Good recipe, but I have found when cooking red meat you really need to go all out with the seasonings or it just doesn't taste like much. So to improve upon this recipe, I added 3 T of fresh lemon juice (to help tenderize) 2 T of Worcestershire sauce, added an extra clove or two of garlic, used olive instead of vegetable oil, kosher salt instead of regular, fresh ground pepper, and about an extra two teaspoons of oregano (oh, and as a previous reviewer suggested, I marinated it in a zippered baggie). Cook only to medium rare, then wait a while before slicing very thin. I'd give my version 5 stars--everyone at the party loved it, even my formerly vegetarian sister.

Reviewed On: Aug. 10, 2009

Here are a few tips to make this salad better if you think you will have leftovers (otherwise the leftover will be mushy and kinda icky): As mentioned in the recipe, be sure to cook the pasta al dente. Instead of using cherry tomatoes, use roma tomatoes--cut in half, pull out and discard the seeds and pulpy middle, and then chop the 'shell' part. Use the slices of avacado as a garnish or sprinkled on top of only the amt. you plan on serving. Otherwise, it gets not only mushy but brown 24 hours later. I made this 3 days ago and the texture of the leftovers are perfect--as though I just made it but better because the flavors have had time to mix.

Reviewed On: Jun. 11, 2008

This turned out MUCH better than the other challah recipe I tried and was easy (just time consuming) to make. Next time, I'm going to double the sugar to make the bread sweet as suggested by Sy.

Reviewed On: Mar. 21, 2008