Celebration Meal Plans: Let's Hear It For The Boys
Lettuce Wedge Salad | Steakhouse Blue Cheese Dressing | Grilled Ribeyes | Grilled Potatoes | Blueberry Pie
Lettuce Wedge Salad
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Salad |
| Meal: | Let's Hear It For The Boys (Celebration Meal Plans) |
| 1 | recipe | Steakhouse Blue Cheese Dressing |
| 1 | whole | lettuce, iceberg |
| 2 | whole | tomatoes, fresh |
| 4 | oz | cheese, blue |
| 1 | pinch | pepper, fresh cracked |
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Prepare one recipe Steakhouse Blue Cheese Dressing. Cut iceberg lettuce into wedges and chill. When ready to serve, spoon dressing over wedges then sprinkle with chopped fresh tomatoes and crumbled blue cheese. Serve with freshly ground black pepper.
Steakhouse Blue Cheese Dressing
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 12 |
| Category: | Salad |
| Meal: | Let's Hear It For The Boys (Celebration Meal Plans) |
| 2 | cup | mayonnaise |
| 1 | cup | sour cream |
| 5 | oz | cheese, blue |
| 1 | tsp | salt, table |
| 1 | tsp | pepper, fresh ground |
| 1 | tsp | garlic, minced |
| 1 | tsp | Worcestershire sauce |
| 6 | Tb | buttermilk |
| 1 | pinch | pepper, cayenne |
| 1 | head | lettuce, iceberg |
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Mix together mayonnaise and sour cream. Stir in blue cheese, salt, pepper, minced garlic, Worcestershire sauce, and cayenne pepper. Mix well. This mixture will be very thick, Store in refrigerator. Immediately before serving, thin with buttermilk.
Serve on a wedge of iceberg lettuce.
Hint: Makes 3 cups of dressing.
Grilled Ribeyes
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Beef Entrée |
| Meal: | Let's Hear It For The Boys (Celebration Meal Plans) |
| 4 | whole | steaks, ribeye |
| 1 | tsp | salt, sea |
| 1 | tsp | pepper, fresh cracked |
| 1 | Tb | oil, olive |
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Let steaks sit at room temperature for one half hour. Season with salt and pepper; drizzle olive oil over steaks. Grill over medium high heat- turn only once and cook to 120 degrees for rare, about 9 minutes. A good rule of thumb is to grill 1 minute per side for each 1/4 of thickness. So a 1 inch steak would take 4 minutes per side. Allow steaks to rest for 10 minutes after removing from the grill.
Grilled Potatoes
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Starch / Pasta |
| Meal: | Let's Hear It For The Boys (Celebration Meal Plans) |
| 5 | whole | potatoes |
| 1 | medium | onions, sliced |
| 6 | Tb | butter, salted |
| 0.33 | cup | cheese, cheddar |
| 2 | Tb | parsley, flat leaf |
| 1 | Tb | Worcestershire sauce |
| 0.25 | tsp | salt, table |
| 0.5 | tsp | pepper, fresh ground |
| 0.33 | cup | chicken broth |
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Place peeled and sliced potatoes and onion slices on large piece of heavy-duty foil, about 20 inches by 20 inches. Mix together melted butter, cheese, parsley, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper. Sprinkle over potatoes. Fold foil up around potatoes. Add broth. Seal the edges of the foil well. Grill, covered, over medium heat for 35 to 40 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
Blueberry Pie
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Medium |
| Serves: | 8 |
| Category: | Dessert |
| Meal: | Let's Hear It For The Boys (Celebration Meal Plans) |
| 1 | recipe | Pie Dough |
| 5 | cup | blueberries |
| 1 | cup | sugar, granulated |
| 3 | Tb | cornstarch |
| 1 | Tb | lemon, juice of |
| 2 | Tb | butter, salted |
| 1 | pinch | salt, table |
| 1 | dash | cinnamon. ground |
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Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Prepare one recipe Never Fail Pie Dough or use premade piecrust dough. Roll out bottom crust on floured board and put in 9-inch pie pan. Mix berries, sugar, cornstarch, melted butter, lemon juice, and salt together. Let sit for ten minutes then pour into bottom crust. Roll out top crust and make three or four slits in crust to vent. Put over top crust and crimp edges. Place on cookie sheet to catch drips and bake at 450 for ten minutes. Reduce heat to 350 and bake 50 minutes more. If edges of crust start to brown too much, fold thin strips of foil over the edges to protect it.
