Grilled Steaks and Potatoes with Garlic Butter

Grilled Steaks and Potatoes with Garlic Butter
From: America's Test Kitchen The Best Simple Recipe's

Ingredients:
1 1/2 Pound Smail Red Potatoes, Scrubbed and Halved
1 tablespoon olive oil
Salt and Pepper
10 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
4 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley
6 Garlic Cloves, minced
5 strip steaks
Cream Cheese
Sour Cream
Herb blend for cream cheese mixture
Wooden Skewers soaked in water

Directions:
1. Toss potatoes and oil in bowl and season with salt and pepper. Microwave, covered until potatoes begin to soften, 4 to 7 minutes.

2. Beat butter with fork in large bowl until light and fluffy. Mix in parsley, garlic, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste.

3. Pat steaks dry with paper towels and season with salt and pepper. Grill over hot fire until well browned and cooked to desired doneness, 4-8 minutes per side. Meanwhile, skewer the potatoes and grill, starting cut side down and turning several times, until soft and grill-marked, 7-8 minutes.

4. Transfer steaks to platter and top each steak with 1 tablespoon parsley butter (you should have about 1 tablespoon butter left over) other than the 1 tablespoon- brush remaining butter on the potato skewers.

Cover the steaks with foil and let rest 5 minutes. Add steak to bowl with remaining parlsey butter and toss to coat- serve.

Stir 1/2 part cream cheese, and 1/2 part sour cream with the herb blend to have for dipping for the steaks and potatoes.

Lemon Parsley Potatoes

Lemon Parsley Potatoes
From: Best of Taste of Home Spring 2009

Ingredients/Prep:
3 pounds small red potatoes
1/2 cup butter
1/3 cup minced fresh parsley
1 tablespoon lemon juice

Directions:
1. With a vegetable peeler, remove a strip of peel around the middle of each potato.
Place potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil.
Reduce heat; cover and cook for 15-20 minutes or until tender; drain.
2. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, melt the butter; stir in parsley and lemon juice.
Pour over potatoes; toss to coat.