Chilli Beef and Snake Bean Stir-fry

If I'll be honest, I've been hesitant to make the 'chilli' dishes so far. While I love how chilli can transform a dish, the heat doesn't necessarily agree with me. Or my taste buds. And I like to be able to enjoy what I eat, not have my head blown off. 

So when this recipe called for 'Chilli Bean Paste' I substituted for Black Bean sauce and a finely diced and deseeded long red chilli. I marinated the beef in the sauce and chilli for a little while before cooking them on my grill pan. Once the meat was out and resting I then quickly cooked the garlic slivers and beans in a little more sauce. 

Both Hubby and I really enjoyed this dinner. There was no heat from the chilli and it was so easy and tasty, this would make a great BBQ dinner for those warm summer nights!

Steak Sandwich

Every time I go out for lunch with my Mum, without fail she'll order a Steak Sandwich. I was thinking of her lots as Hubby chose this one to try out last week.

It's a lovely simple dish, with a chive and garlic butter smeared on toasted baguette, peppery baby spinnach and a well cooked steak. The recipe calls for a veal steak, but as Hubby and and I aren't all that partial to veal, we had beef instead.

I cooked it for dinner and it was a great light dinner with the hot and humid days we've been having lately. Very tasty, easy and would be a great dish with BBQ'd steak and friends over.

Steak and Chips

A while ago I asked Hubby if he'd mind flicking through my Seasons cookbook and telling me recipes he'd like to try soon.

Big mistake.

I quote "Waldorf Salad? That looks like crap!"

Me: "Seriously?!? It's a classic salad!"

Hubby: "Why don't they just keep it simple? Why do people have to make food all....fancy (said with waving fingers and all)? Fish and fennell? Just have fish and chips. Simple"

I want to cook all these wonderful yummy things and my husbands taste buds are permanently set on 'Bland'. Urgh.

So when I found this recipe, I knew I'd hit the jackpot.

Steak and Chips. Deep fried chips, even. None of the healthy fancy oven baked sweet potato chips. No. Full fat, starchy Sebago potatos cut up and deep fried. Apparently, the way it's meant to be.

You could not get an easier, simple recipe. Cut up potato and fry. Keep warm in the oven. Check

Cook steak (rib eye fillet, from memory) on a griddle pan, or a Gorge Foreman grill in my case as that's what I've got, till Medium. Check.

Tuck in. Check.

Even Noah loved the chips!