Greek Style Steaks with misc. Grilled Veggies and Herbed Goat Cheese

Slice assorted summer veg into 1/4 inch thick slabs for the grill.

Baste with a mixture of olive oil, lemon juice and minced garlic using a sprig of fresh Rosemary as your brush, topping with a sprinkle of kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper as they cook.

Remove from grill and allow to cool.

Rub steaks with a mix of 1/3 cup Oregano, 2 tbsp Dill, 1/3 cup Salt, 1/3 cup cracked Pepper and 2 tbsp olive oil. this makes enough for 8-10 lbs meat. save what you dont use in a jar in the fridge.

Grill.

Allow meat to rest.

Slice Baguette.

Spread Goat Cheeseinside Baguette.

Stuff Baguette with misc. grilled summer veg.

Allow veg juices to soak into bread.

Squeeze fresh lemon on top.

Serve with Greek style steak

Goat Cheese and Lemon wedges.

Mustard Lime Steaks - Part Deux

Perfectly Done.

Phở

So today I worked a little, got rained out... and the high temp was only 64 degrees!

Lucky for me, Matt wanted to make Phở for dinner. Usually, we're into this during the winter, but today was close enough!

It turned out incredible.

Sprouts, for the garnish.

Spicy Thai Basil, combined fresh with the cilantro...
you just can't replace fresh herbs y'know?

'tis the season.

Getting Ready.

Several Spoonfulls of Goodness.

Grilled Mustard Lime Steaks with Green Salad and Mashed Potatoes

O.K., go and buy the steak of your choice. dredge in dry mustard on both sides. Drizzle with a little Worchestershire and some fresh squeezed Lime juice. Throw on some Salt & Pepper and maybe a little more mustard powder and let sit and percolate for 15-20 minutes while you have a beer and preheat the grill. Toss this bad boy on and grill to desired doneness turning only once and skipping those cool grill marks. You don't want to dislodge the crust you have so lovingly built...I love mine rather rare. Eat. Try not to eat too much because this is way too tasty!

Marinated Sirloin Steaks

Aight. First thing you need is a couple of dudes with a passion for well made food, and who're willing to cook.

Next you're going to need a little something for a marinade.

Measure out the liquid bits of your marinade. We used -
.5 cup fresh lemon juice,
a third cup evoo,
a quarter cup red wine vinegar,
and two Tablespoons of soy sauce

Then we minced up about a quarter cup of shallots. Added them to the marinade...

We also threw in two Tablespoons of fresh minced rosemary.

Place your steak in the marinade and turn to coat. Then cover and marinate.

And marinate... have a beer... it going to be at least a half an hour...

Then grill your steaks to your desired doneness.

For a side, we also grilled up some corn. It turned out excellent.

Miranda and David also have a garden overflowing with salad greens, so we plucked some and served it up.

Ummmm. Steak.
It's what's for dinner.

Can't beat that!

It was so good... Miranda caught me going in for seconds!

John's Graduation Bar-B-Que

You just have to have some tasty Veg! There was Hummus to dip...

Fruit trays are Tasty!

Cheese and crackers are a must.

A lot of Chicken Wings.

Marinating the Beef.

Grill Master Jim hard at work.

Love to see that smoke.

Sushi tray! Yummo!
The Spicy Tuna is to die for.

Grilled Vegi kabobs for those inclined.

And somehow the Cake and Ice Cream got missed.

Standard Steaks and Asparagus

Gotta fatten up y'know...

The RIGHT and ONLY way to cook asparagus.

Beef.

Mmmmmm. Steak.
(eaten the way God intended, hot and with my fingers)

A Different Kind of Kalbi

Matt made this last summer while I was crashing on his living room floor. It's good.
Really Good.

Get yourself another onion named Ingrid... and a can of 7-up(yours).
This is going to make up your premarinade.

Wow... That fish I ate last night must've gone bad.
It's really putting the zap on my mind.
Crank up the Floyd man.

Um, yeah. Anyway, grate the onion. You'll need a 1/2 cup of it.

Mix the grated onion, 2 Tbs of Honey (I subbed the 7-up(yours) in for the honey.)
Then let your meat soak in this for a couple hours and then drain. You don't need to get all the onion off of the steak, it's ok. I'm using a flank steak for this bit.

Now you'll need to make up your real Marinade... prep some garlic & onions. Maybe six onions and 8 - 10 cloves of garlic.

Add the garlic and onions to:
1.5 c soy
1/4 c sugar
1/4 c sesame oil
3 Tbs vegetable oil

Let this marinate at least a couple of hours... or longer.
Note - reserve some of the marinade for reducing on the stove to make an insanely flavored drizzling sauce for the meat... or your rice... or whatever. I'd probably eat cardboard with that sauce on it.

Introduce your meat to the grill.

I served the steak up sliced thin, with mandarin orange squeezed over the top. Sides included grilled asparagus, grilled scallions, salad, and a brown/red/wild rice mix.

This marinade would be wonderful on most beef. I think next I'll do skewers with it.

Rare beef with soy curry sauce, Khao Gram Purple Jasmine sticky rice and steamed Asparagus

Season steak to your liking and grill to desired doneness.

Fry Curry spices in a little oil until bloomed and fragrant.

Add chicken stock and small amount soft tofu and puree till smooth. For a variation you could use Soy milk (unflavored).

Steam your Asparagus.
Slice beef thin and drizzle everything with curry sauce.
Eat.

Beef Tenderloin with Rosemary Pinot Noir Sauce, Prosciutto wrapped Asparagus with Carmelized Capers and Wild Rice blend

First wrap asparagus with prosciutto, drizzle with E.V.O. Oil pepper and very light salt to taste.
Grill!

Dredge Beef Tenderloin in a mix of flour, garlic powder, onion powder, s&p and crushed red pepper. For this I used several Chipotles...


Brown on all sides add a sprig of Rosemary and finish in 500 degree oven maybe 7 min.
Remove beef to rest. Deglaze pan with Pinot Noir and reduce. Finish the sauce with a little butter. Caramelize the capers in a nonstick skillet with butter and sugar to top the asparagus. The salty Caper with the sweet Caramel is delightful.


Now the best part. The eating...

Bacon Guacamole Burgers

So I'm working on my parent's house.
Supposedly getting it ready to sell.

A fine example of my work.

Well, my younger brother Josh comes over to their house for lunch, pretty much every day, because he works close. So last week we worked out a plan together for Bacon Guacamole burgers this week...
They turned out rather well.

Can't forget the sautéed onions!
They're in the top five as far as burger toppings go...

:)

It's what's for dinner.

But it'll do for lunch in our case.