January 3, 2013

This day I made one of my own recipes and used a side dish that comes from www.cinnamonspiceandeverythingnice.com  I fixed steak finger's with white gravy and roasted sweet potatoes.  I always soak my steak fingers in buttermilk if I don't have that I use "sour milk" which is two cups of whole milk with 2 tsp. of        vinegar let it sit for about 10 minutes or so and you have buttermilk or "sour milk.  My daughter actually laughed when I did this and asked why not just buy buttermilk?? Well, this works better for me as I almost never use up the buttermilk when I do buy it that's why :)

                           Steak Fingers
I used four pretty good size cube steaks cut into strips.  After, my milk sits for a bit I add two beaten eggs some hot sauce and pour over strips.  For my dry ingredients about 1 1/2 cups flour and to that I add a pinch of cayenne, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper mix well.  I would say with the exception of the cayenne I used around 1 tsp of each of the rest of spices and about 1/2 tsp salt I have a tendency to under salt.  Heat a skillet with some oil to medium high.  Dredge steak fingers in flour mixture and put in skillet.  I flip them when they are brown on the oil side then cook them the rest of the way on the other side.  They really don't take long to cook.  I then, make my gravy.

                               Cinnamon Chile Roasted Sweet Potatoes
2 Tbls olive oil, plus more for greasing pan
3 cups sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
3 cups white potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 Tbls. butter, melted
2 tsp chile powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp ground paprika (smoked or sweet)
    A pinch or two of cayenne pepper (or more if you want spicy)
1 tsp kosher or sea salt
1/8 tsp black pepper
      Sour cream for serving

Preheat oven to 400 lightly grease a large non-stick baking sheet with sides.  Add potatoes to a large mixing bowl toss with olive oil and butter.  In a small bowl mix seasonings.  Sprinkle on potatoes and toss well.  Spread on a baking sheet and roast until tender and golden about 25-35 minutes depending on how well done you like them.  Serve immediately. Garnish with sour cream if desired.

My Note:  I didn't use the white potatoes just the sweet ones and I also didn't serve with sour cream that being said they were really good and this recipe will be going into my rotation maybe, next time I'll serve with sour cream.  I also just sprayed my baking sheet with olive oil added my potatoes sprayed them with olive oil added spice mixture and tossed really well then baked as stated.