9/08/2008

BBQ RIBS RECIPE

Memorial Day Menu and Recipes

This Memorial Day cook some lip smacking delicacies for your friends and family. Show your culinary calibers and immersion in all the praise you on a shower. Its summer! And Memorial Day is an occasion to treat your taste buds to some sparkling barbecue, steaks grilled potatoes, pies, desserts, salads and more. Barbecue undoubtedly tops the list. If you are planning a Memorial Day barbecue cookout or a Memorial Day party this year following is a list of items to be included in your menu.

• Making a barbecue
• Steaks
• Bacons
• Delicious preparations of chicken (everything will be placed on the throat)
• Roasted Asparagus
• corn on the COB
• salad of roasted potatoes or shrimp salad
• Grilled Zucchini
• cream and cheese sandwiches
• Baked Beans
• melon strawberry Wedges
• Pork Ribs
• hotdogs
• Burgers (lamb, chicken… nothing!)
• Strawberry Cream Pie
• Lemonade (a real refreshing idea)
• Cups
• Special Memorial Day Cake (top with syrups blue, creamy white and red cherries to give that a patriotic flavor)
• Memorial Day feet (do not forget the blueberry and raspberry trim)
• Tomato Tarts

If cooking is your laboratory and you like to experiment with revenues of some cool this summer, here are a few you maybe try. What better way to start with a yummy salad recipe --

The spinach and strawberry salad
Ingredients:
• A 9 oz package baby spinach leaves
• 1 1 / 2 cup sliced strawberries
• 1 / 3 cup toasted almonds
• 3-4 green onions, sliced
• Olive oil
• white balsamic vinegar
• Sea salt and fresh ground pepper (to taste)
Instructions:
• Toast almonds on a pan in oven at 300 degrees F for a few minutes (they brown quickly) or place the kernels in a small frying pan over medium heat until toasted (shaking the pan a few times while over the heat evenly toast)
• Be sure to remove any stems from spinach and place the leaves in a salad with green onions
• Drizzle with a little olive oil (just enough to cover slightly spinach)
• Place the bowl in the refrigerator until serving time
To serve:
• Rinse strawberries just before the salad, dry them and slice the
• Add the sliced strawberries and toasted almonds to the salad and sprinkle with white balsamic vinaigrette to taste
• Add a little salt and fresh ground pepper and discard the salad, then the plate

And who can ignore a barbecue recipe on Remembrance Day. Here is an example to verify --

Barbecue Steaks
1 / 2 cup balsamic vinegar
1 / 4 cup soy sauce
3 tablespoons minced garlic
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 teaspoons black pepper
1 C. Tea Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon onion powder
Salt (to taste)
1 / 2 C. Tea liquid smoke flavoring
1 pinch cayenne pepper
2 (1 / 2 pounds) of beef rib eye steaks
In a medium bowl, combine the vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, olive oil, black pepper, Worcestershire sauce, onion powder, salt, liquid smoke and cayenne.
Place steaks in one, nonporous dish, and pour the marinade over the steaks. For a flavor, rub the liquid into the meat. Cover and let marinate in refrigerator for 24 to 48 hours.
Preheat an outdoor grill to medium-high to high temperatures. Grill steaks from 7 to 8 minutes on each side on a lightly oiled grill.

And here's one for hamburger lovers --

Wasabi Salmon Burgers

Ingredients
• 2 tablespoons reduction of soy sauce sodium
• 1 1 / 2 teaspoons wasabi powder
• 1 pound salmon fillet
• 2 each scallions
• each egg 1
• minced 2 tablespoons peeled fresh ginger
• 1 C. Tea of toasted sesame oil

Cooking Guide
Whisk soy sauce, wasabi powder and honey in a small bowl until smooth. Set aside.

With a large chef's knife, cut the salmon using quick, even, right of access and down motions (are not rock the knife by the fish or it becomes pasty). Continue chopping, turning the knife, until you have a mass of about 1/4-inch pieces. Transfer to a large bowl. Add scallions, egg, ginger and oil, stir to combine. Form the mixture into 4 patties. The mixture will be loose and wet, but it keeps well at the same time once the first side is cooked.

Coat a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium heat for 1 minute. Add the meatballs and cook for 4 minutes. Turn and continue to cook until firm and fragrant, about 3 minutes. Spoon reserved for wasabi glaze evenly over burgers and cook for 15 seconds longer. Serve immediately.

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