Spicy Steak Salad

The other night Seth suggested we make a spicy steak salad-I do the salad and he does the meat. This works well for us when we’re in the kitchen: he’s the meat and I’m the fruits and veggies.

Spicy Steak Salad

  • Organic lettuce mix, whatever you prefer
  • Diced red onion
  • Halved grape tomatoes
  • 1 avocado, diced
  • Cilantro, chopped, A LOT of cilantro
  • Grass fed thin steak, seasoned to your liking

Since we wanted some spice, Seth threw a couple different kinds of pepper in a grinder to get them very fine, then used this dry rub on the steak before grilling [warning, can be very spicy when finely ground!].

I typically use an organic herb lettuce mix, as most times, it contains cilantro (as well as a few other fresh herbs) anyway 🙂 I use kitchen shears to cut lettuce for any salad I make, it just makes it so much easier to eat when you don’t have those big hunks of lettuce that I hate!

I tossed all of the veggies into a bowl and then threw in the cubed, fresh grilled steak, and dressed it in a light olive oil, lemon, and lime juice mixture.

Squirt

It has been a really, really long time since I’ve had a squirter. You know, the kind that catches you buy surprise and goes everywhere? That’s what happened in the kitchen this morning at 5:30am, in the dark. Yes, those are potatoes in the background.

My Preferred Herb Tool

The Microplane Herb Mill: just stuff, smash, and twist. I wasn’t sure how often I would use it when I first received it as a gift, but now that my basil plant has turned into a “basil bush,” we’ve been adding fresh basil to pretty much everything. Quick egg scrambles, grill marinades, roasted vegetables, and salads. It’s nice to be able to wonder out to your garden every night and pick fresh herbs [Garden Tip: continue trimming the blooms off your herb plants, and they’ll continue to grow. Letting them bloom and continuing to bloom, and they’ll stop producing. If you don’t use the blooms, toss them back into your garden, as adding organic matter back into the soil increases it’s quality].Happy Herb Milling!

First Tomato Harvest

I can’t even tell you how loud I squealed last night when I went out to my garden and found these:

Aren’t they fabulous?

My first 100% organic tomato harvest, given lots of TLC. It is such a rewarding feeling to know that Seth and I get to enjoy these, even more so knowing where they came from and what went into producing them.

I would be remiss if I didn’t thank Seth again for helping me continuously stake these seven foot monster tomato plants, as we wouldn’t have any if it weren’t for that 🙂 Also, my mom, for continually reminding me that patience is a vital part of gardening!