Sorry about the delay. I realized I hadn't posted at all this year yet... even though I have been documenting all of my cooking. I mean that is the easier part. The whole posting part is the pain in the ass because I have to be all witty and articulate. Anyways, so I don't like Rachael Ray (that was one hell of a transition). And this is why:
1- too perky.
2- she spells her name "Rachael" instead of "Rachel"
3- not a good chef (if you can call her that).
4- says every BS Italian ingredient in some pompous accent that doesn't even sound right.
5- this is the most important reason, she doesn't make good recipes. I mean just putting leftovers in a pot and calling it something dumb like "stoup" (a cross between 'soup' and 'stew', how clever) does NOT make you creative.
I think her 30 Minute Meals concept is a great idea but she dropped the ball on it. So this is my version of 30 Minute Meals and I will be posting several of these "Suck It, Rachael Ray" posts. Let's start with my take of Clyde's Grilled Steak Salad. So Clyde's is a restaurant chain in the DMV-area and one of their locations is literally steps from my office and we go there a lot but mostly when someone else is paying or if we want a long lunch. Their Chevy Chase, MD location has this salad and its epic. This is me recreating it in 20 minutes... so suck it, Rachael Ray.
Step 1: put mixed greens in a bowl.... (sorry, the lighting was weird in the kitchen when I took theses)
Step 2: put crumbled blue cheese, bacon (I used bacon bites), diced mango (I used dried mangos)
Step 3: mix the salad with Honey Balsamic dressing (Ken's Steak House makes this, its at any grocery store)
Step 4: Cook steak, let it sit for a few minutes, slice it up and put it on top of the salad (I had some steak leftover so that was easy)
(optional) Step 5: give bone from steak to dog...
Step 6: put it on a plate and eat it (I actually omitted this step and just ate it all out of the bowl but I put it on a plate for affect)
So that's it. Since I already had cooked steak, this actually only took me 5minutes to make. It actually tasted really similar to the one Clyde's makes except I didn't have fresh mango (which would of been delish) or cashews (I wasn't too upset about not including these).
Clyde's Grilled Steak Salad
Ingredients:
1 pre-washed bag of mixed greens lettuce
1 handful of crumbled blue cheese
3 strips of cooked bacon, diced
1/2 of a fresh mango, diced
Honey Balsamic salad dressing (i.e. Ken's Steak House 'Balsamic with Honey' dressing)
1 cooked steak, sliced
Instructions:
Place clean mixed green lettuce in a salad bowel. Top with blue cheese, bacon, and mango. Toss salad in dressing. Cook steak until medium-rare and let it rest for a couple minutes. Slice steak and place on top of salad. Serves 2 or 1 really hungry person.
So that's it. I swear I'll be better about posting. And as always, Rachael Ray please don't sue!
Peace out,
Liz
