Bourbon Marinated Beef Tenderloin with Braised Red Cabbage and Crab & Artichoke Appies

OK - this Sunday night dinner is simply too gorgeous and amazing, I could cry tears of joy! Wait until you also try the Grapefruit Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting I prepared for dessert, you will seriously think you've expired and gone to heaven. I wish I'd posted this earlier for your dinner tonight, but next week's good too! Here is our Sunday night dinner:

Crab and Artichoke Cakes: 1 cup of marinated and diced artichokes, 1 pound of imitation crab meat, 3/4 cup of panko bread crumbs, 1 tsp. finely chopped red onion, 1/2 tsp. of chopped fresh chives, 1/2 cup of Hellman's may. 1 egg yolk, plus one whole egg, 1 tsp. of Dijon mustard, 1 tsp. of Worcestershire sauce, 1/2 tsp. of Louisianna Hot Sauce, a little Fleur De Sel (or regular salt) and unsalted butter.

Chop up imitation crab and artichokes and combine with all of the above ingredients except butter. Melt unsalted butter in pan, shape crab cakes, bigger or smaller depending if it's for an appie or for dinner, and pan fry on each side until just nicely brown. You can serve right away or reheat a little latter. They are delish!!!!!

Bourbon or Whiskey Marinated Steak or Beef Tenderloin: 3/4 cup of brown sugar, 1 cup of Jack Daniel's, 1 cup of pineapple juice, 2/3 cup of low sodium soy sauce, and 4 cups of water.

Combine brown sugar and Jack in a bowl and stir until it's dissolved. Then add pineapple juice, soy sauce, water and stir. Place beef tenderloin steaks or the steaks of your choice in a deep dish and pour marinade all over and stick into the fridge for at least 6 hours but 24 if you can. Then grill over BBQ to your liking and devour.

Braised Red Cabbage: 1 cup of distilled white vinegar, 1 cup of sugar, or I use 1/2 cup of Brown or White Sugar substitute, a pinch or two of salt, 1 tsp. of caraway seed, pinch of ground cloves, and one head of red cabbage all nicely cut up or shredded.

Mix together all ingredients EXCEPT FOR CABBAGE, in a pot and stir together, and bring to a boil over medium high heat. Reduce the heat to low, cov er, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 35 to 40 minutes until cabbage is very tender and most of the liquid has evaporated. You can store this dish in a glass jar for up to 6 weeks.

Dessert is next - check out the most delicious Grapefruit Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting!

This is a dinner to behold. Now take a bow. You've done all you need to do this week. Life is good!