Easy Cube Steaks and Gravy

I love recipes that don't require alot of prep work or alot of effort. This has always been one of my favorite meals to make. Cube Steak scare a lot of people because if it's cooked wrong, it can be really tough and gross. This is a great recipe for tender cube steaks, and it's easy on the wallet (bonus).

Cube Steaks (2-4)
1 pkg. of Lipton Onion soup
Water
Cornstarch

I love my skillet, it's a great tool for this recipe. I place my Cube Steaks (thawed) in my skillet. Pour water over your steaks and into the skillet so there is about 1/4'' of water in your skillet for the steaks to slow cook in. Add your Lipton Onion Soup right on top of the steaks and surrounding the steaks into the water. I cook my steaks on the lowest setting for about 30 minutes, and I check them about every 10 minutes just to make sure the water hasn't been absorbed/evaporated. Flip about half way through cooking, to cook other side. If there's not enough water just keep adding water to keep the steaks moist. Once the Steaks are cooked through. Take 1-2 Heaping Tablespoons of cornstarch and add it to some water. Remove your steaks and slowly pour your cornstarch mixture into your skillet to mix with the Lipton Onion mix (this will make the most heavenly gravy for your steaks). Once you have poured the cornstarch mixture in and mixed it with a whisk, you can place your steaks back into your skillet for about 5 more minutes, or until your gravy is thickened to your liking. I love to serve this with my favorite potato recipe and favorite side veggie.

Note: I cook 2 Large Cube Steaks for this recipe, but there is a lot of flavor with a full package of Lipton Onion, so you can stretch one package of Lipton Onion for about 4 cube steaks, any more than that, I would add an additional package of Lipton Onion Soup.

Marshmallow Brownies

I just made a batch of these for a party tonight, and I don't know if I am going to be able to behave myself and not eat one before the party starts!!!

1 Box Chocolate Brownie mix or your favorite brownie recipe
1 Bag of Marshmallows
1 tub of Betty Crocker Milk Chocolate Frosting or your favorite frosting recipe

Bake Brownies as directed in 13x9 pan. Remove the pan and immediately turn off oven and top hot brownies with marshmallows, don't overlap them, just enough to cover the brownies completely. Put them back in the oven (turned off) for an additional 2 minutes. Remove pan and don't touch the marshmallows, it will make a mess. Cool completely and then top with frosting.

Peaches n' Cream No Bake Cheesecake

Wed. I will be hosting this month's playdate, and when us mom's get together, lunch is always a bonus!! I will be making these yummy little treats for our playdate!


2 cups HONEY MAID Graham Cracker Crumbs
6 Tbsp. margarine, melted
1 cup sugar, divided
4 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA 1/3 Less Fat Cream Cheese, softened
1 pkg. (3 oz.) JELL-O Peach Flavor Gelatin
2 fresh peaches, chopped OR 1 can (15 oz.) sliced peaches in juice, drained and chopped
1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP LITE Whipped Topping, thawed

***The Recipe doesn't call for it, but I added 1/4-1/2 tsp. cinnamon, it adds lots of flavor!! I just added this at the very end before I poured it over the crust.

Make It!
MIX graham crumbs, margarine and 1/4 cup sugar; press onto bottom of 13x9-inch pan. Refrigerate while preparing filling.
BEAT cream cheese and remaining 3/4 cup sugar in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Add dry gelatin mix; mix well. Stir in peaches and whipped topping. Spoon over crust; cover.
REFRIGERATE 4 hours or until firm. Store leftovers in refrigerator.

Recipe taken from Krafts Food and Family Magazine