Saturday, 1/8/2011

I bought a flank steak at the beginning of the week and finally got around to using it today.  It was a close one.  I think one more day and it would have been thrown out.  Once again, I made up a batch of marinade from Grill Mates.  I used the Montreal Steak flavor today.  The recipe says to add water, oil and red wine or white vinegar.  I went with red wine.  Now that I am reading the recipe again, I wonder if it was implying red wine vinegar or white vinegar.  Oh well, too late now;)  The marinade wasn't as thick as most of them we've used.  It didn't seem to stick to the meat as well.  As a result, the flavor was a little light.  But, it was still good.  Ben braved the cold weather and grilled the steak.  Mine portion of the steak was still a bit bloody when he brought it in, so I opted to nuke it in the microwave until it was more done. 

Ben made a nice fruit salad of raspberries, bananas, and pears to go with the steak.  All three of us enjoyed our meal. Katie consumed her berries before Ben and I sat down at the table:)