Friends of The Ranch Kitchen Recipes

 

 

Recipes are timeless.  Nothing is more relaxing to me than sitting down with a good cookbook and reading through recipes of years gone by.  I especially love reading the stories behind the recipes getting a sense of the creators life and motivations.  Sometimes we are left material things when a loved one passes.  My most cherished treasures however are the recipes that we can cook.  These recipes always bring back a flood of memories of meals past and times spent together laughing and talking around the table. 

One of my newest features at The Ranch Kitchen is my Share A Recipe link where anyone can share that family treasured recipe with our readers.  It's gradually started to pick up speed and readership and it's one part of my site that I am most excited about. I want everyone to be able to catalog their recipes that mean so much to them and have the ability to share with their family and friends here on The Ranch Kitchen as well.  Plus it's like Christmas when I open up my site and see someone has taken the time to share with me their recipe!  I love, love trying every recipe I get sent and having something new to serve my family! 

My dear friends Paula Acheson and Michelle Beran of Kansas were truly the first to share on The Ranch Kitchen site.  Fantastic cooks in their own right, they cook for the masses and their family ranch families, communities and have been a major supporter of myself  and The Ranch Kitchen.  With both of these ladies I've had the priveledge of serving on the The National Hereford Women and they'll forever be a part of my life.  We've spend many hours talking beside our beloved Hereford cattle and children. I look forward to the summer ahead with them and our  NHW board at our Jr. National Hereford Expo in Grand Island Nebraska cooking, visiting and supporting our Hereford youth! 

As I sit here this rainy Sunday a.m. contemplating my week off for spring break, it's their recipes I wanted to share with you.  All of these are and can be prepared using Cerified Hereford Beef and you can access more great recipes by clicking on their great site I've linked too. 

If you'll share their recipes or link to these I've shared today on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter please try using hashtags like #CertifiedHerefordBeef or #theranchkitchen #beef  after your comments as this will link others to Certified Hereford Beef and The Ranch Kitchen in order to get out our sites out there please.  Hashtags are well known in the younger crowds and all of us 'older folks' are just learning how to utlize them!  As a Hereford breeder and agvocate it's important that we get the message out about our lean beef and ranching heritage. 

 

We hope you'll try these recipes soon, leave us a comment about them and consider sharing a recipe on The Ranch Kitchen site.  We promise it's simple and once checked over for clarity, I'll submit it and you my friend are published on the web!

Check out all recipes submitted by followers of The Ranch Kitchen at Friends of TRK link on my site.  Click on the 'more' spot beside each category to take you to each sections total recipe selection.

Retha Riffel's Salisbury Steak

 

 

This recipe is in honor of Paula's mom Retha who fixed this for her growing family.

 

 

 

Craig's UnKabobs

 

Michelle's husband Craig cooks these in large batches without the skeweres.  You can see I used them here, but I like his idea better!

 

 

Chelle's Beef Chili

 

This chili is just how my husband likes it with Certified Hereford Beef and plenty of beans!

Have a fantastic week ahead.  We are looking forward to blue skies, no more snow, sleet or rain and showing cattle at the Houston Livestock Show!  Bring on spring and warmer weather, and summer get here quick!

Share your recipe today!

Alise - The Ranch Kitchen

My first official 'Share A Recipe" off my theranchkitchen.com new site for Craig's UnKabobs

Logged on my new sister site www.theranchkitchen.com and what did I find??  My first official submission for my 'Share A Recipe' tab off my new site!  I was so excited that I made it the first chance I had and it was amazing!  We really enjoyed it with our fresh squash from our garden! 

Below you'll find the recipe and the above picture is one I took as one was not submitted with it!  I hope you'll stop by and create an account on my site and share your families tried and true recipes with my site! We can all benefit from it just like my family did the other night! Craig's UnKabobs were the perfect meal on our Friday night and I know you or your family would enjoy them as well!   

Thanks Craig, whoever you are for taking the time to register on my site and share a recipe with The Ranch Kitchen and me!  It's a wonderful recipe that will now be something I make for my family or for a crowd like you advised!  He says he combined these flavors for Kabob flavor without all the work. But you'll notice I put mine on skewers and kabob'ed them as I had some help from my youngest cook who wanted them on sticks as she called them.  Either way is good and I think I like Craig's idea the very best! And I actually used the beer I had on hand that was a Bud Light with Lime...I thought the lime would be a good fit in the marinade!  Thanks again Craig! And anyone that submits a recipe could be featured not only on my site but on my blog as well!  Hint, hint Kim....Laura....Cindy....Bethany...and Ilissa....

Craig's UnKabobs

1 lb. sirloin steak, cut in 2 inch cubes
1 lb. smoked sausage (we use Hillshire Farms), cut into 1 inch slices
1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts, cubed
1 can beer (can use broth if you prefer
3 medium bell peppers (I use a mix of yellow, orange, red)
1 large onion, cut in chunks
8 ounce container of baby Bella mushroom, halved
1 medium zucchini, sliced into 1/2 inch slices
1 medium yellow summer squash, sliced in 1/2 inch slices
16 ounce jar of honey teriyaki marinade

Allow 2-12 hours to marinate steak and chicken for best flavor.

In a large, heavy duty zip-top bag, add the cubed steak and steakhouse marinade. Add about 1/2 can of beer to marinade bottle to "get all the good", shake gently and add to zip-top bag with steak.

In a 2nd large, heavy duty zip-top bog, add the cubed chicken and honey teriyaki marinade. Add remaining beer to marinade bottle, shake gently and add to zip-top bag with chicken.

Bring griddle to med/high temperature on grill. Add a little olive oil and stir fry a combo of all ingredients in small batches. We keep a foil pan on the cooler side of the grill and, as ingredients are "just done", we move to the foil pan to stay warm. Warning - a crowd WILL gather here with forks ready!

We occasionally add shrimp but have found it best to cook in a separate small cast iron skillet to avoid transfer of flavor for those who don't care for the shrimp flavor. We have made these for as many as 150 at a family reunion and a wedding rehearsal dinner - best to use two grills if cooking for this many (one for actually cooking and one for warming/serving).

Craig - Friend of TRK!

To see the post on my new site, please go to Craig's UnKabobs