Tasty Tuesday: Grilled Steak and Vegetable Salad

Do you have leftovers from Valentine’s Day that you don’t know what to do with? If so, this #TastyTuesday recipe is just what you need. Say “so long” to leftovers and “hello” to a healthy, family meal. Easy, delicious, beef, it's what's for dinner. 

Grilled Steak and Vegetable Salad

Total Recipe Time: 30 to 35 minutes
Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

• 2 beef Strip Steaks Boneless, cut 3/4 inch thick (about 8oz each)
• 1 medium sweet potato, cut into 1/2-inch thick slices
• 3 different vegetables such as zucchini, yellow squash, asparagus, eggplant, red onion, red and yellow bell pepper or Romaine lettuce, cut lengthwise into quarters
• 1/2 cup reduced-fat dressing or vinaigrette, such as Italian, noncreamy Caesar or red wine vinegar, divided
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Instructions

1. Toss potato and vegetables with 1/4 cup dressing; set aside. Rub beef Steaks with garlic and pepper. 
2. Place steaks on grid over medium, ash-covered coals. Arrange vegetables around steaks. Grill steaks, covered, 7 to 10 minutes (over medium heat on preheated gas grill time remains the same) for medium rare (145°F) to medium (160°F) doneness, turning occasionally. Grill lettuce and asparagus 2 to 4 minutes; grill other vegetables 11 to 15 minutes or until crisp-tender, turning occasionally.
3. Carve steaks and vegetables into bite-sized pieces. Combine beef, vegetables and remaining 1/4 cup dressing in large bowl; toss to coat. Season with salt and pepper, as desired.

Tasty Tuesday- Greek Bowl

Greek food has taken the United States by storm. In the past five years, it's popularity has increased exponentially, and that's because a Greek diet goes hand-in-hand with a a healthy diet. Conveniently for those of you who enjoy beef in your lifestyle, one of the prime ingredients in Greek food is red meat. 

Bowls With Balance- Greek

Today's #Tasty Tuesday features both Greek food and our favorite protein, beef. Nestled in a balanced, Greek-inspired bowl is a great lean cut of beef, Strip Steak. Get this recipe and more like it at Beef, It's What's For Dinner. 

Bowls With Balance- Greek

Total Recipe Time: 25 minutes

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

• 2 beef Strip Steak Boneless, 1 inch thick (about 8 ounces each)
• 2 medium zucchini, cut lengthwise in half
• 2 medium red bell pepper, cut into quarters
• 1/2 cup non fat Greek yogurt
• 1/4 cup diced cucumber
• 1/4 cup lemon juice, divided
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups cooked quinoa
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 1/2 cup reduced fat feta cheese
• 1/3 cup sliced olives

Instructions

1. Place steaks on grid over medium, ash-covered coals. Grill, covered, 11-14 minutes (over medium heat on preheated gas grill, 11 to 15 minutes) for medium rare (145F) to medium (160F) doneness, turning occasionally.
2. Place zucchini and peppers on the grill. Grill Zucchini covered for 7 to 10 minutes and peppers covered for 11 to 14 minutes.
3. While steaks and vegetables are cooking, combine Greek yogurt, cucumber, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, and salt to make Tzatziki sauce. Dress quinoa with the remaining lemon juice and parsley. Divide quinoa equally among four bowls.
4. Slice steaks into thin slices. Chop zucchini and peppers into bite-sized pieces. Divide steak and vegetables evenly over the quinoa in each of the bowls. Garnish with olives and feta and finish with a dollop of Tzatziki. Season with salt and pepper as desired.

Beef Fact Friday: BOLD Reasons to Eat Lean Beef

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The 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends lean beef as part of a healthy lifestyle! With that in mind, allow lean beef to help you power through your day while sticking to your New Year resolution for better overall eating and fitness. Here are four bold reasons why lean beef supports your New Year resolutions for today’s #BeefFactFriday.

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4 BOLD Reasons Lean Beef Supports Your New Year’s Resolutions

When planning and implementing your New Year’s Resolutions for this year it’s important to stack the deck in your favor, to increase the likelihood of your success. Many have found great success enjoying beef as a top source of lean protein and essential nutrients. Here are 4 BOLD reasons to include lean beef (and its many benefits) in your diet in 2016 and beyond!
Lean beef satisfies a heart healthy diet

Multiple research papers published from Penn State University Clinical Nutrition Research Center on the BOLD (Beef in an Optimal Lean Diet) study have shown that a heart healthy diet, including lean beef daily, leads to simultaneous reductions in a variety of risk factors for heart disease including total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol (often called ‘bad cholesterol’), and blood pressure.
Today’s beef is a satisfying lean protein choice to support your weight loss goals

