Coffee Rubbed Steak Strips

I haven't had a chance to post while traveling, so I am very behind on sharing my cooking adventures while on the road.

I am so proud of myself for the meal planning I have done on this trip.  Today was the first day I had to go to the grocery store to re-stock on snacks and I still have enough food for two more dinners.  The challenge was knowing that we only had a car trunk for five passengers.  So that meant we would only be able to fit one cooler and maybe two grocery bags of food in the trunk with our luggage.  This is certainly not like the luxury of road trips in our now deceased Toyota Siena (How I miss my Siena!).  We would carry two coolers and not have to limit the grocery bags.  Well, I did manage to plan meals carefully so that I was carrying just what I needed and was able to fit the food in my car's trunk.

Pictured here is our first cooked meal on the trip.  From the previous posts, you saw that I had prepared Thai chicken drumsticks that could be eaten cold, a Paleo No Potato Salad, and I haven't blogged about a Chicken Salad.  The meal described in this post was dinner on Monday night in Williamstown. We visited Williams College (The college that is now my son's #1 - I think).  I couldn't wait to share this with all of you because I was so excited about discovering the use of an electric skillet and pre-prepared ingredients ready to just add to the skillet!  This was awesome and it really works.

The prep for this meal meant that I had one zip lock bag of pre-cut beef and the marinade.  I had a vegetable side dish for this meal (this was a prepared that I just heated up on the electric skillet as well because the room we were in did not have a microwave).

Here is the recipe from the book: Make Ahead Paleo

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1 1/2 tsp finely ground coffee
1/4 tsp chili powder
1 TBS granulated onion
1/2 tsp dry mustard
3/4 tsp paprika
1 tsp sea salt
1 tsp black pepper
2 TBS honey

3 lb. of lean beef steak

Coconut oil for the skillet (I just brought a can of the coconut oil spray with me).

1.  Mix all of the ingredients listed above.
2. Place the beef in a zip lock baggie.
3. Add the marinade to the zip lock baggie.
4.  Once in the bag, zip it and make sure the marinade covers the pieces of beef completely.
5. Put it in your cooler until it is ready to use.