There are "weeknight meals" and "weekend meals" -- some meals are simple fare, made quickly after a long day of work. others are elaborate, thought out, maybe even fancy schmancy dining events.
It's Wednesday, and we had a "weekend meal" tonight.
We'd gotten some good kabob meat at Byerly's for New Year's Eve, and it was far more than either of us could eat. So we saved the leftovers ... and decided to change it up a bit and make steak sandwiches.
I got a loaf of "artisan" french bread ("artisan" = "not sliced") and made toast on the griddle by coating the bread in butter and olive oil -- just one side, because while it's on the heat, I use my grill press to mash the bread into about a third of its original thickness. Then I coat the cool side, flip and repeat.
We sliced the steak into strips, then warmed it up on the griddle for a second, as well as some sliced portabello mushrooms we'd grilled on NYE. We took the toast and coated one side liberally with Boursin cheese, then constructed the tastiest steak sandwiches ever made.
We'd also made the fluffiest mashed potatoes for NYE, and heated them up as well. My wife's secret ingredient -- whipping cream instead of milk.
Tonight, she made "asparagus fries" by roasting asparagus tips in olive oil and fresh parmesan, until the veggies were shriveled and crispy.
So ... steak and mushroom sandwiches with homemade toast and herbed cream cheese, amazingly fluffy mashed potatoes, and asparagus fries.
Then came dessert.
Fresh strawberries, with some homemade whipped cream (she didn't use the whole pint in the potatoes, thank goodness), served on top Cointreau dessert cake slices.
This was so good we're going to roll it out for our next dinner party.
1 comment:
you're making me hungry. please go on...
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