My kids are back to school.  Hurray!  Finally I have some time to myself.  And they are so big now:  Hizki is in his last year of elemantry school, Miriam is starting second grade, and Bentzi started first grade.  No more preschools for us!

 

Last night I took the dog out, and Hizki volunteerd to cook dinner.  He has cooked a few times for himself and his friends, but this was the first time he actually volunteered to make something for the family. I was so proud of him!

 

Hizki wanted to fry hot dogs and potatoe chips for his siblings.  When I came back with the dog, he was still cutting the potatoes.  So I helped him with that, though I must admit I did not keep up with his standards of how the cut chips should look like:  I cut them too thick for him, and didn’t always cut off the edges.

 

Anyway, everything was finally done, and everyone was happy.  But then Hizki decided to add also some grilled lamb ribs to the meal.  We had 2 packages in our freezer, so we just soaked 4 ribs in barbecue  sauce and grilled over our new grill pan.  Well, that was a great meal!

 

It would have been better to soak the ribs for at least half an hour (even better is to soak them for over 2 hours, or overnight), but as you know, you don’t always plan ahead your meals so well.  At least I am not that planned-ahead type of person.

 

Anyway, here are a few marinades we might have used, and I certainly do plan to try them soon with our new grill pan:

 

1. Citrus Marinade:  Mix some orange or grapefruit juice with white wine and rosemary.
2. Herbs Mrinade:  Process together some parsley, basil, mint, garlic, hot pepper and pickled lemon with olive oil.
3. Red Wine:  Mix some red wine with ginger, split English pepper, garlic, and rosemary or thyme herbs.
4. Spices with oil:  Mix curry or cumin with black pepper, cloves and oil (I use canola oil).
5. Sweet Marinade:  Mix honey, white wine, salvia, and white pepper.
6. Capers Marinade:  Capers, olive oil, pickled lemon and a little mint.