A Juicy Porterhouse Steak!

For my non-Christmas/Holiday dinner this year I was craving a porterhouse steak.  I found a good one that was calling out my name, "yo Kitchen Bitch, I'm a real heart stopper" so naturally I fell for that line.  I knew it was way too much for just me but I had a plan for what I couldn't finish.

When I'm in a meat eating mode basically that's all I really want to eat.  When I eat steaks I do like tomato wedges sprinkled with minced garlic, kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper and a few sticks of green onions that I rub in salt as I'm eating.  I'm a salt freak with no high-blood pressure problems so I just go for it.  I plug my steak with garlic slices and douse with more salt and pepper then I grilled it.  Here's the before and after...

 

When I ate all I could I wrapped up the remainder and saved it for the next day.  After a huge steak I'm not too hungry the next day and a little soup does me good.  I go for my favorite quickie soup that I call Oasis Soup after the Inn I stayed at in San Francisco while attending the Culinary Academy.  All I had to cook on was an electric burner and a small pot or pan.  My tiny refrigerator didn't hold much so I would take whatever vegetables I had on hand and chop them up to add to my canned chicken stock.  Usually I would put sliced carrots, broccoli, a brussel sprout or two, maybe a few sliced mushrooms and cook them in the stock/broth then add Ramen noodles, minced garlic and sliced green onions.  If I had leftover chicken I'd throw that in too.  I used the leftover steak from my Christmas dinner as the protein in this soup.  Its so easy, flavorful and inexpensive.  I'm sure a lot of people have cooked this soup when getting themselves through school.  Here's what the steak looked like the next day.  Yum.

I really enjoy this soup!

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This is my post for saving you some money during these difficult financial times. I'm in a do-gooder mood. I'm sharing with you my recipe for a healthy, nutritious, easy, speasy dinner for the coming winter months while saving you money. Think of it as my early Holiday Present to you all.

I'm sure that most of you college-educated types have done this in your dorms before. I don't claim any rights to anything here except that I have a blog that I'm posting it to.

I have Top Ramen noodles that I buy by the dozen for like a dollar. That's good. I then buy some chicken stock in bulk, which you can find deals on at this time of the year to save $. Depending on your vegetable preferences and amount of times you expect to be eating this Soup buy your appropriate amount of seasonal fresh vegetables to blend in the soup. I'll often buy a chicken thigh with the skin and bone in for the extra flavor it provides and it has cost me about $1.05 here in the City per thigh and to give me the daily portion of protein I need.

I heat up my electric burner, put the pot and stock on to heat, add the chicken to boil and simmer cooking for at least 25 minutes. I'll remove the thigh, debone it and remove the skin and toss and chop up the meat to re-add. In the meantime, I add the longer cooking veggies first like carrots, brussel sprouts, broccoli, califlower etc. and let them cook for about 5 minutes. Then I'll add the next batch of veggies like a squash, green onions, garlic, and Ramen Noodles without the spice pack. I'll let them cook for about 2 minutes then for the last minute I'll add the delicate stuff like spinach or other quick cooking leafy greens and chopped tomatoes if I'm in the mood.

When this is all done I pour it in a big bowl and dinner is served! I may add hot sauce (mexican style) or not. Its all up to you. I love this soup so much that I can practically eat it 3-4 nights a week! Not just because its Cheap!

I hope you like my little $ saver. It works, tastes good, is healthy, and inexpensive. What more could we want before the holidays? OH YEAH! Its LOW IN CALORIES!!!!!! Am I just cool or what?! The whole package here. Enjoy.