Happy whatever days this recipe is for! Im secretly supposed to be studying, but you all are more important than politics100
Last night, the boyfriend and I made one of the best throw-together meals We’ve had in a long time. Pan fried steaks with white wine and cherry tomato sauce, and roasted potatoes and green peppers. Sounds hard? Well, lets put it this way. It took about 45 minutes to have dinner on the table with about 10 ingredients and costs under 10 dollars. umm YUM!?
We used pan fry steaks for this recipe, they are inexpensive ( i paid 3.50 for 4 huge steaks), and are the butchers choice of meat. Its very lean, and cook very quickly. Watch for the potatoes, they will take atleast 45 minutes on 400 F
Steaks with White wine and Cherry tomatoes, and Roasted Veg
2lrg Potatos, cut into small-ish chunks ( the smaller they are, the faster they cook. however, don’t make them too tiny. about the size of normal hash browns)
1 green pepper, cut into large chunks
4 cloves garlic, chopped (seperate them into 2-clove piles, one is for the potatoes and one is for the sauce)
3TBSP oregano
1TBSP pepper
1TSP salt
4 Pan fry steaks
1cup white wine
1/2cup cherry tomatoes
In a large bowl, combine 1/2cup olive oil with the chopped peppers, potatoes, oregano, salt, pepper and garlic. Mix well to coat evenly with spices and oil, then spread out evenly on a baking sheet and cook for 45 minutes on 400F or until they are crispy outside, and soft in the middle. Broil for last 15 minutes. In a large pan, fry steaks in a small amount of oil. Remove when cooked through, then de-glaze pan with wine. De glazing is basically getting all the yummy fried brown beef bits off the bottom of the pan to make the sauce delicious! Add the cherry tomatoes, then let simmer until the wine has evaporated by 1/4. Add the steaks back into the pan, and continue simmering until the sauce has reduced by half. Serve the sauce on top of the steaks, and the crispy spiced potatoes on the side.
4 More days till christmas!!!
WHOSE EXCITED?!?!
yum yum, might as well eat well all the way leading up to Christmas too right
liss
December 21st, 2009 at 1:51 pm
If you sub the potatoes for yams/ sweet potato then your talking healthy. Potatoes are starch filler, a fast simple absorbing carb belonging to the white bread group and white pasta group… (the ones stripped of nutrients when they are made) whereas sweet potatoes a complex carb low on the glycemic index compared to potatoes and many other non healthy substitutes. They also aid in fat loss wheres potatoes promote it. You could go a step further and change green pepper with red….but green is healthy as well so it does not really matter.
December 21st, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Thanks for the post, and the awesome idea. I don’t usually keep sweet potatoes
Also, I feel bad for the poor potato.
in the house, which is why I suggested the potato, but you’ve given me an interesting
idea
Although sweet potatoes are a healthier option, potatoes get a badreputation for being a fatty, carb-loaded side, They are still actually
quite healthy for you, promoting weight loss, just like its tuber-friend the sweet potato,and are low in saturated fats, sodium and cholesterol.
I did a little check here, check it out
http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2770/2 Potato
http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2725/2 Sweet Potato/Yam
Thanks for the comment!