Alfredo

Another recipe from my neighborhood cookbook. I had broccoli that I needed to use and found the recipe for the alfredo so I cooked 3 chicken breasts (and sprinkled Italian seasoning on them while they cooked), broccoli, a package of bowtie pasta (any pasta can be used), and made this wonderful sauce. It was restaurant tasty. Some alfredos taste so thick and heavy. I was afraid of that with this but my family loved it. The kids who wanted the broccoli and chicken on the side were dipping it in the sauce. (I was a little short on heavy cream so I just added a little milk to make up for it. Maybe that's what helped make it not so heavy.)

Ingredients:

1/2 c. butter

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 c. heavy cream

1/8 t. ground black pepper

pinch of salt

1/2 c. grated Parmesan cheese

Directions:

Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the garlic, cream, pepper, and salt and bring mixture to a simmer. Turn the heat down if the mixture reaches a rapid boil or it could boil over. You just want to simmer it. Add the cheese and continue to simmer sauce for 8 minutes, or until thick. While sauce cools, cook the noodles.

Spoon sauce over pasta....and broccoli and chicken and even mushrooms....and serve.

Grilled Steak with Onion & Blue Cheese Sauce

Whoa. This was incredible. Better than anything I've eaten in a LONG time, including any restaurant. I got this recipe from The Pioneer Woman website. I did not use Rib-eye like she did, I got some cheaper cuts on sale and John grilled them up. Meanwhile I made this amazing sauce and the sidedishes. It was a very simple meal. The aroma and the flavor were amazing. I made these fried red potatoes and the sauce was wonderful on those as well. I will definitely make this again but since we don't have steak much, I'll probably save it for special occasions.

Ingredients:

2 ribeye steaks (or any steak)
Salt & Pepper (or other desired steak seasonings, we used Montreal Steak Seasoning)
4 tablespoons butter
1 very large yellow onion sliced fairly thin(I used two small yellow onion)
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese

Directions:

Melt butter. Add sliced onions and sautee over high heat. Cook for 5 to 7 minutes, or until brown and caramelized. Reduce heat to simmer and pour in cream. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes, or until reduced by half. Stir in blue cheese until melted. If sauce thickens too much add some broth. Serve steaks on generous portion of sauce.