Steak Marinade

1/3 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup olive oil
1/3 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup Worchestershire or teriyaki sauce
1 1/2 T garlic powder
3 T basil
1 1/2 T parsley
1 t pepper
1 t garlic, minced

Tomato and Zucchini Salad

7 tomatoes, cut into wedges
3 medium zucchini, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced
2 medium sweet yellow peppers, thinly sliced

Dressing: whisk
1/3 cup cider vinegar
3 T olive oil
1 T sugar
1 1/2 t salt
1 T each minced fresh basil, parsley and tarragon

Molten Chocolate Cupcakes

¾ cup whipping cream

1 ½ cups semisweet chocolate chips

1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® devil's food cake mix

1 box (4-serving size) chocolate fudge instant pudding and pie filling mix

1 ¼ cups water

½ cup vegetable oil

4 eggs

In 1-quart saucepan, heat whipping cream over medium-high heat until hot but not boiling. Stir in chocolate chips until melted and mixture is smooth. Refrigerate about 1 hour, stirring occasionally, until thick.

Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 24 large (2 3/4x1 1/4-inch) muffin cups (dark or nonstick pans not recommended). In large bowl, beat cake mix, pudding mix, water, oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl constantly. Place 1/4 cup batter in each muffin cup. Spoon 1 tablespoon cold chocolate mixture on top of batter in center of each cup.

Bake 20 to 23 minutes or until top springs back when lightly touched. Cool 1 minute. Carefully remove from pan; place on cooking parchment paper. Cool 10 minutes. Frost with chocolate frosting. Just before serving, sprinkle with powdered sugar. Garnish with strawberry slices. Serve warm. Store loosely covered.

Makes 24 cupcakes

Steak Marinade

2 T soy sauce

2 T water

¼ cup teriyaki

2 tsp ginger powder

1 T lemon juice (or 2 T)

3 T olive oil

1 T brown sugar

Spicy Cashews

2 cups cashews

1.5 T honey

¼ tsp kosher salt

½ tsp cayenne pepper

1 tsp cinnamon (optional)

¼ tsp cumin

Bake on foil lined cookie sheet at 350 for 6.5 minutes.  Stir after 3 minutes. 

Broccoli Salad

3 heads broccoli (about 5 cups)

¼ c slivered almonds

1/3 cup diced red onion

½ cup goldens

4 bacon strips, cut up

Dash of salt

Dressing: ½ cup mayonnaise, 2 T vinegar, 1.5 T sugar

Christmas Rice Crispy Treats

2 1/3 bags marshmallows

1 ½ stick butter

1 18 oz box Rice Crispies

1 bag red and green M&Ms

Melt marshmallows and butter in a large bowl in the microwave.  Add cereal and M&Ms.  Makes 64.