The Best Flank Steak Marinade

I enjoy the simple things in life.  A piece of flank steak is one of them.  A piece of flank steak that’s been marinating in the best marinade on the planet overnight that makes your taste buds sing when you put it in your mouth… Even better. I’ve been searching for a really good marinade…

Chocolate Chili

This is one of our favorite recipes that we keep coming back to.  I don’t repeat a lot of recipes- I like to make new things all the time.  But I make this at least once a month. I want to kiss whoever thought of putting chocolate in chili.  It’s not really chocolate, but cocoa powder…

Moroccan Meatballs

This recipe was VERY labor intensive.  Whoever wrote this book and said the prep was 15 minutes is a big liar.  If I had an assembly line, I’d might be able to get it done in that time (or maybe if the permanent roommate was home to help me out), but it probably took me…

Beef Stir Fry

This recipe turned out great and was a hit in the house for dinner tonight.  We’ve done impromptu stir-fries before, but never used a recipe- just thrown things together.  The only thing I would change in the future is to season the beef beforehand to give it a little more depth of flavor.  I would…

Braised Beef Short Ribs

I tried this recipe for the first time last week.  The house smelled so good while I was cooking it!  The house always smells good when I cook, but there was something about this recipe- there was a little extra magic in the air. Be warned- this is not a “get home from work and…