Grilled Potatoes and Carrots

This is by no means an "original" recipe. I have seen variations of it at bar-b-ques and picnics, so I don't really know where the credit for it's tastiness should fall. It is however incredibly quick- incredibly tasty- and incredibly easy to make.

Potatoes
Baby Carrots
(any other veggies you may like)
Ranch Seasoning Packet (or 2!)

Wash and cut raw potatoes. I used approximately 8 medium-smallish Yukon golds, but any type/size will work. Just clean enough for your family. Boil potatoes for a few minutes to soften them. You don't want them mushy, just slightly cooked through so they will cook quicker on the grill. You can even do this ahead of time and have them in the fridge, ready to go whenever you are. (You don't have to pre-boil them, but they will definitely take longer to grill if you don't.)

Combine carrots and potatoes. Mix in 1 Ranch Dips packet (I used Hidden Valley). Sometimes I even throw in some salt and pepper.

Make a foil pouch and dump veggies on it. Roll up tight and take it to the grill.
Flip it a couple times to make sure it cooks evenly.

End result:

 yum

Rapture Food!

This past Saturday, in honor of the Rapture, I hosted a Rapture party at our home.  It was a pot luck.  The challenge was to bring some sort of punny food to share. 

The main coarse was build-it-yourself Shish Kabobs (Because during the rapture and the end of the world, how much of a shish kabob you end up is really of your own making.):

I cut up strips of Chicken breast and rubbed then with lemon pepper ahead of time and let them stew in their own juices in the fridge.

Then we had bowls of red and green peppers, fresh mushrooms, pineapple, cucumbers, zuccini, mandarine oranges, and baby red potatoes (pre-boiled.)

Everyone took their pre soaked scewer and built their Kabob the way they liked it.  It saved time and the kids all enjoyed their kabobs.


The other foods brought were:

"Judgement Bars"  AKA Eagle Brand Magic Cookie Bars

Rotisserie Chicken

Angel Food Cake with Straw berry shortcake toppings

Living Watermelon

Pistaccio NUTS

Kool-aid --But we didn't ALL drink it.  LOL

Party games prizes: large bags of Life Savers hard candy to better help survive the Zombie Apocolypse.

Other options I considered were: Chicken Rapture-tore, Roast, Divinity, devil's food cake, etc.

It was so funny to see people's reactions... and unfortunately none of us were raptured. 

Marinated Ham Steaks

1/2 c. ginger ale

1/2 c. orange juice

1/4 c. packed brown sugar

1 tbsp. vegetable oil

1 1/2 tsps. white vinegar

1 tsp. ground mustard

1/4 tsp. ground ginger

1/8 tsp. ground cloves

4 individual boneless fully cooked ham steaks (about 5 ounces each)

In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the first eight ingredients.  Add ham steaks; seal bag and turn to coat.  Refrigerate for 8 hours overnight.  (I would recommend marinating overnight)

Heat grill to medium heat.  Drain and discard marinade.  Grill ham, covered, over indirect medium heat for 3-4 minutes on each side or until heated through.

So easy and delicious!  My kids gobble this up like crazy!  It is one of my favorite recipes to make in the summer.

BBQ Pork sandwiches

My Mom sent me a bunch of food storage a couple of years back. Among the many things I didn't know what to do with was canned pork chunks. These ones were canned by my mom at the LDS church store house.

One of our family's faves is BBQ pork on rolls.

1 can pork chunks

BBQ sauce of your choice.

Dump into a sauce pan and stir and heat to boiling. We dump it on Judy's rolls or sandwich bread in a pinch. I like mine with sliced cheese on it but I'm the only one.

It takes about 10 min. Serves 4