Sunday Supper: Chocolate Cookies

Growing up my mom made these chocolate cookies in powdered sugar that were my favorites. I have been talking about them for the last couple weeks so KZ said to make a batch for tonight. Good idea!! So now that we have the dessert time to come up with the rest of the menu. It will have to be easy as KZ and I have a dance recital to go to for our god daughter at 3:30 and supper is at 7:00. I was thinking about scallops ever since I saw a tasty recipe posted by the Savory Gourmet (a blog we follow and published by a friend of ours). Good thing about scallops they take less than 10 minutes to cook so perfect for tonight's menu!
Of course we gave Johnny Yoga a call and put in an order for a salad and maybe even another dessert for tonight. Cookies are sometimes not enough. Johnny came though with a classic salad and a lemon meringue pie. Tasty!!! For a hungry crowd I thought scallops and salad may not be enough so I decided to grill a flank steak (another quick cooking item) as well. Here we go.

menu
johhnys american salad
pan seared scallops w/lemon aioli - courtesy of tmk - the Savoury Gourmet
grilled flank steak
chocolate cookies
lemon meringue pie

Johnny's american salad

ingredients:

organic baby spinach

craisins

pine nuts

feta cheese

Brianna's american dressing

pan seared scallops w/lemon aioli
ingredients
Fresh or frozen & thawed scallops (patted completely dry)
Butter
Olive Oil
Kosher Salt
Cracked Black Pepper
Heat skillet over med-high heat and melt about 1 tbsp. butter and 1 tbsp.

olive oil in the pan, until hot, but not smoking.
Season scallops with salt & pepper. Sear scallops in pan,
uncovered for 2-3 minutes per side (or until caramelized
brown on top and bottom and cooked through.)
Be careful not to overcook, as the scallops will get rubbery.
Serve hot with lemon aioli.

Lemon Aioli
1 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
1 tsp. black pepper
1 tbsp. chopped fresh chives (or red onion)
Whisk ingredients together until mixed well.

grilled flank steak

ingredients
2-3 lbs flank steak
marinade
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
12 oz beer (I use a dark beer)
2 Tbsp soy sauce
2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp garlic salt
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
kosher salt
fresh ground pepper

directions

place steak in a large plastic bag. Mix marinade ingredients together and pour over steak. Marinade for 1-3 hours. Prepare grill and grill over high heat. 6 minutes per side for medium rare. Remove from grill, tent with foil and let rest 10 minutes before slicing.

Note: the lemon aioli goes great with the steak too!

Chocolate Cookies in Powdered Sugar

1/2 cup cocoa
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine
Combine and beat
Add 4 eggs, one at a time, mixing thoroughly
2 1/4 cup flour
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla
Chill dough
Drop by teaspoon into powdered sugar and roll
Bake 10-15 minutes at 350 degrees.
Do not over bake.