Excuses, excuses...and a recipe!

Okay, well I haven't been a very good blogger as of late. As you know, I had a baby a month ago and since then my life has been crazy hectic. She's a great baby, however, everything else in my life has required a lot more of my time and attention...plus the caring for her. I've had good days and bad, all of which were blog-worthy I'm sure...yet I haven't. I started reading a new blog which is FANTASTIC. It's great and has given me several ideas for posts...so I'll leave it to the reader(s) (ha) what would you like to see posts on?!??

To close out this post I'll share a recently found recipe that was a family FAVE!!

Annie's Quasi Venison Cordon Bleu

Cube steaks (or round steaks that you've beat incredibly thin, doesn't have to be vension, use beef if you wish)
Egg
Milk
Flour
Breadcrumbs
Swiss Cheese
Toothpicks, optional
Yummy seasonings
Oil

Okay so ya take a steak place an appropriate size piece of swiss on it...fold to cover it (I had to tear my cheese in half..). Being very talented like, take the folded meat and dip in flour, flip to coat well. Be careful or you'll lose the cheese! Throw that little puppy in a egg/milk mixture (heres where the toothpicks may have been handy, hindsight is 20/20). I would have skewered the meat closed with a tooth pick rather than get my fingers all covered in gunk...but not necessary. SO! You've got the meat floured, dipped in the milk/egg, NOW dredge it seasoned breadcrumbs. I put some crushed red pepper flakes in my breadcrumbs with some other seasonings, use your IMAGINATION (in the SpongeBob voice while imagining I'm drawing a rainbow in the air...) Okay, so at this point you've coated the meat...then if you're like me, you forgot to preheat the skillet and oil...SHIT...just put the meat on a plate and stick it in the freezer for a bit while the pan heats...(helps keep the breading on while frying learned this with fried chicken hehe). Go ahead and preheat the oven to 400 while you're on a roll. Once the pan is at optimal temperature for frying thus things...don't be shy, throw 'em in. Brown 'em nice and pretty and flip 'em over until that side is nice and pretty...pull them out of the skillet and put them in a baking dish and stick them in a 400 degree oven overed in foil, to get the insides cooked through and melt the yummy cheese. This would be the prime opportunity to make GRAVY! Hurray, everyone loves gravy!
I, however, did not make gravy the first time I did this...your choice. I served with seasoned garlic mashed taters and green beans.

I was kind of skeptical about this recipe, but was desperate to find new recipes for cube steaks (being we have a shit ton of them in the freezer)...this is a family fave now and has been requested again! Let me know whatcha think!

FYI: My little sis is engaged!!!! Hurray. Her and Colby are stopping by tonight to drop off Halloween "Tandy" for the kids :) :)