Grilled Cubed Steak Rollups

I don't normally like cube steak but one of my kids asked me to buy some.  I found this recipe on Amandas Cookin' and it was delicious!

Grilled Cube Steak Roll-Ups

Ingredients:

6 pieces cube steaks
marinade (recipe below)
3 oz cream cheese, softened
6 pieces bacon (raw)
1 sprig fresh parsley, minced, (stem too)

Marinade:

1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
6 tablespoons soy sauce
1/4 cup minced garlic
1/2 medium onion, chopped
1 tablespoon pepper
1 tablespoon crushed dried rosemary
3 tablespoons steak seasoning
3 tablespoons A1 steak sauce

For the Marinade:

• Put all ingredients into a blender and puree. 
• Pour over meat in a glass dish or gallon zipper bag and place in the refrigerator 2-24 hours. Can be marinated up to three days for tough cuts of meat. 

For the Roll Ups: 

• Marinate steaks in the refrigerator for a minimum of 2 hours, up to 24. 
• Preheat your grill on high with the lid closed. 
• Remove the steaks from the refrigerator and take them out of the marinade. Place them on paper towels to drain. 
• Warm the softened cream cheese in the microwave for a few seconds. You want the cream cheese to be very soft, similar to a runny cake frosting. 
• Combine the cream cheese with the minced parsley. 
• Spread thin layer of cream cheese over one side of steak.
• Beginning with short end roll up the steak.
• Spirally wrap a piece of bacon around steak and secure with one or two toothpicks. 
• Turn the burners on your grill down to medium and grill roll ups on one side for several minutes to sear the meat. Turn and sear the other side. 
• Turn the heat down to low and continue to grill with the lid closed and turn every five minutes until done. 

Bacon Double Cheeseburger Grilled Cheese Sandwich

I found this recipe at Closet Cooking and made it for dinner last night. I had to make enough for 7 of us, so I never was able to get a photo of a finished product. So I'll show you the original photo from Closet Cooking.  This recipe was so delicious and the kids went for seconds!

To Quote Kevin at Closet Cooking:

All of the flavours of a bacon double cheese burger in a grilled cheese sandwich with plenty of ooey gooey melted cheese!

Ingredients

• 2 strips bacon, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 1/2 small onion, diced
• 1 clove garlic, chopped
• 1/4 pound ground beef
• 1 tablespoon ketchup
• 1 teaspoon mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• salt and pepper or steak seasoning to taste
• 2 slices bread
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/4 cup cheddar, shredded
• 1/4 cup mozzarella, shredded
• 1/4 cup lettuce, shredded
• 1/4 cup tomatoes, diced
• 1 tablespoon pickle, diced

Directions

1. Cook the bacon in a pan over medium heat, set aside on paper towels to drain reserving 1 teaspoon of grease in the pan and the rest elsewhere.
2. Add the onion and saute until tender, about 5-7 minutes.
3. Add the garlic and saute until fragrant, about a minute.
4. Add the ground beef and cook draining any grease when done.
5. Mix in the ketchup, mustard, worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper, simmer to reduce, remove from heat and set aside.
6. Heat a clean pan over medium heat.
7. Butter the outside side of each slice of bread, place one slice in a pan buttered side down, sprinkle on half of the cheese, then top with the the bacon, beef, lettuce, tomato and pickle followed by the remaining cheese and slice of bread, buttered side up.
8. Cook until golden brown on both sides and the cheese is melted, about 2-4 minutes per side.

Servings: makes 1 serving

Bacon Roses: A creative treat for your loved one

The photo for this cute idea had been making it's rounds on Facebook.  I was lucky enough to find it in Pinterest via wacky owl and originally posted it in my family blog, Walking Between the Grapevines.Walking Between the Grapevines .

All you need to have bacon slices, bunch or artificial roses, baking tray. Drill machine and baking accessories. Just cut thin and even layers of bacon and warp each layer in the form of a rose flower. Put them in a baking tray having small separate baking compartments. Place the tray in the oven and bake the bacon well before ending. Pull out the golden brown bacon roses from the baking tray and let them cool by putting them on the surface on a tissue paper.

Now, take the artificial bunch of roses and remove the roses carefully from the bunch. Detach the lower part of the artificial flower and stopper from the artificial branches. Now, reattach the lower part with the artificial branches and insert the bacon roses on the pointed ends of the branches. Put the branches having the bacon roses on them in a glass vase and enjoy your wacky but tasty creation.