d's delights- cooking and crafts

Here's a quick and easy marinade for kebabs. You can use pork or chicken tenderloins. You can put whatever else you like in your kebabs. We like red, orange and yellow peppers, but you could use green peppers, onions, pineapple... You don't have to let it marinade for very long. The time it would take you to prep the other ingredients is sufficient. 1/4 Cup Honey 1/4 Cup Brown Sugar 1/4 Cup Soy Sauce 1/2 Tsp Parlic Powder 1/2 Tsp Ground Ginger 1/2 Tsp Ground Mustard This is good for 1-2 lbs of meat. Cut your meat into desired chunks and mix the chunks in the marinade.  Put on a skewer as desired, grill on the grill. Serve with rice!

Bolivian Spiced Pork I do not actually know why this might be called “Bolivian…” and I have actually been to Bolivia.  So, if one of my real Bolivian friends reads this and can tell me why this might be called “Bolivian, ” that would be great.  Perhaps it’s the lemon peel and cumin combination…?  I got this recipe from a South Beach cookbook.  I changed it up to make it work for me.  You can use pork chops and cook as directed, or you could rub the spices and lemon peel on a pork roast and roast in the oven at about 400 degrees until done.  Fry up some potatoes or plantains, and yes,  I can see where this would be “Bolivian.” Spice Rub: 1 ½ tsp ground cumin 3 tsp ground cardamom 3 tsp ground coriander  (I did not have any coriander, so I substituted 1 ½ tsp celery seed) ½ tbs ground red pepper (I sometimes do not use this at all… but always less than called for.  It depends upon how spicy you like things.) 3 Tbs grated lemo...

Memorial Day Grilling! We got a new grill!   Our old one had paid its dues and had worked quite hard for me since 2003…   This one has a side burner and a rack, which is cool. Aside from the frozen hamburgers we can throw on the grill at a whim, (we found our favorite at GFS) we can also grill veggies and toast the buns AND cook up the rice on the burner! One of my favorite things to do on the grill is to make kabobs!   So, here is my recipe for a marinade.   You can use pork medallions or chicken.   I use red, yellow, orange, green peppers, onions, tomatoes on the skewer as well.   Whatever you’ve got or whatever you like.   ¼ C Honey ¼ C Brown Sugar ¼ C Soy Sauce ½ tsp garlic powder ½ tsp ground ginger ½ tsp ground mustard Marinate meat in the mixture, then put on skewers, alternating the meat and veggies as you please.   (You may want to brush the veggies with some oil.) Grill, serve with rice!

This is one of my “go to” recipes.   It’s easy and really good, and my husband really likes it.   I’ve made it so often, that I don’t even have to use the recipe anymore… but here it is for you! First-get a good pork tenderloin at the store… Seriously, we can get a big one, and cut it up into three parts… and have three meals!   They seem expensive, but if you can get three meals out of them, they are not!   This recipe takes care of about 2 lb worth. Balsamic Pork Loin Pork Tenderloin Salt and Pepper ¼ C Balsamic Vinegar 2 Tbs Honey 2 Tbs Dijon Mustard You can also use some Thyme, if you like, (2 tsp fresh) but I usually don’t. Heat the oven to 400 degrees.   Put a little salt and pepper on the pork.   Put it in a shallow baking dish.   Mix the other ingredients, and pour mixture over pork.   Check and baste every 20-30 minutes.   You may also want to add some water to the dish once or twice as it is cooking down. ...