50 Virtuous Meals: early summer steak dinner: intro & prep

This is the first post in a series I'm labeling '50 Virtuous Meals'. The idea is to plan, prepare and post 50 meals (including dessert) that have virtues that appeal to me. For example: something that freezes well or something that can be made with ingredients usually on hand or something that my family can't get enough of or, in the case of this VM (Virtuous Meal), something that's festive enough for company. These posts may not always be meals, but could be a collection of tried and true cookies recipes, for example, or my favorite things to take to potlucks.
Enough background information, let's get to the meal at hand.
Menu
shrimp gazpacho
steak baked in the oven
grilled cheese casserole
green bean and bell pepper salad
strawberry shortcake with frozen yogurt
iced tea
lemonade
Sounds yummy, no? My mouth is watering even now!
Steps that can be done ahead
shortcake

• place butter in bowl to soften
• mix dry ingredients
• clean & slice strawberries
• mash & sweeten strawberries

casserole

• slice & butter & cube bread
• grate cheese
• butter 9 x 13 glass dish
  

salad

• slice pepper
• clean beans
• steam beans
• slice onion and marinate in dressing

lemonade

• make ginger syrup
• squeeze 7 lemons
• squeeze 2 limes

gazpacho

• defrost shrimp and remove tails
• put V-8 in fridge
• chop cucumber
• chop roasted red pepper