Tag Archives: Beef

Grilled steak and potato with salad. 1/31/26

☹️ Disappointing, steak was full of gristle

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Meatloaf, potatoes, and snow peas. 11/8/25

Now that John has the green light to eat what he wants again he chose meatloaf. I have not made meatloaf in a long time except for dabbling in trying to make it with oatmeal once last year. Saturday’s meatloaf … Continue reading

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Sightseeing in Zion NP, Mexican lunch, and a dinner idea that did not work. 10/22/25

We are in Southern Utah enjoying our vacation with our son. In between all the golfing we spent a day sightseeing in some of the less visited part of Zion National Park. After exiting the east side of the park … Continue reading

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Stuffed cabbage. 10/6/25 (and 10/7/25)

Tonight we celebrated Sukkot which is a harvest festival. For some reason, and I am not sure why, we make stuffed cabbage for this dinner. It is a lot of work and I always say that next year I will … Continue reading

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Grilled burgers etc. 9/30/25

Sarah has introduced us to this new website (or app), 2G2G or too good to go. It is devoted to trying to eliminate food waste. Retail restaurants and stores make up surprise bags of food leftover from the day or … Continue reading

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Grilled NY strip steak. 9/17/25

John grilled the steak, I made the potato, and Sarah assembled the salad. Fast, easy, delicious dinner for a hot night.

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Chinese take-out 8/26 and 8/27/25

Sometimes things do not go quite as I expect. It has gotten hot again and no one wants the oven on to cook chicken enchiladas. We buy enough Chinese take-out for tonight and tomorrow when John is having his eye … Continue reading

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Grilled NY strip steak, baked potato, broccoli. 8/18/25

Another great dinner while my dear friend is visiting. This one is so easy! John seasoned the strip steaks and cooked them to perfection on our gas grill. He also put some grill marks on the baked potatoes. I steamed … Continue reading

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Grilled strip steak, grilled potato, and broccoli. 5/16/25

On Friday I sat outside for a while as John cooked the potato and steak. What delicious aromas! John had carefully trimmed the steak as we have run into some unpleasant gristle on these bargain-priced steaks. He cooked the steaks … Continue reading

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Beef pho. 5/1/25

We are all over the world this week with our menu—Italy, Morocco, Vietnam, and Spain and India coming up to finish off the week. After all our exciting culinary adventures this week maybe next week will feature steak and potatoes, … Continue reading

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