Quick Meals Planner: Weekday Comfort
Marinated Skirt Steak | Creamy Polenta | Stewed Tomatoes | Hot Fudge Sundae
Marinated Skirt Steak
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Easy Recipes I Can Cook |
| Meal: | Weekday Comfort (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 2 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 1 | tsp | salt and pepper to taste |
| 1 | Tb | vinegar, red wine |
| 1 | Tb | garlic, chopped |
| 1.5 | lb | skirt steak |
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Combine the first 4 ingredients, pour over steak and marinate for 20- 30 minutes. Grill over hot grill or stove for 5 minutes then turn over and grill for 2 more minutes. Remove from heat and let the steak rest for 10 minutes. Slice thinly on the bias (across the grain) and serve.
Creamy Polenta
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 8 |
| Category: | Starch / Pasta |
| Meal: | Weekday Comfort (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 2.5 | cup | milk, whole |
| 1.25 | cup | cream, whipping |
| 1.25 | cup | chicken broth |
| 0.66 | cup | corn meal, yellow |
| 1 | cup | cheese, Romano, grated |
| 1.5 | Tb | butter, salted |
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Simmer milk, cream and broth for 5 minutes. Add cornmeal and stir continually until polenta reaches a thick, creamy texture. Stir in cheese and place butter on top just prior to serving.
Stewed Tomatoes
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Vegetables |
| Meal: | Weekday Comfort (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 1 | 20 oz can | tomatoes, diced |
| 2 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 0.5 | small | onions, chopped |
| 4 | Tb | sugar, brown |
| 3 | cloves | garlic, chopped |
| 0.5 | tsp | thyme, dried |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Heat oil in sauté pan; add
tomatoes, onions, garlic, brown sugar and thyme. . Simmer until liquid evaporates. Add salt and pepper
Hot Fudge Sundae
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Dessert |
| Meal: | Weekday Comfort (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 1 | qt | vanilla ice cream |
| 1 | recipe | Hot Fudge Sauce |
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Heat hot fudge sauce in microwave, scoop ice cream into wine glasses and pour hot fudge sauce on top.
Optional: Add chopped nuts
Note: Be sure to add the Hot fudge sauce recipe to your shopping list.
