January 14, 2015 Grilled Steak with Baby Squashes and Roasted Vegetable Medley

January 14, 2015 Grilled Steak with Baby Squashes and Roasted Vegetable Medley

I am distracted by work and trying to get everything done by Friday, because we leave for Las Vegas on Saturday for the Home Show for four days.

I had purchased a new item at Costco last week, a 2 lb. bag of baby paddy pan and zucchini squashes that we wanted to try.

Today I thawed out a rib steak and around 7:00 we grilled the steak, steamed a basket of the baby squashes and heated the PPI Vegetable medley. 

Due to a phone call the squashes steamed a bit longer than they should and they were a little soft and water logged, but the vegetable medley was great with the flavors of the potato, carrot, onion, garlic and Brussels sprouts having blended with the olive oil and rosemary into a rich flavorful whole.

The steak, initially was cooked to rare, so we tossed it in a skillet with butter and olive oil with the vegetable medley to cook it to medium rare.  The steak was still a little tough although I bought it at the same time as the last one at Albertsons that was also USDA Choice and melted in our mouth.  

Perhaps it came from a different animal.

We opened a bottle of 2010 Side B Cabernet Sauvignon that had been given to us by Ed and Michel and we had a pleasant, if not wonderful meal.  The Side B was a rather jammy cab with heavy fruit flavors.  More a claret than the elegant cabs I like such as Clos de Val Napa or Wellington Winery’s Mohrhardt Ridge Cabernet Sauvignons.

After dinner I tried the wine with Delice (70% brie style French cheese) on toasted pieces of Fano’s baguette and the wine went well with the slightly acidic creamy Delice cheese.

Bon Appetit