This week has been similar to the Spring cleaning that a lot of people have been doing lately. Unfortunately mine is more of a "clean everything that I have let slide the last several weeks". Not only did I get all of my housework caught up, but last night I made a fancy (for us) dinner. (Sorry, there are no pictures. I was busy enough trying not to burn anything or cut myself.) We had steaks, garlic mashed potatoes, fruit salad, and a green salad.
The steaks were Top Sirloin steaks that I rubbed with salt, pepper and garlic powder and let marinate in a plastic bag in the fridge for several hours. Then we broiled them in the oven. (My husband was home by this time and helped keep an eye on them.)
The garlic mashed potatoes were the ones I have mentioned before, here.
The fruit salad had apples, bananas, strawberries, cantaloupe, honeydew and fresh pineapple. The apples and bananas I dipped in a lime/water mixture to keep them from going brown. (I prefer lime juice over lemon juice because the taste is more subtle.)
The green salad was a simple lettuce, carrots and celery salad with ranch dressing and sunflower seeds.
As you can see compared to some meals this meal sounds simple but there was a lot of chopping involved which previously would mean that I would be so worn out by the time the meal was ready that I wouldn't want to eat. Last night I felt a little tired, but with a good meal behind me I still had the energy to go to a movie and actually enjoy it.
My husband figures that we spent about $10 for the entire meal which is much cheaper than if we had gone out to eat and I didn't have to worry about what might be hiding in my food. We might have to try this again sometime.
My husband liked the meal so much that I got to go to the store the next day and buy more steaks (good thing they were still on sale). Steaks were the only thing that we didn't have leftovers of.
ReplyDeleteI guess that makes it $12 for two meals for two people. I don't think that I could find a restaurant with a meal that cheap.