Steak with steamed veg

Porterhouse with steamed peas and corn



Nothing special here and no photo, this meal was simply body maintenance food. As an aside there's a reason that Aldi's meat is cheaper, anything that needs to be packed in a special gas is suspect in my book.



Ingredients

• Porterhouse steak
• Salt
• Pepper
• Olive oil
• Peas'n'corn frozen mix.

Method

Let the steak come to room temperature (or least lose the fridge chill) then salt, pepper and oil it. Stick it on a hot as you can get it griddle pan and turn it just once. Use your thumb to figure out how cooked it is, don't be tempted to cut into it. Let it rest under some loose foil for 5 minutes. Whack on warmed plate. Veg was stuck in a bowl and microwaved.

Time to prepare: 15 minutes
Number of serves: 3
Cost of ingredients: $12.80
Recipe inspiration: Distinct lack of it.

Steak Chips and Veg

Porterhouse Steak, Home Made Chips Peas and Corn












I had a hankering for some real honest to goodness (well honest to badness if you take HDL into account) hand cut home fried chips. It was pure serendipity when I paid a visit to Nepean Bulk Meats and discovered they stock a large range of bulk supplies of King Island beef. I took home a 2kg piece of porterhouse for $30, tough to complain. It portioned up nicely into 9 2cm thick steaks. The chips I lusted after were not as good as they could have been, perhaps I blanched them for too long in the first cook? *shrug* but the steak more than made up for it. The veg were there to make me feel a little virtuous and the corn to be fair was extremely sweet, something to be said for picking and snap freezing in the peak of the season I guess.


Ingredients

• Porterhouse steak
• Salt
• Pepper
• Olive oil
• Potatoes - golden delight if you care. Greengrocer swore you couldn't make a chip out them that wasn't crunchy. He lied.
• Canola oil
• Corn
• Peas

Time to prepare: About 25 minutes
Cost of ingredients: $18
Number of serves: 3
Recipe inspiration: I could lie and say bifteck et pomme frites in some fancy french restaurant, but really just my childhood where this (sans the KI beef) was standard fare

Lamb Rump with Crushed Peas and Bacon

Lamb with Crushed Peas with Bacon.

Idea came from a website, it looks nicer than it tastes. Although eveyone else seemed to slurp it up.

• Lamb rump
• Salt
• Pepper
• Olive Oil
• Peas
• Bacon
• Mint
• Butter

Time to prepare: about 20 minutes
Cost of ingredients: $25
Number of serves: 4
Recipe inspiration: Lamb chops with pea puree

Risotto with Peas, Corn, Mushrooms, Sausage and Mint

Risotto with Peas, Corn, Mushrooms, Sausages and Mint.












Far too many ingredients, but very tasty anyway. Won points with the 3 year old as sausages are currently "my favourite food". Wife cleaned the plate and went back for more, which has to be a good sign.

• Arborio rice
• Chicken stock
• Peas
• Corn
• Swiss brown mushrooms
• Continental sausages, sans skins
• Mint
• Salt
• Butter
  
• Parmesan cheese

Time to cook: 25 minutes
Cost of ingredients: $15 ish
Number of serves: 3.5