Hearty Monday

Monday, the cafeteria had their "Texas Pot Roast" for lunch. I decided to give it a shot, as I was fairly hungry after my light Sunday eating:

I discovered fairly quickly what made it a "Texas" pot roast ... one of the things it was cooked in was jalapenos. Luckily, it wasn't too overpowering, and gave a nice robustness to the flavor. The potatoes were pretty well done that day, but they still needed help from the gravy.

For dinner, I fried up some ground beef, Italian sausage, then doused it in some Prego meat sauce and simmered it for a while. I boiled some penne pasta up then drowned it in some of the sauce and had some crescent roll rounds to fill it out:

The sauce was more meaty than saucy, and the penne just sucked up even more of the sauce, so it was more like a beefy mac. That said, it was still really tasty, and only could've been better if it was a chilly night, instead of in the beginning of summer.

Saturday Night Steak Dinner

For Saturday night, I prepared myself and my roommate a couple of steaks, filet mignon. I did the old skillet method that I went over in the previous steak post. And much like that one, here's some pics:

Steaks oiled, salted and peppered:

Now that they've been prepped, onto searing them!

And now that both sides have been seared, they get to finish cooking:

And once that was done, here's what was on C's plate last night:

Yep, filet mignon, mashed potatoes, english peas and some crescent rolls. The steak was outstandingly tender, and everything else was pretty good too.