Creamy Steak Stroganoff

After an eventful weekend celebrating my son's birthday, I have some leftover steak that he was not allowed to touch!  He had the his own leftover steak for breakfast, before leaving for school. lol  Anyway, I grew up on Hamburger Helper Stroganoff, and I (a-hem) hated it.  The Italian dressing in this recipe adds lots of flavor to the sauce.  I will save any future leftover steak for this recipe.  And I love that it has very few basic ingredients, as well as, is quick to make!  The recipe is adapted from allrecipes.com.

Ingredients:
2 tbs butter/margarine
1/2 cup water
1 cup onion diced
2 cups cooked diced steak
1/4 cup Italian dressing
16 oz sour cream
1/4 cup milk (optional)
1 package of egg noodles cooked
1/2 tbs parsley

Saute your onion in the butter/margarine in a medium saucepan.  Add water to soften and bring to boil.  Toss your leftover steak in the Italian dressing and add to the onions.  Cook until warmed.

Add the sour cream with a touch of milk to thin out, if needed.

Stir parsley into the sauce.  Serve with cooked wide egg noodles.

Salisbury Steak

So, it's been about a year and a half that I've been making my own Salisbury Steak.  I used to buy it in the frozen section to feed my family of 6.  Then, I realized that all those frozen dinners are just meals made ahead of time & frozen!  OMG!  This is one of my family's favorite meals.

Earlier this week, I thought I would make a big batch for us to eat for dinner & save the rest, only I forgot to put some aside before serving it.  Ooops, we ate almost the whole thing & had a little bit for some leftovers that I portioned out.  Normally, I don't make this big of a batch for one meal.

Ingredients:
3 pounds hamburger meat
3 eggs
1/2 cup homemade bread crumbs
1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1/2 -1 cup milk

Sauce:
2 brown gravy packets
1/3 cup diced mushrooms

Mix all ingredients well, take a spoonful of mixture & form into patty in hand.  Place in hot oiled skillet. Add more oil as needed.  Let meat cook & flip until no more pink.

For the sauce, fix according to package & add some mushrooms.