Friday Night Steak

Friday night...what to do, what to do.  Not gonna lie, usually we go out somewhere.  But it's been a long week and we really needed a night in.  A night in means a dinner night!

Yesterday morning, I took out our flat iron steak that had been resting comfortably in the fridge since the day before.  Our soon-to-be-amazing main course went into a gallon sized ziploc bag while I mixed together about 4 tbsp of worcheshire sauce, 1 tbsp garlic salt, and several cranks of freshly ground black pepper, which subsequently also went into the bag with our steak.  Then back into the fridge, it went! 

10 hours later, we got home from work, popped open the fridge and took out our steak to warm up a bit.  Jess fired up the grill while I worked on our sides-show.  From my (fortunately well-stocked thanks to a recent farmer's market trip) fridge, I picked out a couple of large portobello mushroom caps, a sweet yellow onion, and a bunch of asparagus.  Oh, it's ON!

Oven preheated to 400 degrees...asparagus snapped, laid on a baking sheet, sprinkled happily with olive oil & garlic salt...ahh, just lovely!  What could possibly make these better?  Hmmm...

Oh!  How bout a ton of shaved parmesan!!!  Done.  Boom.

Ready for their closeup

Popped in the oven for 10 minutes aaaaaand....

Mmmm...melty..........

Time for the shrooms...after a quick rinse under the sink to remove all (most of?) the dirt, each cap got a quick schmear of olive oil over the top and bottom.  Garlic salt and pepper followed.  Then, the good stuff...goat cheese...LOTS of goat cheese filled each cap to the brim.  A quick sprinkle of thyme and rosemary, and those bad boys went on the grill.

Twinsies!

Last, but certainly not least in my kitchen, I sauteed an onion. It took about 10 minutes but just made this meal.  And it filled up my house with amazing onion-y cooking smells...NICE.

 Gratuitous onion shot!

Steak and onion...it's like PB&J...Mickey and Minnie...Milo & Otis...they belong together!  Mushrooms don't hurt either.  See how happy they look?

It's amazing what a grill can do!

When all these elements are combined, you get one heck of a dinner. 

 Of course, you wanted to see my plate, right? 

This is the "before I shoved it all in my mouth like I haven't eaten in years" shot.



Perfect low carb, low stress, super tasty meal.  And quick too! 

Try it.  You'll like it.

-Sam