Menu Monday: Beef

Sorry to be getting this up so late in the day, but it's Grace's 4th birthday today; I've been spending the day the way she wants me to.

On Sunday we had our friends over for dinner (they also have four children). Our dinner menu was:

Texas Rib-Eye Steaks (from Weber's Big Book of Grilling) we didn't grill the steaks because we didn't have any charcoal, so my husband cooked them on the stove top.

I cooked up some rolls, green beans, and Orange Julius for our drink.

For dessert our friends made some very yummy gingerbread cookies.

Texas Rib-Eye Steaks (with Chili BBQ Sauce)

For the rub

• 1 TBSP mixed peppercorns crushed
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 1 tsp kosher salt
• 1 tsp brown sugar
• 1/4 tsp garlic salt
• 1/4 tsp onion powder
• Mix all these ingredients together and rub and press into 4 rib-eye steaks, about 3/4 lb. each and 1 to 1 1/4 in. thick.
• Allow the steaks to stand at room temperature for 20-30 min. (I rub the rub on the steaks at lunch time and then put the in the fridge covered then I let them sit out a little bit before it was time to cook them)
• Lightly brush both sides of the steaks with olive oil.
• Grill over direct heat for 8-10 minutes; turning once during that time.
• Remove from grill and allow to rest for 5 minutes before serving.
• Serve with the BBQ sauce.

For the sauce

• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1 TBSP Worcestershire sauce
• 1 TSBP red wine vinegar
• 1 TSBP brown sugar
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
• In a small sauce pan whisk together all the ingredients with 1/4 cup of water. Simmer over low heat for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, to allow the sugar to fully dissolve and all of the flavors to blend.
• Serve with the steaks.

I only got to take one photo (the spices above). By the time I remembered to take pictures the food was long gone : )

I wasn't able to get the MckLinky to work this time so just comment and link to your site in your comment if you would like to share something that you made this past week.

Next Weeks Menu Monday's Theme: PORK

Menu Monday

I've decided to start something new and exciting for this blog. Each week I am going to  make a full course dinner (full course dinner for our family is a main dish, side dish, a bread, a dessert and sometimes a beverage) on either a Saturday or a Sunday for my family and post the recipes with pictures and some comments about the process of making that dinner and what my family thought of the meal on the following Monday.

What started this idea?

• I want to have a yummy heavy dinner that I can look forward to making once a week.
• I LOVE to cook! But it is so difficult trying to cook a full course meal, or even a healthy one, with a three month old and three other children under foot. So I will be making this meal on the weekend when my husband is home to watch the children while I cook.
• Websites that CHARGE for full course menus!! (Drives me crazy!)
• After seven weeks of posting a dinner menu, I'll have a weeks worth of daily menus planned!!
• And if other bloggers want to participate (with a MckLinky) you could, eventually, come to this blog and plan your menus for a week or a whole month!!! This would, of course, depend on how many bloggers participate.

So join me as I gather my cookbooks, plan something yummy to make this week, and I will post them next Monday with a MckLinky so that you can join in the fun!

And for the fun of it lets have a main course theme of BEEF.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

Northern Arizona has been making headlines this past week and here are some pictures of those headlines.

Two of the children playing and eating the snow at 7:00 in the morning.

Of course all of this is long gone by now but we still can look out of our windows and see this...

Mingus Mountain!

Three Months

Andrew is three months old now. He has grown and developed so quickly I feel as though I'm in a time warp and the time  just keeps going faster and faster! That's one of the reasons why I'm documenting his growth on this blog, (the other reason is because he doesn't have a baby book, but I do want to make one on Shutterfly some time.)

Andrew's growth this past month:

- He weighs 11lbs 2oz and is 24in. long

- He had his first Christmas (which most of the time he spent in Grammy's arms)

 

- He coos and smiles

- He has rolled from his back to his tummy a few times now.

- He loves to be held and cooed by women, but he doesn't do that for any men besides his daddy.

- He can scoot around on his back! He pushes his bottom up with his legs, while he's on his back, and some how moves his upper body. It's rather strange! :)

The weather outside is...

not so frightful living in middle of Arizona right now. The snow has mostly melted off of Mingus mountain and there's hardly ever any frost on the car windows in the morning. So I will have to post a picture from Christmas morning. As we left for my parents-in-love's home there was frost on our car windows so I quick grabbed the camera out of its bag in the car and snapped some photos while my husband buckled everyone in.

The following are from Christmas time 2008 when we went on a day trip to see snow in Forest Lakes, Arizona.

 

Our first snowman ever!

If you haven't already you should join us at Rebecca's blog and post your foto Friday snow pictures too!