Crazy Busy Life...And Puppy Potty Training.

I miss sleeping through the night. I love my little Emma but SLEEP! She has thankfully learned to go in and out of the dog door but we are still working on where to potty....No accidents yesterday but I still keep a close eye. I crochet my little one a collar since her little neck is so small the collar we got her wont fit yet...We watched some friends dogs this last weekend and their little male who is unfixed decided to mark up my house and rugs and....you get the picture. His parents are getting him fixed so hopefully that will help for the next time. He is a sweet pup but No Pottying In My House Please! They also have a big goofy dog who is so funny. And now that it is warming up he basically lived out side the whole weekend. I haven't seen him so happy. When I would call him inside periodically I'd get this sad face.

While they were here I did make some amazing Salisbury steak. I served it over seasoned fries I cooked in the oven. Amazing....

Salisbury Steak
Sauce:
1 thinly sliced onion
8oz package mushrooms sliced
drizzle of oil
pat of butter
2 TBS flour
1.5 cup beef broth
creamed sherry
dash of Worcestershire sauce
2 TBS tomato paste
1 TSP apple cider vinegar
Salt and Pepper

Heat the butter and oil in a skillet and sweat your onions. Stir occasionally. You want to cook them so that they become a soft golden honeyed color. (I put a bit of Worcestershire sauce here for some flavor. Next Add your mushrooms and cook until golden and tender. Add the 1/2 cup broth, salt and pepper and continue to cook adding more broth as needed to keep it from caramelizing on the bottom of the pan. this should take 25 or so minutes. Then add the flour and cook for about 2 min to get rid of the flour taste. Next add the rest of the ingredients and simmer for about 10 min. Then Add the beef patties and simmer until done. (recipe below for the beef). Serve over mashed taters, fries, noodles. Whatever floats your boat. The left overs the next day were amazing all by themselves.

Beef Patty:
1 pound ground beef
couple handfuls of bread crumbs I'd say about 1/2 cup (I keep homemade bread crumbs in my freezer)
2 eggs
1 clove garlic
few dashes of Worcestershire sauce
2.5 TBS chopped parsley or about 1 TBS dried
1 TSP dried thyme
salt and pepper

Mix all up and make 4 patties. Just let them sit and rest until ready to add to the above sauce. This gives the chance for the bread crumbs to get soft and moist.

Then LAST NIGHT I whipped out our BBQ Grill for the first time of the season. It was a culinary night of amazingness. SEE!

I grilled some component of everything...The corn in the salad, the cheese bread, and the chicken of course.

Cheese bread:
Left over Italian loaf was about 1/4 loaf sliced in half
shredded sharp cheddar
Mrs. Dash
Pat of butter
1-2 TBS of Mayo (enough to make it spreadable a bit)

Mix it all up slather on each side of the bread and put in foil. Make sure to not let the foil touch the top or it will stick there and we don't want that. I placed on the grill after I turned the chicken and had it on the top rack. a min or two before I took the chicken off I placed on the bottom because I like the bottom crispy and dark. 

Green Salad with BBQ Lime Corn:

Chop up a head of romaine
dice a med/large carrot

2 Roma tomatoes diced 
one can of diced beets drained and patted dry
corn (could be on the cob, frozen kernels doesn't matter)
lime juice
salt
pepper
oil
apple cider vinegar

Wrap the corn up with the lime and place on  the grill to get nice and caramelized with the lime.
Meanwhile place all the salad ingredients together. And make a dressing out of the oil and vinegar with some extra lime for awesomeness. S and P to taste. Most people like a 2 to 1 oil to vinegar ratio but I prefer a more vinegary less oil dressing myself. Just taste it to find what you like.