V's Tri-Tip Marinade

This recipe came from recipezarr.com. I was looking for a tri-tip marinade and found this one. Sorry I don't know who V is : )

1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup canola oil
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 tablespoons black pepper
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon onion salt
3 tablespoons minced garlic
1 tablespoons minced dried onions
1 (2 lb) tri tip roast, trimmed

1. Mix all of the ingredients except for beef in large mixing bowl to make the marinade. Place trimmed tri tip in a plastic container and pour the marinade over. Let stand in the refrigerator for at least 6 hours. Heat grill to medium temperature.
2. Place tri tips on grill at a 45 degree angle to establish grill marks and cook about 35 minutes, or until cooked to desired doneness. remove the tri-tips from the grill and let rest about 2-5 minutes before slicing.

Fun for the kids- Cookies and Cream Pudding Pops

1. Beat 1 pkg. (3.9 oz) Jell-O Chocolate Instant Pudding mix and 2 cups cold milk in large bowl with whisk 2 minutes.

2. place 6 Oreo cookies in resealable plastic; seal bag. use rolling pin to crush cookies

3. Add cookies and 1/2 cup thawed Cool Whip whipped topping to pudding; stir until just blended

4. spoon into 9 small paper or plastic cups.

5. Insert wooden pop sticks or plastic spoon into each for handle. Freeze 5 hours or until firm.

Oreo and Fudge Ice Cream Cake

Here is a variation of Grandma Shirley's ice cream sandwich cake that is yummy.

1/2 cup hot fudge ice cream topping, warmed

1 tub (8 oz) Cool Whip Whipped Tipping, thawed, divided

1 pkg. (3.9 oz) Jell-O chocolate instant pudding

8 Oreo cookies, chopped

12 vanilla ice cream sandwiches

1. Pour fudge topping into medium bowl. Whisk in 1 cup Cool Whip. Add dry pudding mix; stir 2 minutes. Stir in chopped cookies.

2. Arrange 4 ice cream sandwiches, side-by-side on 24-inch-long piece of foil; top with half the Cool Whip mixture. Repeat layers. Top with remaining sandwiches

3. Frost top and sides with remaining Cool Whip. Bring up foil sides; double-fold top and ends to loosely seal packet. Freeze 4 hours.

Dana's Famous Cinnamon Rolls

2 cups warm water
2tsp yeast
1tsp salt
1/2 cup margerine (butter)
1/2 cup sugar
Blend a little (2 taps with Bosch mixer)
1 egg
Blend a little more
6-8 cups of flour
Blend about 10 minutes
Butter pan
let it rise for 2 hours
punch down (can refrigerate overnight)
roll out
spread butter
sprinkle sugar, cinnamon, roll up and cut (use thread)
Let rise in pans 45 min til double
Cook at 350 about 20 min.

Chocolate-Covered Oreo Cookie Cake

A lot of my recipes come from Kraft foods. Most of the recipes are really easy and good. I especially like desserts. Here is a good one I tried on Sunday.

1 pkg. devil's food chocolate cake mix

4 squares semi-sweet chocolate

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter

1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, spftened

1/2 cup sugar

2 cups thawed Cool Whip

12 Oreo cookies, coarsely crushed

Heat oven to 350

Prepare cake batter and bake in 2 (9-inch) round pans as directed on package. Cool cakes in pans 10 minutes. Invert cakes onto wire racks' gently remove pans. Cool cakes completely.

Microwave chocolate and butter in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 minutes. or until butter is melted. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Cool 5 minutes.

Meanwhile, beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Gently stir in Cool Whip and crush cookies. Stack cake layers on plate, spreading cream cheese mixture between layers. Spread top with chocolate glaze; let stand until firm.

Keep refrigerated.

Chicken Rice and Cheese

For Liz
4 chicken breast cooked and cut up
2 cups of rice cooked
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup flour
3 cups chicken broth
1/4 tsp. oregano
pinch salt and pepper
grated cheddar cheese

Put cooked rice in 9x13 pan. Next sprinkle chicken pieces on top. Melt butter over medium heat, add flour stir until dissolved. Add chicken broth, oregano, salt and pepper. Stir for couple minutes. Then pour over rice and chicken. Top with grated cheese. Bake at 300 for 35 minutes. This is a kid favorite whenever we have extra kids eating dinner with us I get a call back for this recipe. Everyone seems to love it. At times it has been each of my kids favorite.

Super Easy Chili

1 lb ground beef cooked
2 cans stewed tomatoes pureed(my boys Ace included don't like chunks)
1 can pinto beans
1 can kidney beans
1 packet McCormick chili seasoning

I put these in the crock pot in the morning and cook on low until dinner time.

Fruit

Ace and I are not a big fan of blueberries but they are a superfood and we eat try to eat a variety of fruits and veggies. One day we had pineapple and blueberries so I cut up the pineapple then threw the blueberries in and we loved the way they tasted together and have been eating them that way ever since. What are some funny combos of fruit you guys mix together.