Frugal In Florida

I still had those 3 NY Strip steaks I picked up at Walmart a few months ago in the freezer. Not the BEST deal but better than the usual, full price And well, because I was/am sort of on a Freezer/Pantry/No Spend Challenge this month, I figured now is the time to make them! I had everything on hand, believe it or not! Here's how we did it! 1 onion, thinly sliced - I had half a red and half a sweet so I used those two! 1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced - I used a bag of mini peppers. The whole bag 1 clove of garlic, chopped fine 1 oz pkg ranch dry dressing mix generous shake of cayenne pepper (depending on taste, not TOO generous!) 1/3 cup oil (I opted to use Avocado oil cuz I have that on hand but original calls for canola oil!) 1/3 cup sun dry julienne cut sun dried tomatoes (pantry stock up from a great deal for $1 each per bag forever and a day ago!) large ziploc bag - or a shoebox! 1 1/2 lb steak (we've done ribeyes, t-bones and now, NY Strips...

The Pantry / Freezer / No Spend Challange is chugging right along for April ... there are a few more gaps in the freezers and the pantry is starting to look a little more 'organized' ... meaning you don't have to push stuff all over to find what you are looking for ... but we have a LONG way to go before I really need to be worried about the food supply ... We entertained a couple of girlfriends (well, really, they were Hubby's friends originally and then when I met them, they became my girlfriends too ... and no, I'm not talking about a swingin' kind of friendship) that we haven't spent a whole lot of time with recently and thought it would be nice to just have the 5 of us and the Boy (who likes to hang out with us now, imagine that) on Saturday night ... and guess what, EVERYTHING was prepared with what we had on hand ... and it was pretty dang impressive, I must say!  Grilled chicken breast (freezer) finished with a bbq glaze (fridge - the magic stuff t...