The holidays are coming! And that means company and cooking. Are you ready?

Many of us will do the traditional Thanksgiving meal with all the trimmings. But we’ve gotta eat more than once, right?

So why not make something different and delicious that everyone will love!

Try this Flat Iron Steaks with KC BBQ Glaze recipe from The Kansas City Steak Company. It’s sure to be a hit!

Flat Iron With KC Barbeque Glaze

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

Sauce:

Apple Cider Vinegar                    ½ C

Water                                        ½ C

Yellow Mustard                          ¼ C

Ketchup                                     2 T

Tomato Paste                             1.5 T

Sweet paprika                             1 T

Salt                                           ½ T

Ground celery seed                       1 t

Black pepper                               ¼ t

Cayenne                                     ¼ t

Garlic powder                             ¼ t

Onion powder                             ¼ t

Cinnamon                                  pinch

Allspice, ground                          pinch

Cloves, ground                           pinch

Flat iron Steaks, 6 oz                   4

Salt and pepper                           to taste

Method:

1. For the glaze, combine all ingredients. Bring to a boil, and then reduce to a simmer. Simmer for 10 minutes. This glaze can be made in bulk ahead of time. Omit the water, and you have an excellent Kansas City Barbeque glaze.

2. Preheat the grill.

3. Season the steaks with salt and pepper.

4. Grill the steaks to desired doneness, when they are about 1 minute from being done brush them with the glaze on both sides and let the heat from the grill cook them for just a moment. Let them rest for 5 minutes before serving.

Photo courtesy of KansasCitySteaks.com.

This Friday is a Friday the 13th. So what better time to plan ahead for that superstitious day than now?

Of course I relate everything to food so here’s what comes to mind for me…

Garlic!

The old thought goes that garlic will ward off bad spirits and prevent someone from giving you the “Evil Eye.”

Want to keep away demons, werewolves and vampires? Get a little garlic.

So for me, I’ll make it easy on myself and just cook with the stuff. How about Garlic Steaks? Yes, please!

This steak recipe makes the most sense on a day filled with superstition. And, hey, it couldn’t hurt, right?

Try it – just to be sure you won’t be visited by any vampires this Friday. 🙂

Photo courtesy of Health24.com.

Maybe you’ve heard of chimichurri sauce, but doesn’t it sound more exotic to call it South American steak sauce?

I love this stuff. So spicy. So lively.

This recipe calls for us to liberally apply it to hanger steak. But you can use any cut you see fit.

After all, YOU’RE eating it!

Click here for the full recipe. Ole!!!

Photo courtesy of TastingTable.com.