Coffee Rubbed Steak, Roasted Cauliflower and Easy Oven Potatoes

I have a fabulous Chicken Meatball Pasta recipe for tomorrows What's Cookin' Wednesday, but I just need to share this rub with you along with the delicious sides I "threw" together.

 

Chipotle Coffee Steak Rub

 

For the rub:

1/4 cup ancho chili powder

1/2 cup finely ground coffee (I used fresh ground local)

2 tablespoons paprika

3tablespoons  brown sugar

1 tablespoon dry mustard

1 tablespoon dried oregano

2 teaspoons ground ginger

1 tablespoon kosher salt

1 tablespoon ground black pepper

1/4 teaspoon cayenne (optional)

 

What you do:

Mix all the spices in a bowl and cover steak of your choice liberally on both sides with rub.

I used NY Strip

Cover with plastic and refrigerate over night; let sit at room temp before grilling

Grill to your liking

Enjoy!

 Roasted Cauliflower

 

For the Cauliflower Prep:

6 cloves of garlic, finely chopped

Red pepper flake

Salt

Pepper

Head of Cauliflower

EVOO

Jelly Roll Pan

 

 

What you do:

Pre Heat oven to 450*

Break up one head of cauliflower and scatter it about on a foil lined jelly roll pan.

Drizzle entire thing liberally with EVOO

Sprinkle your garlic on top of all the pieces of cauliflower

Then simply add your salt & pepper then sprinkle on as much or as little red pepper as you would prefer. I used about half a tablespoon of red pepper and it wasn't too spicy.

Bake in the oven at 450* for about 20 minutes or until tender

Remove from oven & Enjoy!

 

 

Easy Oven Potatoes

 

These taters' were a complete after-thought. I had my meat. I had my veg. I needed my starch. I usually cut up potatoes and throw on some oil and a packet of Good Seasons but I'm over that for now, so I was in need of something else...

 

What you need:

5 or 6 Russet potatoes

Butter

1 Onion, slices very thin

Salt & Pepper

 

Potato Prep:

Peel and slice your potatoes whichever way you like your potatoes sliced. You have options, I won't tell you how to eat your taters. I like to slice mine in half.
Then in half again and slice them up thin.

Then sprinkle them out on a pan (I put the potatoes and cauliflower on the same pan)

Worked like a dream...

 

Ok - so your potatoes are sliced and on the pan, throw on your sliced onion, I used a half for this many potatoes. And stick a few chunks of butter throughout. Then sprinkle on the salt and pepper amount that your taste buds desire.

Bake on 450* for 20-25 minutes (if cooking on the same pan as cauliflower)

 

Voila!

 

Now go to the grocery store, get yourself a bag of potatoes, head of cauliflower and some red meat and get to work because this meal is all sorts of delicious!

 

Enjoy!

 

~Tiffany~

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