New Years Day Meal

I tried to be traditional with our meal on New Years. You know, black eyed peas for luck and collard greens for money. Well, collard greens were a bit much for just me and MTH. So, I made wilted spinach with garlic instead. But, we did make the black eyed peas straight from the dried beans. And, we broiled a flat iron steak using a Mexican rub from my friend MAT (the one that lives in SF, formerly MAK). We thoroughly enjoyed making the meal together and then eating it together.

Surf and Turf, MTH Style

MTH decided he wanted to eat in last night so he stopped at Whole Foods on his way home. At first, he wanted some grilled fish. Then, he remembered that we'd had sushi on Friday so he changed his mind. Then, he chose a ribeye and some shrimp. He also picked up some cheese, bread, potatoes, broccolini and green peppers. I had some dry rub that we'd made a while back for some other recipe. It had some cinnamon, chile pepper and other flavors I don't remember. We decided it would probably be good on steak. We also added some fresh cracked pepper and roasted red pepper flakes. While he was making the steak, I steamed the broccolini and then sauteed it in olive oil with garlic. The potatoes were from the freezer. They were flavored with rosemary, sea salt and olive oil. We only needed to pop them in the oven for a little while. MTH roasted the green pepper to go with the steak. So, finally our meal was grilled steak with grilled shrimp and blackened pepper, rosemary, sea salt and olive oil potatoes and garlic infused broccolini.