Labour Day weekend - is meat sale weekend! Your local grocery store usually has really good deals with meat value packs. So what I do is go and buy a big load of meat for 50+% off and freeze it for awhile. And...have you guys seen the new vacuum Ziploc bags??? I just got them at Target 2 days ago and was excited to buy the meat so I can use these bags. They are so cool! So off I went with the boo to the market and got a bit of beef and pork, now happily resting in my freezer. :)
So for dinner I used 2 NY Steaks we purchased at the market and for sides I had zucchini and mushrooms. Yup, I like my mushrooms. So here's the recipe:
3 medium sized zucchinis, cubed
7 medium sized crimini mushrooms, cubed
3 cubes of garlic seasoning (2 cloves)
3 cubes of onion seasoning (2 tbsp chopped onions
The cubes of garlic and onion seasoning are a new discovery for me. Found them in the Ethnic isle at my local store. I found them irresistible and had to purchase them. Made by Knorr and there's 20 cubes per box. 1 cube of garlic seasoning is the equivalent of 1 garlic clove and 1 cube of onion seasoning is 1 tbsp of chopped onion. They both smell yummy!
1. Heat up the grill. Season the steaks with cumin, 1 cube of garlic and 1 cube of onion. The cubes contain salt already so I didn't need to salt the steaks.
2. Spray the grill with olive oil and put them steaks on. Grill each side for 5 mins each for medium steaks. You might want to eye it depending on the thickness of your steak.
3. In the meantime, heat up a tbsp of olive oil and add the mushrooms to a pan. Saute for 3-4 mins.
4. Once they are all sweaty and juicy, add the cubed zucchini. This is when you add the rest of the garlic and onion cubes. When you do it, use your fingers to crumble and spread the seasoning all over the vegetables. Cook all this for about 5 mins and add the black beans.
5. When the steaks are ready, remove them from grill and let them rest for another 5 mins.
It's plating and eating time! My steaks were so large - it was hard to finish it all! Emerson had to help me a bit. The boo of course finished it all and was sucking the bones too. :)