Rosemary & Garlic Potatoes

 I probably do this 25% of the time when I do a side potato. It’s easy and its soooooo good. This recipe is for 4 people.

Ingreditents

2 Potatoes

Extra virgin olive oil (drizzle)

1 tbsp of Garlic powder

1 tsp of Seasoning salt

1 tsp of Rosemary

Preheat oven to 350 

First you start with cutting up your potatoes. Any potatoes you have on hand are fine. I just roughly chop them up. Put them in a bowl or strait onto the baking sheet. Drizzle with extra virgin olive oil, garlic powder and seasoning salt. Mix it all up.

Put in oven for  40-45 minutes. Take out. Enjoy!

BÒN APPETIT 😋 

Steak and Potato Tacos 🌮 with Chimichurri and Queso Fresco

 Ingredients (serves 2)

Chimichurri 2 oz.

Grape Tomatoes 4 oz.

Potatoes 4 oz.

Queso Fresco 1 oz.

Seasoned Salt Blend 1/2 tsp.

Whole Wheat Taco Tortillas 6

Sour Cream 1 oz. 

Steak Strips10 oz.

Directions

Coarsely chop potatoes. Halve tomatoes. Combine tomatoes and chimichurri sauce in a mixing bowl. Separate steak strips into a single layer and pat dry.

Chimichurri sauce

1 cup firmly packed fresh flat-leaf parsley, trimmed of thick stems

3-4 garlic cloves

2 Tbsps fresh oregano leaves (can sub 2 teaspoons dried oregano)

1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil

2 tablespoons red or white wine vinegar

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes

Mix all these ingredients in a food processor.

Place a large non-stick pan over medium-high heat. Working in batches if necessary, add tortillas to hot, dry pan and heat through, 30-60 seconds per side. Remove from burner. Wrap heated tortillas in a clean towel or piece of foil to keep warm. Reserve pan; no need to wipe clean. To heat in a microwave instead, wrap tortillas in a damp paper towel and microwave until warm, 30-60 seconds.

Return pan used to heat tortillas to medium heat and add 1 Tbsp. olive oil. Add potatoes to hot pan. Stir occasionally until browned and tender. Add steak strips and seasoned salt. Stir often until no pink remains and steak reaches a minimum internal temperature of 145 degrees, 4-6 minutes. Remove from burner. Rest, 3 minutes.

Plate dish as pictured on front of card, filling tortillas with filling and topping with cheese, sour cream, and chimichurri tomatoes. 

Bon appétit!

Goat Cheese Steak with Shallot Demi Sauce

When you find something that is beautiful and inspires you to cook then you get it. That is how Le Creuset is for me. The colors are gorgeous and the designs are beautiful. My first piece was a 5.5 qt Dutch oven. I am now addicted and have many pieces. You will see them throughout this blog. In this picture below is their pasta plate. I use them a lot. What is your favorite cookware? What inspires you?

I am writing this blog not only to keep track of the love/hate of the things I cook and bake. But also to inspire others to find the joy in the kitchen as I have. 

First thing to do is to preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Let your Cream cheese and Goat cheese come to room temp. 

We will start with the fries. Many have no idea how easy fries are from a potato. I love doing as much for from scratch as I can. Makes it so I know what my family and I are putting in our bodies. Plus you can choose how your fries will look. My family likes steak fries. They are bigger fries, a little smaller that jo jos. Cut your fries to the size you want. Pat them dry with a paper towel or kitchen towel. Season with olive oil and the seasoning of your choice. I usually do some seasoning salt, paprika and garlic powder. Spread these evenly over a baking sheet, (you can use some aluminum foil for easy cleanup) and place in oven for about 8 minutes. If you do not plan on adding carrots or some other veggie half way through I would finish the fries with a total time of 20 min.

While that is baking prepaid the other ingredients. Peel and mince 1 shallot and put aside to go over your steak later. Peel and cut your carrots in the shape you desire. I like to cut them in little rounds. I toss the carrot with olive oil, salt and pepper. 

Remove the baking sheet with the fries from your oven and turn the fries, then add your carrots in a even layer. Put this back in your oven to bake some more. Fries will be golden brown and carrots will be tender when done. About 12 more minutes.

While the fries and carrots are baking lets start on our steaks. I prefer my Le Creuset skillet for this but you can use any other skillet or a non stick pan if you choose. Most pans you need a medium high heat for this step but if you are using a Le Creuset skillet like me you only need low medium heat since it holds heat so amazingly. Add 1 tsp of olive oil and let it get hot. Once hot add steaks and leave on one side for 5-7 min. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Once time is up flip your steaks. This is the time that you top your steaks with 2 tbsp of goat cheese and let that melt while the steaks finish cooking. The steaks need to reach 145 degrees. This will take about 4-6 min. 

Transfer steaks to your plates and let them sit for 5 min before you start digging in. It lets the juices get back into your beautiful steak. You want this. 

Using the same pan as you did the steaks (without cleaning it) we are going to make the sauce. Add a tsp of olive oil and minced shallot and stir until softened and fragrant. 1-2 min. 2 Tbsp of Demi glaze and 2 tbsp of water  will finish the sauce up. Mix well and bring to a simmer. Turn off the heat then add the butter. This will melt into the sauce that you have made. Stir to combine. Drizzle this sauce over the steaks on the plate. 

Plate your fries and carrots and serve!

Bon Appetit