My cooking adventures started this week started with the Pioneer Woman's Pawhuska Cheesesteak's. Onions, good! Peppers, good! Roast beef, not necessarily one of my favorites, but I was up for the challenge!
I've been working on being better with a knife, let's just say it's a work in process. I was pleased though that at the end of chopping for the most part everything was the same size. Cooking accomplishment, baby steps right??!!
I'm getting better and better at sautéing, and I am starting to enjoy the process. I hardly ever burn anything anymore. Now before my family chimes in I said hardly. We discovered Kerry Gold butter last year, despite what you might have been told I did not buy it because it's Irish, I bought it because it was on sale. It tastes so good I can never go back, I have bricks in the freezer, fridge all over. Look at the beautiful butter and spices, almost like I know what I'm doing....
Of course being the good student that I am, I did not cook everything in the correct order, whoops, sorry Ree! I promise I do do try to do it the way you say. I cooked the beef, it's looked beefy, and dinner looked promising.
Now the cheese sauce. I could write an ode to this sauce it was amazing! It was ewey gooy cheesy deliciousness.... I did have to make a substitution in the sauce, she called for Velveta Cheese, but I substituted Montery Jack. Again with Michelle's EE (eosinophilic esophagitis) overly processed foods make her sick so I googled substitutes and we had a winner! *Sigh* I forgot to take a picture so you will just have to admire it in the final picture. Stay tuned....
I also decided to make the Sweet Potato Fries Karie had been raving about. I was so excited to make them, quick prep time yummy side dish it would be easy right??!! Hmmmm maybe for the average cook, but it took me FOREVER to peel and slice the potato's. It was a labor of love for my family, I worked so hard, only to be told Jim and Michelle don't like sweet potato's. Oh well their loss was my gain.
Now your probably reading this wondering what does this have to do with Sriracha? Let me tell you about my friend Ree's fry sauce. I have never ever tried Sriracha. I've seen it on tables and at the store but I have never tried it. Frankly I thought it looked funny, and unappetizing. The guy at Whole Foods assured me this was not the case, and directed me to his favorite brand. He did tell me to be careful it was an extra garlicky version, and I thought it can't be that bad, it has garlic. I learned something Mayo + Sriracha = Heaven. It was amazing, I can't wait to find more uses for it in the future.
Apparently I should have payed attention to the directions and turned the fries, they got a little brown, but the end result was a dinner I was really proud of. Gavin had some left overs a few days later and gave it his seal of approval also. Didn't I tell you the cheese sauce looked amazing?
Jen
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