What to drink with a steak dinner?

[Iggo]

Just the standard steak (ribeye or filet, I haven't decided), baked potato, broccoli, and bread.

I haven't had alcohol in twenty years, and I quit soda three days ago.

Anything you can think to order besides water?

[Ptah]

1. Iced Tea.

[Iggo]

2. Ah! Good thinking.

I usually stay in my lane, so I have a little trouble with new situations.

[LynneSin]

5. Be careful with iced tea

Many bottled iced teas are either high in sugar or sugar substitutes like Splenda. And Splenda will wreck havoc on your body.

What I would suggest is brewing your own tea and finding tea flavors that don't require you to add additional enhancements outside a squirt of lemon.

I have a variety of loose leaf tea, many from Teavana, in which I do not need to add anything extra to enjoy it. It's mostly fruit based teas like their Youthberry and Blueberry Roobibos tea. Speaking of which, if you don't feel like adding a ton of caffeine to your daily intake stick with Roobibos teas. Roobibos isn't a tea like the stuff that you normally use. Instead it's a root found in South Africa that is naturally caffeine free. Decaffeinated beverages (of those that normally come with caffeine) tend to go through a highly chemicalized process to remove the caffeine and even then there could be traces of caffeine in it.

[LynneSin]

3. Nothing wrong with drinking water with your meal

I do drink alcohol and I could probably give you about a dozen craft beers that would good great with steak but my guess is you aren't interested in returning to alcohol. Nothing wrong with that.

However, most meals I usually drink water - it's what I like the best and the healthiest choice out there. I could drink Milk but I'm finding that I'm lactose intolerant. I could drink juice but that is high in sugar. Some folks might drink 'sparkling water' but I am not keen on that stuff (for the same reason I don't drink soda - I can't stand carbonation).

So unless I want to booze up every meal or add something I don't enjoy drinking or with too much sugar -well water is looking like the best choices there is.

Embrace it!

And don't add those flavor drops to your water. Most of them are made with artificial sweeteners to help keep down the calorie count and artificial sweeteners are just as bad as using regular sugar. Only 'sugar-sub' I use is Stevia since it is a natural plant.

[Iggo]

7. I may just have to get used to water. (What a weird, first world, sort of thing to say.)

I would have gone milk in the fairly recent old days. But halfway through my fifties I find I've become lactose intolerant as well. I used to live on the stuff.

And I don't think I'd ever use flavor drops. I'm a subtracter, not an adder.

[OriginalGeek]

8. I cut out soda and sweet tea a couple years ago

I was surprised how well I adjusted to water BUT it has to be filtered. My refrigerator makes great water. I like some bottled waters when I'm out but they get stupid expensive at restaurants. If it's happy hour I'll just get beer. And restaurant tap water is a toss up - it could taste like good clean, filtered water or it could taste like dirty sink.

I also got real comfortable with unsweet tea - and I don't do any artificial sweeteners - that stuff is poison. But I don't like to drink caffeine after 2 so it's usually water for me.

[LynneSin]

21. If you don't have one - get one of those Brita water filters and/or pitchers

My tap water tastes like shit and bottle water can be expensive. I have found filtering it with Brita makes it tastier

[Iggo]

23. Got one of those top loaders with a spigot in the front for the fridge.

Slides in right where the once ever-present 12-pack of soda used to go.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Water works, but a nice rich cup of coffee works, too...nt

[worstexever]

6. My advice, from someone in a similar situation

I have health problems which mean I can rarely drink. If I'm not drinking wine with my steak, I order hot tea. Nice restaurants typically have a choice of flavors and I usually choose chamomile.

[GreydeeThos]

9. Buttermilk, straight, in a dirty glass

[Califonz]

10. A nice glass of Cabernet Sauvignon

Or a dark ale

[Iggo]

12. Oh god, I wish!

Nineteen years, four months, and twenty-eight days in a row going to bed and waking up sober.

But I agree with you, that does sound great!

[NightWatcher]

11. Tropical Punch Koolaid really brings out the taste of a good steak and makes you feel like a kid.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

13. Unsweetened iced tea fan here n/t

[meow2u3]

14. How about good, old-fashioned coffee?

Decaf or half-caff coffee goes great with steak IMO.

[eleny]

29. +1!

Love coffee with a burger, too. Once I tried it I couldn't go back to cold drinks on the side. [img][/img]

[IrishEyes]

15. Homemade Lemonade.

[Moondog]

16. An "Arnold Palmer" - equal parts iced tea and lemonade.

Sounds sketchy, but it is actually pretty good.

[Kali]

17. jamaica

Hibiscus tea. or lemonade. or water with a squeeze of lime.

not sure why you quit soda - because of the sugar? then just carbonated water might be nice. (or also with lime)

[Iggo]

18. Yeah, I cut out the sugar. Mostly...

I still dump a couple spoons in my coffee in the morning. (Should probably switch to a milder coffee, come to think.)

But no soda, no cookies, no candy. Like that.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

19. Mountain Dew ... to prevent a food coma. nt :)

[lastlib]

20. Barbecue sauce?

[shenmue]

22. Fruit punch

[In_The_Wind]

24. Either iced tea or ice water with a slice of lime.

[Bluzmann57]

25. Nice cold glass of milk

That's what I like anyway.

[Iggo]

26. I'm thinking I might.

Milk ain't really my friend anymore.

But I don't really eat a full-on steak dinner more than about once a month.

Water just seems somehow wrong.

[handmade34]

27. unsweetened iced tea

sparkling water, ice water, herb tea, coffee, apple juice, non-alcoholic ginger beer... Bon Appétit

[pfitz59]

28. Cranberry Juice

support your local bog farmers...

[So Far From Heaven]

30. I wouldn't recommend Flint water. (nt)