October 25, 2015 Dinner – Grilled Ribeye Steak and Asparagus with Cesar Salad and Sautéed Mushrooms

IOctober 25, 2015 Dinner – Grilled Ribeye Steak and Asparagus with Cesar Salad and Sautéed Mushrooms

We had a busy morning cleaning the house, although I did grab two ribeye steaks from the downstair’s freezer to thaw and a bottle of  2008 Wellington Zinfandel to drink at dinner.  I made open faced sandwiches on Bosque Bakery French Sourdough bread, which is my new favorite bread, smeared with California Goat Cheese (Costco), capers, thinly sliced onion and my homemade Gravadlax.  I drank green tea and Suzette made coffee using our new Miele coffee maker.   

At noon I suggested we go to Costco because Suzette wanted a Bloody Mary and we were out of Clamato juice.  Suzette said she also wanted to buy a new toaster for our new kitchen.  We also bought Romaine lettuce for a Cesar Salad for dinner, plus some clothes washing detergent, Italian pasta, lamb chops, a 24 oz. box of white mushrooms, and a lb. box of Chanterelle mushrooms.

We drove home and I rode to Rio Bravo into a strong 15-20 MPH headwind, which made my return ride a breeze.

At 5:00 we became hungry and decided to start cooking. I diced some old slightly stale bread and we tossed it in a freezer bag with olive oil and sea salt and then Suzette roasted the croutons in our new oven on the turbo setting to a golden brown, which made the best tasting croutons we have ever tasted.  I chopped one of the heads of Romaine lettuce we had bought at Costco (6 heads for $2.99) and snapped the ends off 14 stalks of asparagus, which we also tossed in the freezer bag with olive oil and sea salt.  I chopped the last five portobello mushrooms and several of the chanterelles and a shallot and sautéed them in olive oil and butter and Amontillado sherry and finished the salad by slicing strips of Pecorino Romano cheese and tossing the Cesar salad while Suzette grilled the steaks and asparagus.

The cork in the bottle of 2008 Wellington Zinfandel had dried out so we had to dig the cork out and push it into the bottle and decant the wine by pouring it through a strainer into a pitcher.  The wine was lovely, soft and mellow in flavor, just the way we like good California Zinfandels. We could not finish our steaks, so there may be a French onion soup in the near future.

We watched 60 Minutes, Home Fires and Indian Summers with a glass of cognac and went to bed. 

Bon Appetit