Friends… I am finally manning the grill!
If you’ve been following Dine & Dish at all over the past few years, you know that grilling has not been my thing, despite really wanting to learn how. It wasn’t because I lacked eagerness. It was because I just so happened to like being alive and was terrified of figuring out all the tricks to turning on our beloved “ghetto grill”.
Well, just a few weeks ago we received a new Weber grill and it is mine all mine! Since then, I’ve been attempting to teach myself how to grill, and if I can take a moment to humble brag, I’m pretty darn good at it!
How did people learn how to do things before the internet, by the way? Thanks to the instructional grilling videos on the Certified Angus Beef website I have made a few steaks that have rivaled those of my grill master husband. Of course, it probably helps that I’m using the highest quality cuts of Certified Angus Beef Brand with the most beautiful marbling…(Marbling is the little white flecks within the red meat. These melt during cooking, basting beef from the inside out for mouthwatering flavor and juiciness.) With fantastic “how to” grilling instructions at my fingertips and the most perfect cuts of beef, it’s hard to go wrong.
I am so happy that I now know how to turn on the grill without burning down our house… grilling is such a simple way to make a meal on a busy weeknight. As a mom of 4 kids, I need all the simplicity in my life I can get! I feel like this is opening a whole new frontier of ease for our family dinners.
Take this Tuscan Steak Salad recipe I slightly adapted from the Certified Angus Beef Brand recipe database…I love how quick this recipe is to throw together and how it is something just a bit different than the same old same old for dinner. My family loved this recipe and I loved how easy it was!
What are some of your favorite recipes using Certified Angus Beef Brand? Check ou their huge recipe database for recipes and inspiration for what you can cook up! You can bet over the next few months as I continue to learn how to master the grill, I’ll have a pleothra of grilling recipes to share with you! I can’t wait!
Tuscan Steak Salad
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds Certified Angus Beef Brand strip steaks cut about 2-inches thick
- 1 1/4 cups balsamic vinegar
- 2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil divided
- 6 large cloves garlic minced
- 3 tablespoons capers drained and patted dry
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary
- 2 tablespoons honey mustard
- 6 cups arugula or other spicy greens
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
Instructions
- Over high heat, reduce balsamic vinegar by about 60 percent. Syrup will thicken as it cools. This step should be done well ahead; reduced balsamic vinegar can be stored at room temperature indefinitely.
- To prepare dressing, add 1/2 cup olive oil, garlic and capers to a small sauté pan. Over medium heat, cook until garlic is lightly browned. Whisk in honey mustard. Then, stir in the rosemary and pepper to taste; keep warm.
- Rub steaks with the remaining olive oil and season liberally with salt and pepper. Grill steak to desired doneness. Transfer to a cutting board and let rest 5 minutes.
- Arrange arugula on a serving platter or plates. Slice the steak across the grain into thin slices and arrange on top of arugula. Pour warm dressing over top, which will begin to wilt the arugula. Drizzle with reduced balsamic vinegar. Serve immediately with lemon wedges.
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You rocked this recipe, Kristen!! It’s gorgeous! Love the grill marks on the steaks! Sharing!
I LOVE this post! We bought a new Weber when we moved and my husband is obsessed with it. I really want to learn… But I also kind of love the fact that my husband offers to make dinner so often now 🙂 Your steak looks delicious!!
This looks delicious! I usually make extra steak and have the cold leftovers on salad the next day for lunch.
This is my ideal meal!! My arugula plant is growing like crazy right now and I’ve been trying to eat more high protein meals like this… YUM!!
I knew you’d love it. Now all you have to do is move to California and you can grill outdoors all year long! There’s a house for sale on my street. Just sayin’. This steak looks a.ma.zing.
This recipe looks delish! Thanks for featuring beef – we’re a ranching family, and it’s always great to see our product shown in a recipe that looks tasty!
I’ve been following your grilling adventures Kristen – this looks fabulous – I’d say you have the grilling thing down!!
I still don’t know how to work our grill! I need to learn, so I can make this salad!
This is knocking my socks off! I love it!
I really need to learn how to use our grill! Amazing salad!
This salad looks SO flippin’ delicious, Kristen!
You are a grilling rock star! This is my kind of dinner!
I am in post-giving-birth (6 days ago!) MUST-EAT-MEAT mode right now, so the idea of a big hunk of steak over a delicious salad is completely perfect for me right now (ok, let’s get real, I’d eat this pretty much any time 🙂 ).
We just bought our first grill this summer and have been TOTALLY addicted. Your steak looks fab! I will have to check out the beef website, always looking for new grill ideas!
I have been using our grill a lot more than my beau is this summer. I feel like I’ve earned the grill master badge — from sausages, to burgers, fish and veggies — I’ve conquered my “fear” of the grill as well. I haven’t grilled steak in forever though, so thanks for the reminder. I love the capers in your dressing!
I have such a weakness for steak and salad.. I totally feel like I’m being healthy if I order it off the menu when we go out! What a gorgeous, perfectly cooked steak!
You are rockin’ my world! Loving everything about this!
How did people learn how to do things before the internet, seriously? I say this all the time . esp when my husband is watching something on youtube and manages to do something he has never done before simply by watching a video. Gotta love it! I also let him man the grill but that might need to change soon! These steaks look perfect! and simple now that school has started again for my kids sounds wonderful. love this recipe and the salad!
I’m super impressed…and still don’t dare turn on my grill 🙂 Once it’s on I’ll cook on it, but even that’s a stretch! This salad looks amazing.
I just started grilling last summer and I LOVE it. I’ve gotten pretty good at it, although steaks are still pretty elusive for me. I try and try and they are always over done. I might have to give it one more shot with this though. Yum!
Grils on the grill ROCK!!!! Glad you are exploring the grilling world. Looks like you cooked the steak perfectly!
You can cook steak for me anytime if it turns out as beautiful as this salad! Now it’s all I can think about for lunch!
I love steak, and as for my favorite, simply grilled is my way to go. I grill them one night, and always have leftovers that put on a beautiful salads like this, or in a sandwich.
Oh my — now that right there is the epitome of a summer salad … Yuuummmm! I love that this is a great summer meal, that’s easy – but still hearty 🙂
I recently had the most amazing steak salad at a restaurant and I must admit yours looks way better!
I’m not a huge salad fan but top anything with steak and I’m in!
The fresh garlic and rosemary is the perfect combination to make this steak salad amazing!
-Jamie
I am not a grilling queen by any means. So I share your trepidation. It would have been a shame if you screwed up Angus beef, which is THE best. You did good with the seasonings. I have used both and they make mighty good steak.
Grilled steak is da bomb {dot} com! You go girl. This salad is absolutely gorgeous.
that looks delicious, so colorful, thanks for sharing this recipe.
Simon
This looks absolutely divine!
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