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Baseball Week – Sliders into home plate

March 28, 2011 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 12 Comments

Opening day is almost here!!!

I love this time of year.

Bring on the Boys of Summer!

What says baseball more than grilling burgers?

Well, sliders in this case.

Sliding into home plate?

Get it…?

Serve ‘em up with some garlic fries on the side!

This’ll be a home run for sure!

appetizers Baseball Week – Sliders into home plate

WHAT YOU NEED:

1 1/2 lbs ground beef (I like 85/15 for burgers)

1 T dried onion

1 T montreal steak seasoning

1 T cold water

sliced cheddar

baby brioche buns

WHAT TO DO:

In a large bowl combine the meat, onions, steak seasoning, and water.  Mix well to blend and then form the meat into sliver dollar sized burgers.  Stick em on the grill for about 4 minutes on the first side.  Flip ‘em and then toss the cheese on top and grill for another 3-4 minutes.

Place these little beauties on a brioche roll and serve to your little leaguers!

Keegan loves to help grill

appetizers Baseball Week – Sliders into home plate

I dress up the grown ups with drunken onions and mushrooms…

I sauteed onions and mushrooms in a pan with olive oil, S&P, and beer till they were nice and soft!  Pile ‘em high on your burger!

appetizers Baseball Week – Sliders into home plate

How are you celebrating the start of baseball season?

Oh, yeah, I’d wouldn’t be a proud member of the nation if I didn’t end this post with…

GO RED SOX!!!

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Disney Princess Contest – Cinderella

February 7, 2011 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 11 Comments

Today is the start of an exciting new giveaway here at

Ma, What’s For Dinner?

We’re teaming up with the new

Disney Princess Collection

contests Disney Princess Contest Cinderella

for some exciting new ideas!

What’s the best way to get a picky eater to try something new?

Bring them into the kitchen and whip up a fun theme inspired dish together!

This week’s theme?

contests Disney Princess Contest Cinderella

The classic and timeless…Cinderella

Here’s where you come in…

Think up some recipes using Cinderella as a theme.

Like…

Bibbidy…Bobbidy…Booberry Pie

or

Magical Pumpkin Carriage Soup

See where I’m going with this?

I’ll post my Cinderella inspired recipe on Wednesday.

You have until this Friday at 12 PM EST to get your recipes in.

Winner announced Monday.

What do you win?

A feature on Ma, What’s For Dinner and that very adorable Cinderella doll up there!

Next week?

contests Disney Princess Contest Cinderella

The Little Mermaid’s Baby Ariel!

Start thinking…

Can’t wait to see what you come up with!

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Tasty Tidbit – To wash or not to wash?

December 9, 2010 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 5 Comments

Always wash fruits and vegetables before you eat or prepare them. You can even wash them when you bring them home from the market then store them in plastic bags.

cooking tips Tasty Tidbit To wash or not to wash?

But don’t wash fruits like berries until just before you’re about to use them, they’ll get moldy faster if they’re stored wet. I don’t wash mushrooms, they tend to soak up water. Just wipe them off with a moist paper towel.

Washing fruits and veggies is a great job for your young chefs. They love to get wet and there is no cutlery involved!

And always remember, whenever possible, buy local produce!

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Turkey Tom Foolery

November 15, 2010 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 15 Comments

Seems to me there are a lot of shortened days and days off around this time of year.

So we’re always looking for something fun to do in our off hours.

Enter the Thanksgiving crafty afternoons.

Today we’re making turkeys…

fruity turkeys…

apple turkeys…

Fun turkeys your little ones can make in a flash and eat even faster.

Here’s our recipe for

Apple Turkeys

crafts Turkey Tom Foolery

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Craft time:  20-30 minutes

WHAT YOU NEED:

Apples (for the turkey body)

toothpicks

pretzel sticks

fruity cheerios

raisins

dried pineapple

dried apricots

marshmallows

crafts Turkey Tom Foolery

WHAT TO DO:

After positioning your apple on its side.  On the bottoms of your apples, stick 4 toothpicks to give your turkey some legs to stand on.  You can stick a raisin or marshmallow on the bottom of each leg for his feet.

crafts Turkey Tom Foolery

Next let your kids decorate the turkey’s feathers.  Stick 4-5 toothpicks into the top/rear part of your apple (away from the stem).  Your kids can thread the toothpicks with raisins, dried pineapple, dried apricots or cheerios to make the turkey’s feathers.  Top each feather off with a big raisin or a mini marshmallow to keep things in place.  In between each feather you can add a pretzel stick for added color.

crafts Turkey Tom Foolery

We used big marshmallows or big pieces of dried fruit for the turkey head.  You could even cut some construction paper and color a turkey head if you like.  Get creative, have fun, happy turkey day!

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Stick to your ribs Steak Tacos

August 6, 2010 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 27 Comments

Last weekend we had some of my old college girlfriends up with their families for a BBQ.

It was the first time we had gotten our families together.

I can’t believe that between us we have 9 kids.

Oh, how times have changed!

Instead of planning after hours parties and heading to the cafeteria to eat away a hangover…

We were discussing what kind of bottles we thought worked best and how many soccer practices a week a 5 year old should have.

Oh how the mighty have fallen…

Well, before the party the hubs freaked out and didn’t think we had enough food.

Really, honey?

Have you met me?

Of course we have enough food.

Yet, off he went to the store to purchase more and he came home with meat…lots and lots of meat.  Needless to say I have about 7 extra steaks in the fridge to use up this week.  Get ready for some steak leftover recipes guys!  Grill a lot of it this weekend…you’ll be glad you did.

dinner Stick to your ribs Steak Tacos

Serves 4  Prep Time: 1o minutes  Cook Time:  15 minutes

1 T canola oil

2 large leftover steaks (you know the one your hubs thought you needed)  If you are a vegetarian you could use portobello mushrooms instead

1 large onion, sliced

1 red pepper, sliced

1 yellow pepper, sliced

1 t garlic powder

1/2 t dried oregano

1/2 T ground cumin

1/2 T ground corriander

1/2 T chili powder

1/2 cayenne pepper

S&P

tortillas

shredded cheese

guacamole

sour cream

hot sauce, this is optional, but I like it spicy!

dinner Stick to your ribs Steak TacosIn a large cast iron skillet heat your oil over medium high heat.  When the oil is hot add your onion and peppers.  Saute for about 5 minutes until they are softened, season with S&P.  Toss in your leftover steak and season with the remaining spices and additional S&P.  Cook until heated through, about another 5 minutes.

Build your taco by laying your steak taco mixture in the middle of your tortilla.  Top with cheese, sour cream, quacamole, and hot sauce.  Need some good guacamole recipes?  Here are two of my favorites…

Tyler Florence’s Guacamoledinner Stick to your ribs Steak Tacos

Barefoot Contessa’s Guacamole

My guacamole is kind of a combo of these.  I’ve made a lot of guac in my day and I’d swear by these two.  YUMMY!!!

dinner Stick to your ribs Steak Tacos

Happy Friday Follow all! Please leave me a note to say you were here and I’ll get ya back over the weekend!

dinner Stick to your ribs Steak Tacos

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