A Meal Planning Concept


Distinctive Dinners: Saturday Night Special

Summer Tomato and Pepper Salad | Porcini Mushrooms with Blue Cheese | Grilled T-bone Steak | Strawberries and Hot Fudge

Summer Tomato and Pepper Salad

Recipe Summary
Complexity:Easy
Serves:4
Category:Salad
Meal:Saturday Night Special (Distinctive Dinners)
4mediumtomatoes, fresh
1mediumpepper, red
1mediumpepper, green
0.125tsppepper, fresh ground
0.5tspsalt, kosher
 

Cut tomatoes and peppers into bite size pieces, add salt and pepper and let sit for 1 hour.

Porcini Mushrooms with Blue Cheese

Recipe Summary
Complexity:Easy
Serves:6
Category:Vegetables
Meal:Saturday Night Special (Distinctive Dinners)
3Tboil, olive
12ozmushrooms, porcini
3ozcheese, blue
0.5tsppepper, fresh ground
0.5tspparsley, flakes
 

Heat oil in pan, add mushrooms and cook until just tender. Add blue cheese, toss to melt. Add pepper and parsley flakes. Serve

Great over grilled steak.

Grilled T-bone Steak

Recipe Summary
Complexity:Easy
Serves:4
Category:Beef Entrée
Meal:Saturday Night Special (Distinctive Dinners)
3lbsteak, t-bone
1Tboil, olive
1tspgarlic powder
1Tbpepper, fresh cracked
1Tbsalt, kosher
1mediumlemons
 

The keys here are to have the fire very hot and the steaks at least 1 thick. Have the steaks at room temperature, brush olive oil on both sides of steaks, add pepper, salt and garlic powder. Grill about 5 minutes on one side and 4 on the other. (depending on how you like your steak and the thickness of the steaks) remove steak from grill and let sit for 10 minutes. It will finish cooking on the platter; so take it off just before it is done as you would like. Squeeze lemon onto each steak.

Note: The general rule of thumb for medium rare is 1 minute per 1/4 inch thickness per side. A 2 inch thick steak would take 8 minutes per side.

Strawberries and Hot Fudge

Recipe Summary
Complexity:Easy
Serves:6
Category:Cooking for the Kids
Meal:Saturday Night Special (Distinctive Dinners)
1qtstrawberries, whole
1recipeHot Fudge Sauce
 

Clean berries, heat hot fudge sauce; place hot fudge in container and surround with berries.

Note: Be sure to add the Hot fudge sauce recipe to your shopping list.