Steak...As Promised!

I was happy for a meal that didn't take a lot of work last night! This was certainly one of the easiest meals I've made in awhile. When I walked in the door last night, I immediately began marinating my steaks in the Tequila-Ginger-Lime marinade that I had in the fridge. It was a bottle of marinade I'd purchased at a gourmet shop awhile back, and wanted to use it up. I poked some holes in the steaks with a fork, allowing the marinade to seep into the meat a little bit quicker, and then left it to sit in the fridge for the next 45 minutes while I did a little bit of relaxing.

While my husband heated the grill on our back patio, I cut a head of cabbage into wedges. Because there were only two of us, I only used half the head, but the plan was to grill these cabbage wedges. Grill...leafy things...do these two things go together, you ask? Well, yes, they do, and they sure are delicious. I had a recipe, from that blog I like, called The Kitchn: Grilled Cabbage Wedges with Spicy Lime Dressing. It looked easy, it looked delicious, and best of all, the flavors sounded like they would pair quite nicely with the marinade I had chosen.

I brushed my cabbage wedges with canola oil, and set them to char on the grill, for about 5 minutes on each side. When I checked on them, they were blackening around the edges nicely, and so I went back upstairs to prep the dressing...which is SO easy to make. All you have to do is throw everything in a food processor, and voila, spicy dressing, to be drizzled over deliciously-blackened cabbage wedges. We've got ourselves a side dish, people!

Not only were the steaks delicious, and the cabbage a perfect accompaniment, but I think I'll add cabbage to my shopping list for our summer camping trip. It made for a great, easy vegetable to add to any meal, and all you need is a grill, and some dressing, any dressing will do!

Back to Reality!

We're home, we're unpacked, the laundry is almost done, and it's time to get back to the daily grind. The fridge is pretty empty, since we've been gone for the last 2 weeks, but I need to keep it that way in preparation for all the Thanksgiving goodies I'm going to start acquiring in the next few days. It was convenient that I went back to work on a Tuesday, when the farmer's market sets up shop in Dewey Square on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I had put some meat in the freezer after receiving it from Omaha Steaks before we left, so I defrosted a few steaks for dinner last night.

At the farmer's market, I bought some brussels sprouts, and also went to a local shop for some Gorgonzola Dolce. I happened to notice marinated Gigante beans so I got some of those as well. So, for dinner last night, we had some delicious grilled steak (something we didn't have at all while overseas), some roasted brussels sprouts, and marinated Gigante beans. I topped the grilled steak with some gooey Gorgonzola Dolce, and it made for a lovely garnish as it melted and incorporated into the steak's juices. That was only 4 ingredients, and the leftover beans and cheese take up very little room in the fridge.

While at the farmer's market, I planned for another dinner as well. I have pork chops in the freezer so I bought some apples and carrots to make a slaw to garnish the pork. I also bought some spinach to make a bed for the pork. However, when I got home tonight, jet lag had definitely set in, so I decided to save the pork for tomorrow, and order some Thai! 

This weekend, I'll start planning the Thanksgiving menu. I'm starting to think about hors d'ouvres, side dishes, and even how I want to cook the turkey. I've been reading up on different techniques, and once I pick one, I'll dissect the intricacies of it for you all. It seems that everyone has a different argument for the best way to cook a turkey. Which one really is the best? I'd have to cook a lot of turkeys to find out! Do you have a favorite way to cook turkey? Share it here by commenting on this post!