Jolene's Recipe Journal

  I is for Italian Beef Sandwiches! This year I'm participating in a bi weekly challenge with some blogging friends to post recipes using all of the letters in the alphabet.  It can feature a food that begins with the letter of the week or the recipe name can contain the week's letter. We're having weird weather that keeps hovering between winter and spring. On the nicer days I want fast meals so that I can spend more time outside. I had Taste of Home's Italian Steak Sandwiches on the to-do list and decided this week was the perfect time!   Now, don't come at me saying this is not an "authentic" Italian Beef or Steak Sandwich or Chicaco Beef because it doesn't have this or does have that. It's absolutely delicious and the name comes from the recognizably Italian ingredients like oregano, basil, crushed red pepper flakes, provolone.  How'd I get my garlic so perfectly minced? I cut a bit off both ends of each clove, slipped the peel off and th