Lavish London Broil

When Rob and I got married my parents grilled up this scrumptious beef to share with our guests. It was an instant hit! After seven years of running into our wedding guests and having them say,"I remember the meat at your wedding", I decided to reveal the London Broil recipe. Happy grilling!

LONDON BROIL
1 cut of London Broil beef
1 lemon, juiced
6 cloves of garlic, crushed
1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil
1/2 cup of red wine vinegar
1/4 cup of Montreal steak seasoning
1 cup of Berenstein's Italian dressing
1 Tablespoon Lawry's salt
1 Tablespoon lemon pepper

Place the London Broil in a gallon size Ziploc bag. Pour all ingredients in the bag. Close the bag. Gently mash the seasonings and liquids into the meat until it looks well mixed. Refrigerate the meat in the marinade bag for eight hours. Take beef out of the bag and place onto a hot grill. Sear one side for five minutes. Flip the meat over, pour the liquid contents of the marinade bag over the meat and turn the grill down to a medium heat. Grill until your meat thermometer reads medium rare. Remove from grill and let sit for five to ten minutes. Thinly slice meat, at an angle, with a sharp knife and serve.

Grandma's Banana Cookies

Grandma Mary Alice found this gem of a recipe in a Better Homes and Gardens magazine during the 1950's. The blissful bananas combined with nutmeg, cinnamon, and chocolate chips sounded scrumptious. She baked a batch that day and never stopped!

BANANA COOKIES

3 cups of flour
2 cups of sugar
1 and 1/2 cups shortening
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 and 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 eggs
2 and 1/2 cups ripe mashed bananas
3 cups oats
2 cups chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine flour, sugar, salt, soda, nutmeg and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl. Add shortening to the mix and cut it in until it appears coarse, like cornmeal. Add eggs. Add bananas. Mix well. Add oats and mix. Stir in chips and nuts. Let the cookie dough sit for about ten minutes. Drop spoonfuls of dough onto a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for around ten minutes. The edges and tops of the cookies should be golden brown. Let cool on wire racks covered with wax paper. Store in air tight container after cooled.

Welcome!

My grandmother was a wonderful cook and homemaker. Whenever we went to visit Grandma there were two certainties you could count on. The first fact, there was cinnamon gum stashed in her purse for the taking. The second, there was always some kind of appetizing aroma swirling through the air of her kitchen.
My parents are great cooks too. Growing up there was always a random hodge podge of neighborhood kids hanging out to get a taste of what was being prepared for dinner. Good food was just a warm part of life.
I've created this blog in hopes of sharing all the recipes that my family has discovered, most serendipitiously, through out the generations. These recipes aren't gourmet, most aren't culinary feats, they're simply scrumptious. Bon appetit!