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Grilled Rib Eye Steaks With Dipping Sauce

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From the kitchen of: Unknown

  • 1 pound beef rib eye

Marinade:

  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar

Dipping Sauce:

  • 5 small dried red chiles
  • 1/4 cup Thai fish sauce
  • Juice of 2 limes
  • 1 teaspoon palm or brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon roasted rice powder
  • 2 scallions, finely chopped

Trim steaks of fat. Combine marinade ingredients in a large container. Add the beef, cover, and refrigerate 1 to 2 hours. Remove meat from refrigerator 30 minutes before grilling to enhance flavors.

Meanwhile, combine all the dipping sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.

Preheat grill. Grill steak, turning occasionally, 5 to 10 minutes for mediumrare. Transfer meat to a cutting board and set aside 10 minutes before slicing crosswise into thin slices. Transfer meat and juices to a serving platter and serve with the dipping sauce and Sticky Rice.

Yield: 4 servings

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Home Made Pizza

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From the kitchen of: Pat Mineart

Dough ingredients:

  • 4 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 package yeast
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
  • 1 tablespoon of sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 1/2 cups oil

Mix dough, let rise 1/2 hour. Press into pans. Cover with toppings.

Toppings:

  • 12 ounce can pizza sauce
  • 1 pound mozarella cheese
  • 1 pound sausage cooked
  • 1 pound pepperoni sliced

Bake at 425 degrees for 20 minutes.

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Disgustingly Easy Stuffed Pork Chops

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From the kitchen of: Carol in the Carolinas

  • Pork Chops, extra thick (1 1/2 inches). One per guest
  • Stove Top Stuffing
  • Butter
  • Water
  • A Pan and a Bowl

Split chops down the middle creating a pocket. Preheat Oven to 375. Prepare Stuffing in a bowl with hot water per directions on box increasing water by 1/4 a cup. Foil line Pan and spray with Pam or grease with butter. Lay Pork Chops in and stuff with stuffing with a good size mound overflowing. Bake uncovered for 30-40 min until pork is done and outside edge of stuffing good and brown/crispy. Serve. Inside will be juicy and flavored! Looks fancy but they’ll never know how easy!

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Pot Roast

From the kitchen of: Pat Mineart

  • Pot Roast, thawed
  • Salt and pepper
  • Carrots
  • Potatoes
  • Onions

    • Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Place pot roast in pan fat side up. Season with salt/pepper. Add a little water and cook for two hours.

    In the last 45 minutes – add carrots and potatoes.

    In the last half hour, add onions.

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Taco Salad

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From the kitchen of: Pat Mineart

  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Simmer 15 minutes Mix with:

  • 1 head lettuce
  • 4 tomatoes
  • 1 cup cheddar cheese
  • 1 medium onion
  • 1/2 cup bacon bits
  • 1/2 bag or tortilla chips
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Thai BBQ Chicken

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From the kitchen of: Unknown

Marinade:

  • 2 stalks fresh lemon grass
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh ginger
  • 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
  • 1 1/2 cups light soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 tablespoons red curry paste
  • 2 pounds chicken breasts and thighs, on the bone

Sweet and Spicy Sauce:

  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped chiles
  • 1/2 cup white vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon finely chopped very fresh garlic

Remove the grassy tops of the lemon grass, leaving stalks about 6 inches long, and cut off any hard root section. Using the blunt edge of a large knife or cleaver, bruise each stalk all over, then chop. Combine marinade ingredients in blender, process until smooth and pour into a nonreactive bowl. Add chicken, turning to coat all over. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight.

Meanwhile, combine the sauce ingredients in a small saucepan and bring to a boil while stirring. Reduce heat and simmer 2 to 3 minutes, or until thickened slightly, then remove from heat.

Prepare grill or preheat broiler. Remove chicken from marinade, and grill or broil breasts and thighs until golden brown on all sides over high heat, starting chicken skinside down first. Then move chicken to a medium hot part of the grill or broiler until cooked through, 20 to 30 minutes total. Serve with Sweet and Spicy Sauce.

Yield: 4 to 6 servings

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I’m a homeowner!

So I closed this afternoon on the house. I’m officially a homeowner! That’s “home OWNER” not “homo”…. I was officially one of those years ago. (My brother Todd pointed out that joke.) So I immediately went to the house and started taking out the drop ceiling in the living room and pulling up the carpets. But I have installed garage door opener (that was bought from the best garage maintenance store) in my house since it is a good protective tool for the garage. You can also avail garage door opener installation here. or similar other products for your home from this site.

I bought the carpet from Kashanian Exports and pulled up in the living room and the dining room. The dining room has perfect hardwood floors under the carpet. The living room… plywood over the hardwood floors. And when I started to pull up the plywood near the fireplace… looks like the fire got loose into the room a bit. It doesn’t seem to be too far out into the room… I’m going to continue to pull up the plywood to see how bad it is, and then assess what I want to do with the room. If there are rooms where the floors aren’t good enough to refinish without major repair… carpet. But first I need to see what all is there. I’m also getting air conditioning maintenance to improve home comfortability. I also have an eco-friendly heating system. Wood pellets have many uses, from horse bedding to cat litter, but their main purpose is providing cost-efficient and eco-friendly heating for homes, hotels and civic buildings.

As a homeowner, I know how important it is to maintain the beauty and integrity of my living space. One of the best ways to enhance the appeal of my home is through floor sanding and polishing at http://www.chairmanoftheboards.com.au/. Their expert services can breathe new life into hardwood floors, making them look stunning and fresh. Investing in professional floor care not only elevates the aesthetics of my home but also adds value, making it a welcoming space for family and friends.

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Rob at Cockeyed.com

This is a very fun website: http://www.cockeyed.com/. This guy makes paper maché stuff, cool costumes, and tests how much whiz there is in a cheese whiz can. Cool. He covered his entire car with aluminum foil, just to see how much of his car he could cover with one package. He made a “paparazzi” costume for Halloween, with dozens of cameras that flashed on and off repeatedly. He’s weird. I like him.
So I haven’t heard anything about the house today, so I’m assuming the follow-up appraisal went okay. I’m gonna run to the bank in a few minutes to get my check, so I can pay at closing. Cool. After close, I’m going to go to the house to see what needs to be done first.

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Dear Mr. Robertson

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Dear Mr. Robertson, by Mighty Ponygirl:

Dear Mr. Robertson:
We here at the Holy Book of the Month club are very excited that you have been enjoying our flagship Holy Book “The Old Testament” so thoroughly. Many readers have become quite enamoured of it, as a dark, brooding tale of sin and vengeance from an unforgiving God.
We are just writing to let you know about our next exciting installment of the series: “The New Testament.” This shorter book introduces a new concept that many Christians have embraced: Forgiveness. In this book, a single holy man is sacrificed so that the sins of the world could be forgiven. In an amazing twist, we discover that his divine nature allows him to rise from the dead and ascend into heaven, though he first tells his followers that they have the ability to *forgive* those who have sinned. Gone are the days of being stoned to death for eating shellfish, and there is a renewed hope for generations to come. With this one act of humble humiliation, mankind is offered a new hope of seeking God’s good graces. It puts to rest the question “is there such a thing as a sin so terrible that God is unable to forgive it?”
This book has been applauded as “The feel-good book of the Eon” and “Not since ‘Chicken Soup for the Soul’ has there been such a thoughtful self-help book.”
Your copy of the best-selling “New Testament” is enclosed. You are under no obligation to keep it–if you decide to cancel you need only mark it “Return to Maker” and we will take your name off the List.
Cheers and happy reading,
The Holy Book of the Month Club.

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