Strip Steak and Cream Sauce

 The family sure enjoyed this one, and I enjoyed how simple it was to make!  Winning.  Ha!

• NY strip steak (our family ate 4)
• salt
• olive oil
• pepper
• garlic powder
• smoked paprika
• creole seasoning
• butter
• minced garlic
• fresh herbs, if desired

Sauce

• Butter
• Sweet onion, sliced
• minced garlic
• Heavy cream
• Bourskin garlic and fine herbs cheese
• parmesan cheese

1. Preheat oven to 400.  Heat a cast iron skillet on medium-hi with olive oil.  While pan is heating, season all sides of the steak.  Place in skillet and sear both sides (5-7 mins each side, until a hard sear).  Put sliced butter, garlic, and fresh herbs on top of steak and place in preheated oven.  Cook until the desired doneness.  We like ours medium/medium well, so we cooked it for about 5 minutes.  
2. While steak is in the oven, melt butter in another skillet.  Add remaining ingredients and cook on medium/lo until cheese is melted.  
3. Remove steak from oven when done and slice.  Drizzle with cream sauce.  

Philly Cheesesteak

 The men-folk in the family love this recipe.  They all agreed I should make it weekly.  ha.  It takes a little extra effort to make, but it's well worth it.  Obviously I have to double this recipe for my herd.  

• Hoagie rolls, sliced in half length wise and toasted with garlic butter
• 2 TBS olive oil, seperated 
• 1 sweet onion, sliced into strips
• 1lb thin cut ribeye steak, trimmed and sliced thin
• salt and pepper to taste
• 8 slices mild provolone cheese
• mayo

1. Toast hoagie rolls on skillet with garlic butter until golden.
2. Add 1 TBS oil to hot skillet and cook sliced onion until carmelized. Remove from skillet.
3. Add remaining 1 TBS oil to hot skillet and add cut steak and sprinkly with salt and pepper to taste.  Leave the meat undisturbed for a bit before tossing to cook thoroughly.  Cook the meat in batches to avoid overcrowding the pan.
4. When the meat is cooked, toss in the cooked onions.  Top with provolone cheese.  Once it's slightly melted, toss it in to mix the cheese with the meat and onions.  
5. On the toasted hoagie rolls, add mayo, then top with meat mixture.