Tasty Cheese Steaks

Good morning everyone, thought I would do a quick post before I head out to work. The other night we wanted steaks, but not the same old steaks. I decided to try a recreation of a steak I had at Olive Garden. For this I took a regular round steak and marked it on the stove top grill.
After that I placed them in a cake pan and let them cook for about 10 minutes at 350 degrees. Then I pulled them out and put a slice of fresh mozzarella cheese on top. I have said it before when it comes to mozzarella cheese I like the soft fresh stuff, not the shredded stuff. We found a tub of fresh cheese at Fred Meyer that was already cut into perfect size rounds. then after the cheese was on top I put a little bit of Italian Style Bread Crumbs in top. I returned them to the oven to brown the bread crumbs and melt the cheese just a bit.
It was close to how the Olive Garden steak, but they had larger style bread crumbs with a little more spice in them, I think for next time I will pick up some Panko Bread Crumbs and add my own seasonings to get a better topping. The side dish on the first picture Tanya made, they are a mix of purple potatoes and yellow fingerling potatoes that she diced and sprinkled Lipton onion soup mix on, the she roasted them in the oven til they were fork tender. Then to finish them off she put a little garlic salt over the top. Well that's about all the time I have, I am leaving for work a few minutes early today, Scott and I have an idea for a great dessert and I need to stop by a store to pick up a few supplies.

Hey I Can Do That

Hello all, after a trip to Mongolian Bar-B-Que a few weeks ago, I remembered how fun it is and how much the kids enjoy getting involved in making their dinner. But then it came time to pay the bill...2 adults and 5 children comes to just over 50 dollars plus the tip!!! So I decided that I could that for a lot less. I was just going to make it one night, but I ran into a very good friend of mine Jeremi at Cost Plus World Market and he asked me about the blog and why I don't write too much any more, I just gave him the I am too busy speech. As I walked around the store I started to get excited about writing again because of all the cool dishes and cook wear they have. I purchased a wok and the cool bowl pictured above, then I went to the food section and I found the Asian isle, in there I found chow mien noodles and some sauces (all made in USA, I really want to find true Asian food).When Tanya got home from work, I asked the kids what veggies they wanted in their stir fry. We ended up choosing onion, broccoli, snow peas, carrots, and bell peppers. Tanya and I ran to the grocery store and picked up the veggies and also grabbed some petite sirloin steaks. When I got home I prepared the noodles per the instructions on the bag, pretty simple, boil water, add noodles, when noodles start to boil over add 1 cup of cold water, when noodles start to boil over again strain and rinse with cold water. While that was going on I took the steaks and cut them into about quarter inch slices.I was just going to start making stir fry, but I remembered the kids want to help out so I set up a makeshift Mongolian BBQ bar in the kitchen.
Not a great picture I know, but its all the veggies and a big bowl of noodles on the end. To make the stir fry I started the wok on medium high heat with olive oil, added the stir fry sauce and some soy sauce, I put the meat in first to make sure i got it cooked all the way through, then threw in the kids choice of veggies and noodles, I also added a splash of water to kind of steam the veggies. It only takes a few minutes per kid and they had fun, so I thought about it and lets do some math.
Wok 14.95
Sauces 15.00
Veggies 8.00
Steak 10.00
Noodles 1.49x2
Total 50.93 plus the tip, awe man. Just kidding the wok and the sauces can be reused I know so don't freak out, next time I can feed the entire family for around 20 bucks.Oh if you are wondering the bowl cost me 4 bucks and holds about 1 package off ramen noodles. I thought it was pretty cool and could not resist. Any way Jeremi this ones for you.