While picking up some groceries last week, I purchased a package of the best looking steak ever. Sirloin tip steaks, in a family pack, on sale! Roughly 8 cuts for just under $9. They looked like they had just been cut and wrapped, so I picked them up.
When I got home I figured I would marinade them and then pop them on the barbeque for dinner, and I found the best marinade recipe in a cookbook that I've had forever. I don't know why I never looked for a marinade recipe before, but this one caught my eye. And I happened to have all of the ingredients in my kitchen. Serendipity I tell you !
This is the recipe:
Soy Marinade
1/2 tsp ginger 1 green onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced 3/4 cup oil (I used virgin olive oil)
1/4 cup soy sauce 3 tbsp honey or sugar (I used honey)
2 tbsp vinegar or lemon juice (I used lemon juice)
Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and mix well. It makes roughly 1 1/3 cups.
I put the steaks in to the container and popped them in the fridge for the afternoon. Every so often, go and flip the container over to coat the steaks really well. They take no time at all to grill (depending on the size of the pieces) and they were sooooooo tender, I could cut the meat with my FORK!
This with some twice baked potatoes, and broccolini (blanched so it was still firm), was dinner. Yummy !
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Eloquence is Bliss
I am not eloquent. Not at all.
I have read some fantastic blogs, written by people who are smart, funny, whimsical and most of all - eloquent. It's the love of the written word; spoken, read, thought of -- and it's the way its put together. Carrie discovered a blog titled Hello Josephine. It's written by a lady named Marla, and those were the first words she spoke to her daughter, Josephine, when she was born. I read her blog and am amazed at how she can turn a phrase, and it's like you are right there with her, experiencing what she sees first hand.
From Marla's blog, I discovered Andrea's. Another lady with a talent for writing. (And 2 beautiful daughters that are the subject of many a blog entry.) I like to think that I too, have this gift ... but I am still aspiring to be like these ladies. I spend more time reading lately, than writing anything. I am always on the lookout for a new book, and sometimes that new book is actually an old, much-loved tome from Value Village, who's title caught my eye and first page didn't make me close it and put it down. (If i'm not hooked by the first page or at least the first chapter -- it's over!). Does that make me a bad person ? That I don't give books a chance ? I don't think so. I'll put it down today, and pick it up again next week and discover something wonderful.
Like blogs.
I like to look at new blogs. Every so often you come across one that's been recently updated, and I like to peek at them. Sometimes they're worth reading .. sometimes not. It's like having thousands of books at your fingertips. Some waiting to be discovered .. some put down for another day.
I think i'll go discover another one right now ....
I have read some fantastic blogs, written by people who are smart, funny, whimsical and most of all - eloquent. It's the love of the written word; spoken, read, thought of -- and it's the way its put together. Carrie discovered a blog titled Hello Josephine. It's written by a lady named Marla, and those were the first words she spoke to her daughter, Josephine, when she was born. I read her blog and am amazed at how she can turn a phrase, and it's like you are right there with her, experiencing what she sees first hand.
From Marla's blog, I discovered Andrea's. Another lady with a talent for writing. (And 2 beautiful daughters that are the subject of many a blog entry.) I like to think that I too, have this gift ... but I am still aspiring to be like these ladies. I spend more time reading lately, than writing anything. I am always on the lookout for a new book, and sometimes that new book is actually an old, much-loved tome from Value Village, who's title caught my eye and first page didn't make me close it and put it down. (If i'm not hooked by the first page or at least the first chapter -- it's over!). Does that make me a bad person ? That I don't give books a chance ? I don't think so. I'll put it down today, and pick it up again next week and discover something wonderful.
Like blogs.
I like to look at new blogs. Every so often you come across one that's been recently updated, and I like to peek at them. Sometimes they're worth reading .. sometimes not. It's like having thousands of books at your fingertips. Some waiting to be discovered .. some put down for another day.
I think i'll go discover another one right now ....
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