The iron steak was on sale this weekend. I have no idea what that was but we had to turn it into a taco. Two day marinade to get it tender, grill it on high heat and we have something to work with. It was good but not great but that was probably due to …
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Grilled short ribs with cauliflower fried “rice”
It was an amazing day at the grocery store today when everything we love was on sale. This week is going to be fun. Tonight was a rare 75 degree day in April so we took full advantage and did as much as we could outside. I have never grilled short ribs but the store …
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Bibimbap
It was another of those clean out the fridge of some veggies night tonight. Saute some, pickle some, put over rice with some marinated meat, top with a fried duck egg and some sauces and I was a happy person. Here’s what we did. Pickle some cucumbers and carrots: 2 carrots, julienne 1/2 English cucumber, …
Burger Friday
Tonight we really wanted an all the fixin’s burger night with tater tots. It was a 1/4 lb patty, with whatever anybody wanted. These are simple burgers. Take 1/4 lb ball and put it on the grill and smash it down. Cook until half way cook through and nicely browned. Once flipped add the cheese …
Make Ahead: Beef Stroganoff
Our make ahead meal this week was some good ol’ comfort food for when we can’t cook but want some rib-stickin’ goodness. This week, bottom round roast was on sale to our grocery store recipe was some beef Stroganoff. Here’s what we did bought: 2ish lb bottom round roast, cut across grain then again to …
Corned beef and cabbage with Irish soda bread
A bunch of cooking was had on the cold and damp Sunday. The elusive yellow orb in the sky made an appearance late in the afternoon. We did a little prep for later in the week and since everyone is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, we thought we should at least eat the food the weekend …
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Beef Bao with tater tots…
It was one of those days when I thought that the day would allow for a noon dinner prep and life would be good around 6. Well…. one thing led to another and at 3pm I realized I hadn’t even thought about dinner since I bought the ingredients. My super human plan of having an …
London broil, roasted potatoes and sauteed asparagus
Busy Tuesday finishing a report and trying to keep other work going so yet again a simple Midwestern dinner. Nothing special just clean, simple food. As is usual in our house, I get up early and try to not wake anyone up. So making a marinade had to be quiet, so I decided to do …
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Sunday Dinner: Braised short ribs with mashed potatoes and fresh English peas
Slow cooked Sunday is going strong. I saw that short ribs were on sale so that is what we are having. Decided to do a tomato beef broth liquid and then mashed potatoes are always a family favorite. Super weird that they had English peas already this year but not complaining as fresh peas are …
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Coconut rice with grilled skirt steak: WaPo inspired
My wife and I were doing what middle aged liberals do on a Sunday morning, reading the Washington Post on our phones and tablets. Sitting across the room I received an email about what we should make sometime this week. We used a Wapo recipe as a starting point for dinner tonight. There are really …
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Working Dad Cooks 