DING DONG.
The doorbell rings. The sun has set. I’m in egg nog-stained yoga pants and my sock bun doth saggeth. Gripping the 14 heart attacks scrambling to escape my chest bone, I walk over to the kitchen window and peek out to see a UPS truck zipping away, leaving me with a gigantic cardboard box at the front step.
“Do whaaaat?”
I drag the box in. It’s COLD. I look at the side, “Omaha Steaks.”
“Say whaaaat?”
Right then my phone buzzes, alerting me of a text. It’s from my mother-in-law. “MERRY CHRISTMAS! I GOT YOU STEAKS! AND CHICKEN! AND PORK! AND THERE’S A KNIFE SET IN THERE!”
“What whaaaaat?”
She wasn’t lying. We had just been delivered a metric tone of frozen meat, saving me approximately $6,294 dollars at the grocery store.
Once the news hit Aaron’s eardrum frequencies, I had quite the hot mess on my hands.
“IwantsteakIwantsteakwhendoweeatsteakcanweeatthesteaknow?”
Um, wipe the foam away from your mouth, dude. You look like you might kill someone.
Now, I realize marinades are a sacred and precious creation to each MARINATOR (oh! – Martha Stewart superhero movie? PATENT PENDING) but I’m so in love with ours that I might lose a limb if I don’t show you. It’s zingy. It’s spicy. You’re going to want to stick a straw in it and be alone for a while.
Oh, and p.s. When the clear package says, “DRY ICE. DO NOT TOUCH.” ….Don’t touch it.
The Weidner Steak Marinade:
(Can anyone teach me how to put little fonts over the ingredients?)
See that manly hand right there? Not mine, folks.
This is the part where I subliminally ask you to “like” me on the Facebooks. See how I did that? You didn’t even see it coming.
What goes into your marinade? Booze? Gold? Lottery Tickets? I need to know.
What it takes for 1 cup:
* 3 Tbs. extra-virgin olive oil
* 2 Tbs. soy sauce
* 2 Tbs. worcestershire sauce
* 2 Tbs. honey
* 2 Tbs. Dijon mustard
* 2 Tbs. freshly minced ginger
* 3 cloves garlic, minced
* 1 pinch crushed red pepper
* 1/2 tsp coffee grounds
In a small bowl, whisk all of the ingredients until combined.
Place steaks into a sealable plastic bag and pour the marinade into the bag.
Seal and place in the fridge for at least 2 hours and up to 24 hours.
Grill steaks on medium high to your desired doneness. We like medium rare, which is about 4 minutes per side.
Serve steaks with beans and potatoes, or whatever your face craves.
I dont eat meat but I do love sauces and marinades. And for a second I thought that hunk ‘o ginger was a big white conch shell. I posted some smoothie pics with a big shell the other and was like oh she used a shell, too. Til I realized that’s enough ginger to keep your sinuses clear til 2087.
Um, if you learn the ingredient overlay trick…do tell. I’m sure it’s some sort of program I don’t have but the only thing I can think of how to do it is to insert the picture to powerpoint. Put text boxes over it in ppt and then take a screen shot and reupload to your post. I’m pretty sure there’s got to be an easier way though.
On the marinade…swear to God, I use almost the exact same ingredients minus the coffee grounds. I have a sick obsession with ginger, to the point that it’s my dog’s name.
holy crap. that steak looks divine. can you freeze that and ship to me? kthx.
also, if you have photoshop, you can use the text tool and put it on your images and then resave as a jpg. if you don’t have photoshop, you can just open up the picture in MS paint or if you have a mac, i think they usually come with a free trial of adobe photoshop elements..ORRRRR this is probably your best bet: http://www.pixlr.com
OOoh love your marinade!
Font on photos…you can do it in Picnik and Photoshop. Just google ‘how do I add text to photos in x program’
Goooood luck
I don’t eat steak, but damn, that’s a beautiful piece of meat. Nice work.
I don’t know about some of these crazy people above me, but I EAT STEAK. And I LOVE steak. And this marinade looks amazing!
Explore the wonders of fish sauce. Yes, really. Don’t be askeered.
I love a good steak!
That is the best gift EVER. My husband would have passed out on the spot…while foaming at the mouth. Also, I’d like to drink that marinade.
I’m going to make your marinade this week — it looks divine. I use Picasa for photo text — it’s a web based photo organizer/enhancement tool by Google.
You know what – I’ve never marinated steak – only salmon and chicken and pulled pork (does ketchup count as a marinade?!?!). ANYWAYS – its totally time to start right – shall I try your recipe first?????
It’s 11:00 a.m., and I am officially craving steak!
Steak, for me, is all about the sauce. And yours looks saucy.
Best. Christmas. Present. Ever.
It’s nice to know you can get it right every once in a while! Marinade made that steak look even better!!
What an amazing gift. My mouth is literally watering at the sight of this. YUM.
I am always looking for a good steak marinade! So I am going to save this one and try it the next time I make them.
That steak looks delicious. I’ve always been curious about Omaha Steaks and their quality…
looks great this is one I’ll definitely try and soon
I love recipes that I always have the ingredients on hand
GO.EAT. STEAK!
slurpppp. that marinade looks uhh-mazing.
Ummm this looks amazing! What I’d do for a bite of that steak right now!
These are marinating in my fridge right now…. I will let you know how they turn out
Oh awesome! Please do!
You are one lucky girl! I had a guy come to my door one freezing Fall evening trying to sell me all of those meats and I almost had a canipition fit when I found out how much it was. INSANITY! Can I trade places with you for one dinner meal, perrty please? Marinade look delish btw- I will be making this for the hubs very soon
P.S. I like you on FB
Yum yum yum!
What an awesome present! I wish someone would send me a huge box of steaks!
Omaha steaks are AH-mazing! What a great gift for a foodie!
I use Picasa for fonts on photos and for making pic collages. It’s quick and easy.
I would score major brownie points with my hubby if I made this for him. He is a total steak and potato man. If he saw the stunning pictures of this steak he would be grabbing my laptop to stare at this and drool for sure!
omg, please just come to my house already so we can sit around and cook and cry because we’re laughing so hard. i can’t take it! you crack me up.
I could NOT agree more!
My standard marinade is very similar to yours actually. I usually add pepper (either red or black) to it. My favorite marinade at the moment is balsamic vinegar, honey, olive oil, rosemary, red pepper, and garlic. I think it works especially well on cheap cuts like flank steak.
Have you tried salting your steak? Its my dad’s go to method.
I love fresh ginger in anything. In fact last night I think I used about a quarter-pound of it for dinner.
My life would not be complete without it.
I may try this marinade someday if I ever get over my hatred/revulsion of touching raw meat.
Recipe approved – made last week and it was delicious. I make a similar marinade but never thought of the coffee grinds… so right! And so unexpected.
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Upload your photo to picnik.com – there is a ‘text’ feature that allows you to write over your pic in different fonts. And it’s free.
About the coffee groungs, are you talking about fresh or used grounds, that is, are the grounds taken from the the filter after the coffee has been made??
Hi, Jim!
Ya know, I had fresh grounds in mind. But shoot, I bet used would be juuust as good!