Celebration Meal Plans: Um Um Good!
Marinated Skirt Steak | Creamy Polenta | Fresh Tomatoes
Marinated Skirt Steak
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Easy Recipes I Can Cook |
| Meal: | Um Um Good! (Celebration Meal Plans) |
| 2 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 1 | tsp | salt and pepper to taste |
| 1 | Tb | vinegar, red wine |
| 1 | Tb | garlic, chopped |
| 1.5 | lb | skirt steak |
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Combine the first 4 ingredients, pour over steak and marinate for 20- 30 minutes. Grill over hot grill or stove for 5 minutes then turn over and grill for 2 more minutes. Remove from heat and let the steak rest for 10 minutes. Slice thinly on the bias (across the grain) and serve.
Creamy Polenta
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 8 |
| Category: | Starch / Pasta |
| Meal: | Um Um Good! (Celebration Meal Plans) |
| 2.5 | cup | milk, whole |
| 1.25 | cup | cream, whipping |
| 1.25 | cup | chicken broth |
| 0.66 | cup | corn meal, yellow |
| 1 | cup | cheese, Romano, grated |
| 1.5 | Tb | butter, salted |
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Simmer milk, cream and broth for 5 minutes. Add cornmeal and stir continually until polenta reaches a thick, creamy texture. Stir in cheese and place butter on top just prior to serving.
Fresh Tomatoes
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Salad |
| Meal: | Um Um Good! (Celebration Meal Plans) |
| 2 | large | tomatoes, fresh |
| 2 | Tb | capers |
| 2 | Tb | onion, red |
| 2 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 2 | Tb | lemon, juice of |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Slice tomatoes in 1/4 slices; arrange on plate. Thinly slice red onion and sprinkle on and around tomatoes. Sprinkle capers on and around tomatoes. Pour olive oil on tomatoes. Squeeze the lemon juice on top of tomatoes. Salt and pepper to taste.
