Steak Sandwiches

Tonight, I decided to try a new steak sammy recipe. We have a passed-down one that we love that features a delish beer-butter sauce, but I saw one in my new Bon Appetit and thought I'd try it.

On a scale of 1 to 10, I give it a 7. The Crazy-B (Mitchell's nickname for our grocery store, HEB) didn't have tri-tip steak, so I subbed London broil. I only cooked it for half the time recommended for the tri-tip, but it was way overcooked. The marinated veggies were nice on top, but you couldn't taste the watercress, so I could have saved a few bucks and skipped it.

All in all, the recipe had great flavor ... and potential. We'll probably make it again and will tweak the cooking times and ingredients. We had it with a side of sweet potato fries with a garlic-mayo dipping sauce that's a reliable stand-by. (The boys loved the sweet potatoes!)

Paul's rating: "6, but only because the beef was overdone. Had it been more tender, it would have been an 8 or 9."

Mitchell's rating of the sweet potato fries: "25, because they're supper yummy. Even better than cookies."