Shrimp, Beef & Vegetable Kebabs, April 24, 2010

My husband is allergic to shrimp, so I don't make it often. Sometimes he'll make it for me when he's making something he can substitute shrimp for, like a simple chicken dish or in this case kebabs. My parents and brother were here so I used this simple but YUMMY recipe from Epicurious and then did some beef kebabs as well with just a simple rub on the beef. I used tips for this. I modified this a little and added more veggies on the kebabs. The couscous was delicious. The Israeli style is a little bigger and more like a rice.

Beef Stir-Fry- March 25, 2010

Tonight I made a quick stir-fry. I used a flank steak, which I sliced very thin and quickly marinated in some soy sauce and hot sauce. I seared that in the wok in peanut oil and added chopped bok choy, spring onions & summer squash. I normally serve stir-fry over rice, but I had some rice noodles I tried tonight. I added them to the stir-fry at the end. I was disappointed in the noodles, and I think I'll stick with the rice or the thicker, wheat soba noodles from now on.

Steak, Tomato and Zucchini Kebobs- March 4, 2010

While we were in Texas we had some okra and it was so delicious that I was dying to try it again. Of course it is hard to find up here even in the summer, so needless to say I ended up substituting it. I had some tenderloin tips frozen from our last whole-tenderloin purchase. I marinated them overnight according to the recipe and served the kebabs with an Italian couscous mixed with onions, pepper & parsley.