Dinner on a stick! Fun and colorful, shish kebabs make a nice change of pace for summertime grilling. They look and sound so glamorous for such a little bit of effort! Even the name is fun to say. Shish refers to the skewer and kebab means grilled meat in Turkish. The original Turkish recipes used lamb. With typical American adaptability, just about anything that will stay on a stick is "shished" and then "kebabed". It is best not to mix the kind of meat used on one skewer. Chicken or pork need to be cooked well, but beef can be grilled to your desired doneness. Cut the meat into one inch squares and marinate for several hours, overnight is best. Cut the vegetables you choose into pieces larger than the meat, about one and a half inch square. Pineapple is often added to a kebab because ... [Read More]
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Big Man Sandwich
Big Man's Sandwich, full of sliced steak and sauted onion on a toasted bun, was a part of our Christmas celebration this year. You see, Wheels has two weeks off at Christmas time almost every year. To make things special I gather up a bunch of new to us recipes and make something different everyday. We’ve “expanded our horizons” as Mom would say when her children were dragging their feet over something new. The Big Man's fabulous sandwich was one of those Christmas vacation specials – and was thoroughly enjoyed by this short woman, too! I hope you have met the Pioneer Woman. She is a stellar photographer, blogger, cook and funny to boot! Hers was one of the first blogs I read and I love her! She is a city girl married to a rancher she calls Marlboro Man. This is his favorite ... [Read More]