Haha, he's such a stud... :)
Oh, and we've discovered that along with his new tooth comes some very bizarre taste buds... Justin and I had lunch at Mary's the other day and I, being the ornery mother that I am, decided to touch one of my onions to his tongue to see his reaction. Well his reaction wasn't quite what I expected it to be - once he tasted it he leaned in with his tongue hanging out and finally snatched it out of my hand and munched it to pieces! He didn't smell too nice after that, either. Sure was entertaining though!
Whatever! :) So, for dinner tonight Jenna, Granny, and Debbie came over and we had a steak salad with a homemade citrus dressing - sooooo good! After that we had homemade ice cream that Justin hand-cranked and I made some egg-free cookie dough (so you can leave it and eat it as cookie dough, thus cookie dough ice cream!). Yeah, I was pretty pleased with how healthy the main course was, but we completely ruined it with dessert... oh well, it was worth it!
Here are your recipes:
Citrus Dressing
(taken from AllRecipes)
1/2 cup olive oil
4 tbsp orange juice
2 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 lemon, zested
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp honey
2 tbsp chopped fresh basil
2 tsp white balsamic vinegar
Add all ingredients in a jar with a lid, seal and shake well. Refrigerate for 2 hours. Strain basil before serving (or you can serve it with the basil - we did and enjoyed it!)
Steak Salad
~1.5 lbs top round steak, thinly sliced
1 tbsp olive oil
Salt, pepper, and parlic powder to taste
Spinach
Romaine lettuce
Dried cranberries
Walnuts
Sliced tomatoes
Sliced onions
Crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
Note: I didn't put any measurements on this because it's completely up to you how much of each ingredient you want in your salad. You can mix it up too, like have whatever kind of greens or cheese you want or add things like sunflower seeds or Mandarin oranges. I found the above recipe to work very well with the dressing. But salads are easy to get creative with!
Heat a large pan with olive oil on medium heat. Add steak slices and season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Turn over and season the other side, and continue turning until no longer pink in the middle. Assemble salad with remaining ingredients (or ingredients of your choice) and serve steak slices on top. Enjoy!
And let's not forget about that cookie dough! I baked a little of it and it made some very nice cookies:
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
(taken from Eat. Drink. Smile.)
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda (omit this if you have no intentions of baking the dough, although I think it might alter the taste a little bit, so it's up to you...)
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, room temperature
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/3 cup milk or soy milk
1 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
Beat butter and sugars in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add milk and vanilla. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt and mix on low speed (or stir by hand) until incorporated. Stir in chocolate chips.
Cover and chill dough for 1 hour.
When dough is firm enough to handle, form dough into 1/2" balls and arrange on a baking sheet lined with waxed paper. Place sheets in freezer and let chill for 30 minutes. Serve with ice cream, in milk shakes, or just eat it like you did when you were a kid and your mom was baking Christmas cookies! (I'm sure I wasn't the only kid sneaking cookie dough from the bowl... haha I'm surprised there was enough dough left to make cookies sometimes!) Only without the raw eggs, you don't have to worry about taking the risk of getting sick! Horray!
Store, chilled, in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
If you want to bake them: bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes.
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