I want to know . . . do you eat steak for breakfast?

This photo I took of the soft play area at my local shopping mall has immortalized the T-bone on a plate with eggs sunny-side-up.               

It’s obviously a breakfast plate.          

So, tell me your “steak for breakfast” stories. I need to understand more about this phenomenon.       

You see, I’m strictly a “steak after 12 pm” kinda gal. It’s not that I completely shun the idea of steak in the morning. I’ve just never tried it.    

I want to hear from those of you who have. And give it to me straight. What is the deal? 

This weekend, we wanted to try something new with our Kansas City strips. We were feeling adventurous so we put the kids to bed and began our journey.

Little did we know our grill had already decided it had grilled its last steak — the LAST TIME we had steaks.

So after many attempts to light it we decided to call our neighbor Eddie and beg to borrow his grill. He wasn’t home but he said it was okay to use it. So my husband braved the darkness and grilled our strips by flashlight in our neighbor’s yard.

It was around 9:30 pm by this time.

I prepared the rest of the meal and when he came back with our steaks it all seemed worth it.

We used the Citrus-Maple Marinade I mentioned in yesterday’s post. It was so yummy and the fruit flavor was not overwhelming. It was just right.

Here it is in all its glory . . .

There’s not much we wouldn’t do for a steak. It is a good thing we asked permission first because it could have been ugly when Eddie came home and saw a dark figure grilling in his back yard.

All’s well that ends well, right???

Frances wrote us to ask if we had any ideas for a steak marinade that DID NOT include soy sauce, garlic, packaged marinades or fresh ginger root.

The answer is a resounding “Yes!”

There are so many options to create sensational flavors for your steaks. Below, I’ve posted 8 links to some marinades that have amazing ingredients — other than the ones Frances is concerned about.

Also, check out the “Marinades” link in the Categories box to the right. There are lots of great ideas there. And click on “Recipes” and “Rubs” to find even more.

The marinades below run the gamut from citrusy to spicy and everything in between.

Stay tuned tomorrow and I’ll show you what marinade I used this weekend. Mmmmm.

Mango Curry Marinade & Sauce

Citrus-Maple Marinade

Spicy Steak Marinade

Tender and Tasty Marinade

Jen’s Marinade

Pineapple-Rum Caribbean Steak Marinade

Mikey’s Smokin Steak

Balsamic Bliss