A Feast for Dad

We pretty much celebrated Father's Day with a nice dinnner on Saturday night because I wasn't sure what Hubby's plans were with working on the boat with all the progress he had made so far ... we are an odd family, I know.
So I had picked these up on Friday night at Winn Dixie. They were on sale, and marked down on top ... I keep forgetting that the mark down price does not include the additional discount for the sale price too (so it takes off xx more per lb.) ... The toally for the 4 porterhouse steaks WITH my 3 $2 off steak coupons? $6.03. I'm happy!


I simply drizzled a little olive oil over them, a little fresh salt & pepper, garlic and a twist of the montreal steak season. Rub it in, and let it sit on the counter for about 20 minutes (while the shrooms cooked). Yummm.

Tacos

This is not a recipe. Really. So maybe don't read any further. BUT if you are curious how a simple family prepares for taco night, then read on...

1 lb of ground beef. Or, in my case, at this time, 10 hamburger patties (or so) from the stellar deal I got on a 25 lb box of burgers. These were a fairly high fat content so I don't use them as burgers :)
1 Taco Dinner Kit - varies from Taco Bell, El Paso brands, depends on what was on sale. This week, it's Taco Bell
Half head of iceburg lettuce, sliced (shredded)
1 tomatoe, diced
1/2 onion, diced
bag of cheese ... mexican blend this week, from my outstanding bargain a few weeks back, 16 oz for 99 cents, been in freezer waiting for this day!
additional taco shells
sour cream
chips
salsa
fresh avacado, diced, only if on sale & coupon available (score!)

And that's it. Cook up the beef, DRAIN and add seasoning. Prepare the veggies as the meat cooks. Serve it up!

Steaks - Ribeyes

Ok, the price of steaks have gone through the roof lately and it just irritates me that there are no good prices to be had anywhere! So last time I was at costco, I bit the bullet and just paid $35 for 4 LARGE ribeye steaks. $7.99 a lb. I know that's not overly expensive BUT I do have the frugal in florida name to live up to!

I took those steaks and I sliced them thiner. They were at least one inch thick so I decided that we didn't need to be eating THAT much steak at a time (ohhh...that's the cheapskate coming out!) Besides, hubby doesn't eat his meat anyway but done. No pink. So if the steaks had been kept that thick, they would have cooked for an hour on the grill and I'm just not having that!!

So, here's what I did a few weekends back with some for friends and dinner one night:

Layed half of the steaks in a large tupperware dish (ziploc, glade, whatever?).
Poured some BBQ sauce in
Poured some leftover coffee in
Added some worchestershire sauce
chopped garlic
A1 Steak sauce
a little water to thin it out
And tried to mix it up some (so really, do the marinade FIRST and then add the steaks!)

Marinate for several hours, with the last 30 minutes or so being on the countertop to come to room temp.

Grill them up & serve with your favorite sides.

Italian Beef - Crockpot

This is so easy, it's not even funny. Just a heads up though, if you do NOT like your food spicy, then do NOT dump the juice in from the pepperoncinis!

3 lbs or so of beef roast, sirloin, whatever you have on hand (never have used ground beef though)
small jar of pepperoncinis (save yourself some work & get the sliced ones - you can find these by the pickles - drain if a bit of you don't like it hot or all)
1/2 cup or so of beef broth (or you can use water & beef bouillon or cube)
about a tsp of chopped garlic
a tsp of oregano
a tsp of black pepper

Put roast in crockpot. Add all the rest of ingredients (drain the pepperoncinis if you don't want it hot)
Place lid on crock and fire it up. Let it cook 6 to 8 hours. Shred beef (that's when I know it's done) and serve on toasted rolls (hoagies, buns, etc.)