Mom's Favorites: Chili Lime Flank Steak

By now, you are realizing next Sunday is Mother's Day and that you've put off trying to figure out what to do to honor your mom for a bit too long. With gorgeous weather like this, I bet many of you are starting to grill your dinners. Perhaps mom would love a homemade meal, especially one off the grill. Besides, quality time of a family meal together is always high on any mother's list!

Chili Lime Flank Steak

Ingredients:
1 tbsp. olive oil                  2 crushed garlic cloves               1 tbsp. chili powder             
1 tsp. cumin                      1/2 tsp. pepper                            3/4 tsp. salt
2 tbsp. lime juice               1/2 tsp. hot pepper sauce           1 tbsp. balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp. honey                    2 tbsp. chopped cilantro

Directions:

1. Combine oil, garlic, chili powder, cumin and pepper in a bowl.
2. Warning: if you don't love a ton of heat in your marinade, cut the amount of chili powder down. This is a hot recipe.
3. Place steak in a shallow baking dish. 
4. Pour chili mixture over and spread to coat both sides.
5. Let sit 1 hour or cover and refrigerate overnight.
6. Sprinkle both sides of the steak with a 1/2 tsp. salt.
7. Grill 4-5 minutes on each side for medium.
8. Remove to cutting board to stand 10 minutes.
9. Combine remaining salt, lime juice, hot pepper sauce, vinegar, honey and cilantro.
10. Whisk until blended.
11. Serve with sauce on the side to drizzle over.

Unique Use of Crescent Rolls

I love bread and rolls. Fresh crescent rolls out of the oven are a particular favorite of mine. I never really thought about that dough in the can being actual dough that you could use for other things, like this crescent ring. I'm back on to my buffalo recipes. It's definitely something I started liking as an adult. I've never been a huge "hot" fan but I do like buffalo chicken for sure.

Buffalo Chicken Crescent Ring

Ingredients:
8 oz cream cheese, softened            1 pk ranch dressing mix           1/2 c. diced onions
1/2 c. buffalo sauce                          12 oz. chicken, diced               2 tubes of crescent rolls
1/2 c ranch dressing for dipping

Directions:

1. Combine cheese, ranch mix, onions, buffalo sauce and chicken.
2. Separate the roll dough into 8 rectangles.
3. Form a circle with them on a cookie sheet.
4. Spoon the chicken mixture onto the dough.
5. Fold dough over top of chicken and press into place.
6. Bake at 375 for 15-20 minutes.

Here's a picture of how to position the dough.

As always, have fun!