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Posted By Katie On July 16, 2012 2 Comments

Grilled T-bone steaks with grilled vegetables

Filed Under: Proteins, Recipes Tagged With: BBQ, beef, cooking, grilling, hunk of meat Monday, meat, protein, proteins, steak 2 Comments

Who doesn’t love a beautiful grilled steak? My summer cooking is simplified these days and while I promised I was not cooking during our county fair this past weekend because all food could be found at the fair, I gave in and we grilled steaks on Saturday night.

It was served on foil platters and served with sides on paper plates, summer camping style. But the casual steak dinner was a grand success. Beef is expensive these days with low beef supply across the United States. It’s a special treat to have T-bones steaks for most families on a food budget. But it also cheaper than going out to eat for our family to cook at home. Plus the girls and I share a steak so we have some cost savings there. 
The key to grilling a steak for me? A good cut of meat. A simple marinate or rub. Never overcooking. 

My local meat shop within our one and only grocery store cut the steaks 3/4″ thick.

Four ingredients I needed in addition to the steak were fresh garlic, whole black peppercorns, salt and oil. I use a combination of canola and olive oil.

I used about 1 TBSP. of oil per steak and rubbed on both sides, sprinkled with salt and plenty of peppercorns. Then I chopped up seven garlic cloves.

 I sprinkled each steak with the fresh garlic, covered and grilled. While the steak grilled, I chopped a variety of fresh vegetables.

 Broccoli, zucchini, mini bell peppers, asparagus and baby red potatoes were all in our large mesh grill basket. I put 2 TBSP. of butter on grill, lightly seasoned to taste and placed on low on the grill. Nathan watched the veggies and tossed every 10 minutes. You can speed up the process by microwaving the vegetables ahead of putting them in the grill basket or pan. If you have time, kick back and let the veggies simmer for fantastic flavor. They will take 45 minutes to cook. If you have room on your grill, you can put the steaks on the last 10-15 minutes.

 The key to grilling those beautiful steaks? A meat thermometer. We like medium rare steaks which is ready at 145F. They will keep cooking after you pull them off so unless you like a tough steak, do not overcook your beautiful red meat.

 What did we do while the veggies were cooking and steaks being grilled? Miss E was “shooting” at every bird she saw with Miss A’s new holster and pink gun she got for her birthday.

 Miss A wanted her turn and promptly swiped the gun from her older sister. Charlie dog got cut off in the picture but he will be waiting for real birds to fall when pheasant season rolls around in October.

Grilled vegetables
 The vegetables were perfectly firm, with crunch and flavor. I also had beer bread and my mother-in-law brought a grape salad and sliced watermelon. 
Beer bread

I was reminded that I do love summer cooking if it can be left simple and mostly enjoyed outside while served on paper plates and foil trays.

What are you cooking up these summer days? 
My cooking is about to get more documented now, along with most of our life because I upgraded my camera with a new lens and flash. I upgraded with purpose and reason of course. Yesterday my sister and I were wedding photographers together for the first time. Look for sneak peeks from that event later this week. 
And where is our starving like a pack of wolves teenager lately? He has been absent from recent blog updates. He’s working at the lumberyard, playing baseball, basketball and farming. I don’t see him except at 5:30AM before basketball work outs or after 9PM at night, not ideal photographing times. But thankfully my mom captured Hunter in a blog post today over at GriggsDakota and it involves men going shopping. 
Linking up with Beyer Beware for Hunk of Meat Monday

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  1. LindaG says

    July 17, 2012 at 12:38 am

    What a great weekend. Your post makes me hungry and I just ate.
    Have a wonderful week!

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  2. Michelle says

    July 17, 2012 at 1:47 am

    Nothing like a grilled steak in the summer!

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