Super Steak Salad
Everyone is sick in this house! Blah! I wasn’t feel well this morning, and now Marie is sick in bed. 
I guess there’s something going around. 
We did, however, enjoy some fresh air this evening. We took Mr. Murphy to the park to run around and play for a little while.
My husband and puppy are pretty cute, huh? 
Muprhy also had some puppy playtime with Grady! What a spaz!
Dinner
It was Dave’s turn to make dinner tonight. His meal: steak salad with blue cheese crumbles! His meal was my favorite of the week! Yum!
Dave slow-cooked the meat on the grill. It was so tender!!! 
I also enjoyed a small glass of white wine with dinner.
My plate included just a tiny piece of steak. I’ve been eating so much meat lately, I decided to load up on veggies instead.
I munched on a handful of Peanut Butter Puffins for dessert. They’re a 24 on the NuVal scale.
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Wine + Boat
I know it’s still 24 hours away, but I am SO EXCITED for the VinoVoyage tomorrow night! Ahh! I still can’t believe I’m going! 
I’m hitting the hay early tonight. Good night, blog friends!
Posted by: Tina 27 comments
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on Sep 9th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Sorry you aren’t feeling well!
I hope it’s not swine flu… that thing is spreading like crazy. Luckily it sounds like it is fairly mild in most people. Try taking mega-doses of Vitamin C… helps a lot when I am feeling sick.
Murphy is so cute!!!
on Sep 9th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
steak salads are my favorite!!!! instead of blue cheese though i probs would have had feta! buttt it looks so tasty!!!! I hope you feel better tina!
on Sep 9th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Feel better Tina!
I adore steak salad. Although, I’m not a grill master, so I usually have to order it out at a restaurant. And stinky cheese just makes it even better
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Your event tomorrow night sounds like a blast!
on Sep 9th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
everyone at my house/work got sick too
dinner looks amazing!
on Sep 9th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Hope you all feel better!
on Sep 9th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Haha, what a cute puppy play time! : )
I’m definitely a fan of steak salad, I don’t blame you for favoring it! I don’t know that I’ve had blue cheese much in my life (I love feta!) but it sure looks good.
on Sep 9th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
feel better – you gotta be all healthy for tomorrow!
on Sep 9th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Mmmm…steak + blue cheese sounds amazing!
I hope you feel better soon!
on Sep 9th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
I love steak and blue cheese! I’m trying to cut back on my meat and don’t really crave it, but a steak once in a while is a weakness!
That VinoVoyage sounds like fun, can’t wait to see your pictures!
on Sep 9th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Cute pups! Love the video!
Hope you all get feeling better and have fun on the voyage!
on Sep 9th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
The puppies are so cute!!
Steak and blue cheese is such a good combo!
on Sep 9th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
Hope you don’t end up with whatever your friends have! I’ll be excited to read about the Vino Voyage, it should be good weather for the harbor cruise. I love grilled meat on a salad, perfect combination. Especially with the cheese because then it gets all melty and extra delicious! By the way I wish I could give Murphy a hug, he’s just soo cute!
on Sep 9th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
I think NuVal is amazing…a huge improvement over the Better Choice Program (http://outoftherabbithole.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/nutrition-by-numbers-genious/)
Just curious, do you think you will stop eating things like Peanut Butter Puffins b/c they are low on the scale?
on Sep 9th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Cute video! Sorry you weren’t feeling so well. Hope it gets better.
on Sep 9th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
@24carrot: Nah. I’ll just eat less of them. It’s all about balance!
on Sep 9th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
That looks like a great meal, and I don’t eat steak! That wine cruise sounds like fun too. I wanted to go but knew we would just be back from Napa and I would need to lay off the wine! I may have already mentioned this, but there is a kind of cute dog park by the waterfront off of J street in Southie. Its empty a lot so Murphy may like it!
on Sep 9th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Blue cheese + red meat = oh yeaaa! Have a great time on your wine voyage tomorrow night, can’t wait for the recap!
on Sep 9th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Oh my god… Murphy is too cute with his buddies!
on Sep 9th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
That’s funny that you mentioned you’ve been eating a lot of meat lately and wanted to load up on veggies. I’ve been getting that feeling quite often recently and just have not had much interest in meat. While I don’t think I could ever be a vegetarian, I think eating more veggies/beans helps me to feel ‘healthier’.
on Sep 9th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
tina-
i love when you do the links at the end of posts! usually at least one is something that’s intriguing to me, and it’s nice to get random news from somewhere besides jezebel and the oregonian
on Sep 9th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
Way to go, Dave! SCORE! Looks like a yummy meal.
Hope you start feeling better!
on Sep 10th, 2009 at 12:36 am
Murphy seriously has the most expressive face I’ve ever seen on a dog. SO CUTE!
on Sep 10th, 2009 at 3:49 am
That salad looks so jummy!
Hope you feel better soon:)
xxx Julia (Taste of Living)
on Sep 10th, 2009 at 7:03 am
The salad looks so good! I can see why it’s your favorite of the week.
I hope everybody feels better soon!
Murphy is adorable, as always!
on Sep 10th, 2009 at 9:29 am
Mmm, warm grilled steak on cold veggies. Love mixing temps in meals. And the blue cheese sounds like perfection.
Enjoy the cruise! I am jealous!
on Sep 10th, 2009 at 10:08 am
The pics of you and Mal with Murphy are soooooooooooooooo cute! Pug puppies are the best!
on Sep 10th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Silly puppies. Our dogs get bored and do that sometimes. Leo is just a bit bigger so he uses his butt as a weapon and tries to sit on Peanut’s head