Ok, maybe lazy isn't the most accurate word....it sure isn't the most flattering! So instead, let's go with busy. I am a busy cook. I like to eat. I love food. I even like to cook. But I also have a job that keeps me really busy, so don't have a ton of time to spend preparing meals. But I also don't like eating a lot of packaged or pre-prepared foods, because they are just so bad for you.

I don't have little kids to try to feed, but I do have an 18 year old nephew living with me. So the trick is to try to balance meals for me and for him. On my side, you've got an adult female who is trying to eat in a healthy way and lose weight. On Josh's side, you've got an 6', athletic teenage boy who could happily eat 4,000 calories a day and stay slim and athletic. Sometimes, he makes me crazy! And let me add that I love to try new things and be adventurous in my cooking, and Josh would be happy always eating the same 5-6 meals, every 5-6 days. So the happy medium is that I cook healthy meals, making them in ways that make Josh's teenage boy appetite happy, provide lots of veggies, and always have a batch of cookies in the cookie jar.

So anyway, to wrap this up. I know I have a lot of friends who find themselves to be in the same meal preparation situation as me. I've found and collected some really great, simple recipe's. And, since I like to play with things when I'm cooking, I've created some dishes of my own that are pretty darn tasty! Soooo....I figured I'd start a blog to share those recipe's with my friends. I'll only post recipe's that I've made and have passed approval from my family. If they're my own creation, I'll claim credit. If I lifted it from somewhere, I'll give credit to the culinary genius I stole from!

Monday, February 13, 2012

Yummy Philly Cheese

I love Philly Cheese Steak Sandwiches, but am really picky about them.  I hate it when they're greasy and don't like them from a lot of restaurants.  So when I came upon a receipe for them, I decided to give it a shot.  Very easy, and super good!  We actually ended up having them two days in a row, due to Josh's request.

1 lb thinly sliced sirloin steak
1 green pepper, thinly sliced
1 red pepper, thinly sliced
1 medium red onion, thinly sliced
8 slices chese of choice--I used Muenster
4 hoagie rolls

Preheat the oven to 350.  Heat 1/8 c of olive oil in a skillet on a medium burner.  Slide peppers and onion into the pan and cook for about 4 minutes.  Set them aside in a bowl, with the juices.  Heat another 1/8 c of olive oil in the pan.  Put the meat into the pan and cook to your desired temperature(remember it will cook more in the oven).  Put the peppers and onions back in the pan to heat all together for a couple of minutes.

Cut the hoagie rolls open and put each one down on a sheet of tin foil.  Scoop the meat, pepper, and onion mix onto the bottom half of the bun.  Top with cheese and put the top half of the bun on top.  Wrap the sandwich in the tin foil and place them on a cookie sheet in the oven for approximately 20 minutes.  Pull the pan out of the oven, unwrap the foil and put back in the oven for about 5 minutes.  The cheese will be completely melted, the bread will be lightly toasted, and the sandwiches will be completely amazing!!!




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