On a roll lately.. New flank steak marinade tonight from Bittman’s

How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food .)

I bbq’d like I normally do. (I know, it is December but I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and unless it’s pouring down rain, I can easily barbecue–and do!)

4 Tbs lime juice (I had frozen quartered limes when they were cheap and defrosted them for this)

2 Tbs soy sauce (huge container bought at Costco)

1 tsp minced garlic

1 tsp minced fresh ginger

1 tsp sugar

salt and black pepper to taste (hmm..maybe 1/4 tsp of each)

1 flank steak

Mixed it all up and marinaded for only 30 minutes or so at room temperature. I typically would marinade a flank steak for longer but this was a last minute change of menu plans. Eldest daughter had to go to the library after the dentist, meaning I didn’t get the split pea soup (with the leftover ham bone) started as soon as I would have liked. I knew we’d all still like that for lunch tomorrow and had gone to Costco yesterday and bought the flank steaks. I was going to marinade and freeze them for later but used one tonight and froze the other. (If you’ve never done this, it’s a great time saver. Throw the steak in the freezer bag with the marinade and toss it into the freezer. The marinade may or may not actually freeze depending on the ingredients you choose, but either way the steak will marinade while it’s freezing and again while it’s defrosting, making it an easy dinner one night which will taste like you spent hours planning it!)