsp. brown sugar
     -  1 c. water
     -  1/4 c. vinegar

Directions:
1)  Mix together all ingredients and form in loaf; place in loaf pan, leaving space for sauce around it (think a moate of sauce around the meatloaf)
2)  Combine ingredients of sauce and pour in moate around meatloaf and on top.  Bake for about 1 1/2 hours.

Pineapple Sirloin Skewers

Taken from:  Quick Cooking magazine, Karen Hamlin

Marinate time:  overnight                           Prep + Cook:  20 min.

Ingredients:
     -  1 can (8 oz) pineapple chunks
     -  6 Tbl. soy sauce
     -  2 Tbl. brown sugar
     -  2 Tbl. vegetable oil
     -  2 tsp. ground ginger
     -  1 tsp. minced garlic
     -  1/2 tsp. pepper
     -  1 lb. boneless beef sirloin steak, cut into 1 in. cubes

Directions:
1)  Drain pineapple, reserving juice.  Refrigerate pineapple.
2)  In a small bowl, combine the pineapple juice, soy sauce, brown sugar, oil, ginger, garlic and pepper.  Reserve 1/3 cup marinade for basting and 1/3 cup for serving; cover and refrigerate.
3)  Pour the remaining marinage into a large resealable plastic bag; and beef cubes.  Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight.
4)  Drain and discard marinade from beef.  On metal or soaked wooden skewers, alternately thread beef and pineapple chunks.  Grill, uncovered, over medium heat for 5 min on each side or boil 4-6 in from the heat until beef reches desired doneness, basting frequently with one portion of the reserved marinade.  Serve with remaining marinade.

Note:
"I like to add mushroom to the skewers and serve the yummy kabobs over hot cooked rice"