I'm kind of in food limbo this week because I am eager to go get a lot of awesome new food, but we're not out of anything... so I have to keep eating all the stuff we already have. Waste not, want not, etc.
Last night for dinner, Chris cooked the other rib-eye that I got from Earth Fare last week. It was amazing. I love living with a chef. The one I Foreman grilled was ok, but this one was much better. The salad and macaroni were leftover from Easter, but here's how Chris prepared the steak:
1. Salt and pepper both sides of the steak.
2. Heat 1 tsp. butter in a cast iron skilled or non-stick frying pan, over medium-high heat.
3. Sear both sides of the steak for 2 minutes for medium-rare or 4 minutes for medium, which is what's pictured).
4. Remove and "rest" the steak. It will continue cooking after you take it off the heat.
5. Slice and serve.
Sauce:
In a saucepan, combine 1 tbsp A1 steak sauce, 1 tsp mustard (something spicy or full-flavored), two dashes of soy sauce (we use Kikkoman religiously), fresh herbs of your choosing (we used parsley from our herb garden), 1/2 cup water, and a "slurry," which is formed by mixing cornstarch and water. Add the slurry until the sauce reaches the desired thickness. You can add whatever vegetables you want and cook them in the sauce until they're done enough for you.
Clean foods involved in our meal: Home-grown parsley from our yard, grass-fed rib-eye from Greer, SC.
Free foods involved in our meal: Everything else!
I'd say it was a healthy compromise between good-for-the-world and good-for-our-wallets.
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