It's dinner time, whats cooking?

Oh Robin, where was that?

Lento.....I was very disappointed in the food, except for the desserts which everyone agreed were super.....

Bummer Robindog, at least the desserts were good...

Grilled ribeye steaks, (rain stopped long enough to cook them..), one steamed COC, ½ small baked potato & 1/4 avocado each, for DW and I.

Never heard of it, don't plan to go!

Good idea, Debi!

pork steaks tonight.

made burgers on the george forman.. used grill mates seasoning.. boy do we love that stuff.. makes it as good as a steak

Oh....I'll have to try that product.....Fellowship at church tonight, I'm making (what else?) deviled eggs.....

the Montreal steak seasoning is the best!!

Grandson's 7th birthday. He requested pizza for tonight. So pizza it will be.
BTW - I love pizza.

Happy Birthday to Jan's grandson!

We have been invited to take an hour drive north and have supper with dear friends at their camp site on Lake Ontario. My wife works until 3:30 today so we will probably leave shortly after she gets home. We'll take both dogs and eldest son but younger son has to work 6 - 11 pm tonight.

Hope everyone has a fun time at the pizza supper & at the lake camp....no rain for either!

Yesterday had my daughter's b-day party we had beef brisket, sausage, peppers and onions, potato salad, cole slaw, cavatelli and broccoli, fruit bowl(watermelon, cantelope, peaches and strawberries) veggie platter, corn salsa, various chips and Carvel ice cream cake

That sounds yummy, Jen.

Not raining now, but we've had almost 4" since Friday.

I'd love to be at a lake camp.

cake

Happy Birthday Maddy!!!

Chilli & corn bread.

burgers on the grill tonight

Wow, Maddison's party was a feast.....

Yeah, we always go crazy with the food, I'd rather have too much than not enough...I don't mind the leftovers

party left overs are great.. after busting your butt to get ready.. nice to take a break after

Meatloaf, mashed taters, and green beans for tonight.....

Going out with some girls tonight. Jeff and our neighbor will have pulled pork, potatoes and a salad.

Hope Madison's birthday was wonderful Jen! Sounds like the food was!
I was hoping to get some opinions on cheaper cuts of steaks.. Why do the food markets make them so confusing? If I search the name they have the steak labeled online I still can't figure out what part it is and if it is ok to grill! I mostly shop at Hannaford because it's right down the road and the meat is usually good quality. My husband would prefer to eat steak every night if he could, but we usually get Rib Eyes and those are way too expensive to get all the time for a family of 5! Trying to find something decent, I've taken a gamble in the past and have been very disapointed by the toughness.. Any one know which cheaper cuts do ok with grilling or broiling?

shell / strip steaks are not bad to grill with
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_steak

sirloin steaks are what I usually get

pork chops on the grill tonight with COC and sweet potatoes

I do get London Broil, but I marinate it for several hours first, then cut it thinly across the grain....I like my meat well done, but if it's sliced thinly, it's tender....

I agree with marinating london broil .. but can't take it further than medium.. usually med rare.. trying to get Randy away from eating well done steak... and he can not eat a piece that touches fat.. he wastes more steak if it's something fatty and good.. sometimes I wonder why I bother

:)

Thanks I searched for the shell steak and found no results but they have steaks called boneless strip steak @ $9.49 per lb. and that's more than a rib eye so I would probably just get a rib eye instead. The only other thing I found when I searched strip loin says whole extra trim boneless strip loin. That one is 5.79 per lb. but it says they average 13 lbs! I was looking at that same page you gave me a link to earlier and I just can't figure out what Hannaford calls their shell steak.. I wish they made it easier. Searching just Sirloin steaks gets me a few different ones and some steaks called Sirloin aren't really from the Sirloin go figure! I found that here http://www.cooksillustrated.com/images/document/howto/MJ00_IStendersteaks.pdf It says that the Top Loin Steak is sometimes called various things one of them being Sirloin Strip Steak so I think that is the one that is $9.49 lb They have tri tip sirloin, boneless new york sirloin, & sirloin strip steak. Then I also get confused by the Tips they have sirloin tips, chuck sirloin tips, and beef loin sirloin tips. How can they have tips that are sirloin and chuck or loin and sirloin when sirloin, chuck and loin are all different parts of the animal? Sorry for the long explanation but I don't know how else to explain my confusion... Which one should I choose!? Help! lol

Alton Brown has an explanation somewhere.. I will see if I can find it

hopefully this will help
http://youtu.be/tXNJyhqb5qg

Thanks! I am having a frozen dinner tonight... I was actually looking forward to it because I remember always loving this particular one and they don't carry it at the store I usually go to but I tried one a little further away today. So I didn't even notice until I started eating it that they totally changed it! It is not any where near as good as it used to be and noticed the box says new recipe right on it. I tried going on their website to send an opinion on it and their darn e-mail form isn't working.. Very disapointing! Kids had their fave Kids cuisine. DH classic fried chicken hungry man. :) We very rarely have frozen food, usually only when I'm running around all day and have to stop at the food store for something quick!

Wow, I get sirloin steaks from Wegmans, didn't know there were so many different steaks!

I watched both part1 and part2, part 2 had a whole thing about sirloin and how to broil it.. That was awesome, I will definitely use his tips. :) I used to love watching his show, I don't have food network now because I switched to an economy cable package, and of course they took one of my fave channels. They do it on purpose so you have to pay double the money to get one channel you like! I didn't realize you could watch Alton on utube very cool, Thanks!

chicken, corn and baked potatos

Ya, if you get a cheaper piece of meat, so much more important to marinate it.
We save some money by getting an entire tenderloin and then trim ourselves to create filet mignons

Alton Brown had a clip how to butcher a whole loin as well.. go buy one at costco and make your own fillets .. not sure I could pull it off

It's pretty easy, knife has to be real sharp though ☺

I need a knife sharpener then! I've been wanting to get an electric one for years and it keeps getting put off. If I stop spending all my money on my garden I could afford it! lol

Now I'm hooked watching Utube lol First I watched Alton use a cast iron skillet to pan sear steak which I am so excited to find because I remembered seeing that one but couldn't remember all the details, now I need a cast iron pan and I'm good to go. :) Then I watched another episode about smoking pork to make pulled pork.. He made a smoker out of Terra cotta pots it was very cool..