Grilled Cheese & Tomatoes

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Who doesn't like a nice grilled cheese? Ok I know a few people who don't eat cheese (and I don't trust them)... You can add a lot to a grilled cheese to take it up a notch, but a simple tomato adds wonders if you ask me. For some reason since I started cooking I've been the one to always make the grilled cheese in my family. The best thing about a grilled cheese to me is that they don't have to be fancy to be good - white bread and American cheese is good - so is homemade wheat bread with English cheddar...

Bread
cheese
tomato
butter

Bring a pan to a medium heat. Butter one side of each of your pieces of bread. Place the butter side of one down on the pan, add the cheese, the tomato, and a bit of cheese on top then top with the other piece of bread (butter side up). Cover and let cook checking the bottom every so often so it doesn't burn. Once the bottom is nice and grilled, flip the sammy over and cook again. Once finished let sit for a minute or so so the cheese can set up a bit then Eat & Enjoy!

Happy cooking,

~Nikko

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Thai Beef Salad

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Dressing:

3 Limes - juice of
1/2 tsp fish sauce
1 Tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp grated ginger
1 Tbsp serrano chili, minced
1 Tbsp peanut butter
pinch sugar

Salad:

Salad greens
Cucumber
Radish
Green onion
Fresh mint, minced
Cilantro, chopped to your liking

Steak:
1 Lb flank steak cut into long strips against the grain (then pounded thin)
1/2 tsp fish sauce
1 Tb soy sauce
1/2 tsp Penzeys Bangkok seasoning
salt
pepper

Other:

1/4 Cup crushed peanuts

Mix the fish sauce, soy sauce, Penzeys Bangkok seasoning, salt and pepper in a bowl and add the steak. Coat the steak well in the mixture and let sit at room temperature for 30 minutes.

In a small bowl add the juice of 3 limes, fish sauce, soy sauce, ginger, serrano chili, peanut butter, pinch of sugar and mix well. Set aside. Mix the salad fixins, and plate.

Heat a saute pan to medium heat. Remove the beef from the marinade and pat dry with a paper towel. Cook the beef for a few minutes on each side (or to you preferred doneness). Prepare the salads to your liking and arrange the steak on the salad and top with the dressing - Eat & Enjoy

Bon Appetit...

~Nikko