2009-04-09 Thursday - steak salad with chimichurri and ginger pork on rice

(leftover) steak salad with chimichurri

• ingredients: steak, lettuce, mango, chimichurri
• heated leftover steak on grill, then sliced
• mango sliced into thin strips
  
• served on salad tossed with chimichurri and olive oil

(leftover) ginger pork on rice

steak salad was VERY nice. mango was essential!
Papa said the steak salad and ginger pork went very nicely together.

2009-04-06 Monday - tri-tip steak with chimichurri sauce and sugar snaps and salad and mashed potatoes

Chimichurri sauce

• 1 small red onion (~1/2 cup)
• 1/2 red bell pepper (~3/4 cup)
  
• 10 cloves garlic
• 1 oz cilantro (small plastic clamshell )
  
• 3 tbsp lemon juice (1 small old lemon)
  
• 1 tsp dried red pepper flakes
• 1/4 tsp salt
• lots of black pepper
• wash cilantro and remove some of the larger stem pieces
• coarsely chop onion and bell pepper and garlic
• put everything in food processor and process!
• add 1/4 cup red wine vinegar, process
• remove from food processor, add 1/4 olive oil
• add more vinegar and oil to get correct consistency

Tri-tip steak

• Angus tri-tip steak from Trader Joe -- tasty cut!
  
• stab with fork!
  
• marinate in chimichurri for a couple hours
• cooked on iron grill, rare
• served sliced against grain, with chimichurri on the side
  

sugar snaps

• cooked with shallots and finely diced red pepper and garlic
  

mashed potatoes

• enough baby red potatoes for two, cleaned, etc (most of the skin left on)
  
• microwaved, covered, 4-5 minutes
• mashed with 1" cube of butter and milk

salad

• spring greens
• red onion
• red pepper
• balsamic vinaigrette