Category: Beef

  • Lime Juice, Soy Sauce, Ginger and Garlic Flank Steak Marinade

    Lime Juice, Soy Sauce, Ginger and Garlic Flank Steak Marinade

    On a roll lately.. New flank steak marinade tonight from Bittman’s How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food .) I barbecued like I normally do. (I know, it is December but I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and unless it’s pouring down rain, I can easily barbecue–and do!) I typically would marinade…

  • Sherried Beef Sirloin Tips

    Sherried Beef Sirloin Tips

    Dinner tonight is Sherried Beef  Sirloin Tips. I’m making with a half a London Broil. I don’t use canned or packaged items very often but this is quite good and easy.  The recipe is from Mom’s Updated Recipe Box. (Available used on Amazon for 50 cents– a real bargain!) This is an easy “throw together” dinner…

  • Meatballs and Mashed Potatoes with Mushroom Sauce

    Meatballs and Mashed Potatoes with Mushroom Sauce

    I can make good meatballs and I do sometimes. And sometimes I buy the bags of frozen premade ones because they’re so dang handy and taste pretty good. Tonight I thawed some by simmering a handful in some hot water for a bit, while I peeled, cut, and boiled some potatoes for mashed potatoes. When…

  • Simple Flank Steak Marinade

    Simple Flank Steak Marinade

    My mother’s simple flank steak marinade is still one of my favorites. My parents were not big barbecue people but hamburgers and flank steaks were almost always grilled outside. This simple marinade adds a lot of flavor to the flank steak even though it’s only got a few ingredients. You can use fresh or dried…

  • Steak, Fried Onions, and Quick Baked Potatoes

    Splurged on some tri-tip steaks that I saw marked down at the meat counter so instead of our Friday pizzas we had barbecued steaks, baked potatoes, and sautéed onions–definitely easier to make than a pizza! For the steaks, I sprinkled garlic salt and seasoned pepper on both sides. I microwaved the potatoes until they were…