Date Night/Game Day

Every once in a while you have to step up your game and cook to impress for a date night at home. The go to standard is usually a steak of some kind. Everyone has there favorite way to prepare a steak so I won't even try and convert you to my way. I will, however give you a great easy side dish to go along with those steaks.

***** Cook an extra small steak or reserve part of a steak for the round two recipe.

Round 1- Steak and Not So Ordinary Baked Potatoes

*** Cook potatoes in oven at 400 degrees for 45 minutes. Poke potatoes with fork all over and wrap in foil. You can also cook potatoes in the microwave.

Creamed Corn Filling
1 can creamed corn
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
1 tsp dried parsley leaves

Heat ingredients in saucepan on medium heat until well blended.

Chili Filling
1 can chili (No Beans! It's date night!!!!)
4 oz cream cheese
1 tsp cumin

Heat ingredients in saucepan on medium heat until well blended.

Creamed Greens
1 can (14 oz) Already seasoned mixed greens
1/4 heavy cream

Drain greens and add to saucepan with cream. Heat on medium and cook until liquid is reduced by half. A little under 5 minutes.


Round 2- Game Day Steak Pizza
*** This is something that you can make any way you like. I use a piece of french bread. If you don't have it on hand, you can use hotdog buns, hamburger buns, or tortillas.

Ingredients
Reserved Steak- sliced as thin as possible
1 Tbs butter
1 Tbs oil
1 Small onion sliced into strips
1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
1 cup cheese- mozzarella works best but you could also use cheddar
Steak sauce or BBQ sauce

Heat butter and  oil in pan on medium heat. Add onions and cook for about 5 minutes. Lightly sprinkle with salt. Add mushrooms and cook for another five minutes. Remove from heat.

Spread bread with your favorite steak sauce or BBQ sauce. Layer with steak and onion mixture. Top with cheese. Bake on a non-stick baking sheet at 400 degrees for 10 minutes or until cheese is completely melted.