Pioneer/Pirate Project: Marlboro Man’s Favorite Sandwich

A few of my readers and I are cooking our way through Ree Drummond’s book, The Pioneer Woman Cooks, one recipe at a time.  Feel free to join in at any time.  The next assignment is at the end of this post.

(Oops…sorry…that pic is a bit blurry!)

I thought this sandwich would make a nice little Father’s Day meal, but wouldn’t you know our weekend was too busy to even think of cooking anything.  So I made these last night for a post-Father Day’s surprise.

And Big D loved them!

Actually, everyone did.  I guess you don’t have to be a man to enjoy this sandwich.  Paired with a nice fruit salad, it was a perfect summer supper.

I didn’t do anything different to the recipe, except that the buns I bought were a good bit smaller than the ones shown in the book.  I do think her suggestion of adding sliced mozzarella cheese would be nice.  I also like the mushroom idea, but I’d be the only one eating them if I did that.  I thought her use of butter was a little bit excessive.  I think next time I will replace the butter for cooking the meat with olive oil and not add any at all to the sauce.

Overall, this was a good recipe…one I will definitely make and serve again!

Did anyone else try this one out?  How did it go for you?  Did your family and/or friends love it as much as we did?

For our next recipe, let’s hop over to the Supper section of the book and make PW’s Creamy Mashed Potatoes, which can be found on pp. 146-148.  These are also on her website here.  Let’s make them by Monday, July 5 .  Start dieting now, people.  I’m sure the fat grams for this recipe are through the roof.

Happy mashing!