Protein plays an extremely important role in weight loss, and lean beef is equipped to provide you all the research-proven benefits. Research shows that protein rich food like lean beef may help increase feelings of fullness and control cravings, while also packing the ideal levels of a key compound called leucine, which helps your body build calorie burning muscle.
Lean beef is packed with nutrients you need, not excessive calories that you don’t

Calorie for calorie, it is hard to beat all the nutrients you get from a single serving of lean beef. When you are watching and reducing your calorie intake to aid in your weight loss efforts, it can be hard to get all the nutrients that your body needs to stay nourished and energized. Just a 3oz serving of lean beef contains more than 10% of your daily needs of all these essential nutrients – protein (50%), zinc (39%), vitamin B12 (37%), selenium (24%), phosphorus (20%), niacin (18%), Vitamin B6 (16%), iron (14%), riboflavin (12%). With so many flavorful ways to prepare lean beef, you can keep your diet exciting and fresh

A major downfall of “healthy diets” is the doom and gloom associated with their bland menus. Lean beef brings the variety and flavors that you love with the health punch your body needs. Don’t relinquish your taste buds to bland proteins and steamed vegetables when you can enjoy dishes like beef chili, fajitas, and sweet potato hash.

Tasty Tuesday: Mediterranean Beef Pitas with Yogurt-Cucumber Sauce

Get your lean beef, veggies and Mediterranean fix with this

#TastyTuesday recipe for Mediterranean Beef Pitas with Yogurt-Cucumber Sauce. It’s a light, delicious way to follow your New Year resolutions and #LiveAFlavorfulLife. This recipe not only would make a delicious dinnertime meal, but it's lightness would go great for your lunch hour, too! That's a win-win. Get additional information and nutrition facts at Beef It's What's For Dinner. 

Mediterranean Beef Pitas with Yogurt-Cucumber Sauce

Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

• 1-1/2 pounds Top Round Steak, cut 1 inch thick
• 1-1/2 cups nonfat plain Greek or regular yogurt
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 medium cucumber
• Salt and pepper
• 6 white or whole wheat pita breads
• 3/4 cup plain or seasoned hummus
• 10 cherry tomatoes, quartered or 1 cup grape tomatoes, halved
• 1/3 cup halved Kalamata olives
• 3 tablespoons crumbled feta cheese

Instructions

1. Combine yogurt, lemon juice and garlic in medium bowl. Place beef steak and 3/4 cup yogurt mixture in food-safe plastic bag; turn steak to coat. Close bag securely and marinate in refrigerator 6 hours or as long as overnight.
2. Meanwhile, cut cucumber in half lengthwise; cut one half crosswise into 1/4-inch slices and reserve. Chop remaining cucumber half into 1/4-inch pieces. Add chopped cucumber to remaining yogurt mixture; season with salt, as desired. Cover and refrigerate.
3. Remove steaks from marinade; discard marinade. Place steak on rack of broiler pan so surface of beef is 2 to 3 inches from heat. Broil 13 to 18 minutes for medium rare (145°F) doneness, turning once. (Do not overcook.) Carve steak into thin slices. Season with salt and pepper, as desired.
4. Spread pitas with hummus. Evenly top with sliced cucumbers, tomatoes and steak slices. Sprinkle with olives and feta cheese. Serve with reserved yogurt mixture.

Tasty Tuesday: Layered Beef Salad On-The-Go

The New Year is a time for resolutions. Those resolutions often revolve around improving your health and fitness, kicking bad habits or mending/strengthening relationships. Well our challenge to you is to embrace all three of those categories with one grocery item- lean beef! It can help improve your health, power your fitness, kick unhealthy eating habits with great taste and bring families around the dinner table. That sounds like a recipe for a flavorful life, and that's what lean beef can offer you this New Year! 

Don't leave those resolutions behind when you head back to school or work! Take them with you with this week's #TastyTuesday recipe for Layered Beef Salad On-The-Go! It's healthy, delicious and mobile! New Year. New You. Lean Beef.

Get all the information from Beef It's What's For Dinner.

Layered Beef Salad On-The-Go

Total Recipe Time: 15 to 20 minutes
Makes 1 serving

Ingredients

• 3 ounces cooked lean beef (such as Top Sirloin Steak, Strip Steak, Tenderloin Steak or Flank Steak), cut into slices
• 3 cups mixed salad greens or chopped romaine lettuce
• 1/2 cup assorted vegetables (such as shredded carrots, sliced cucumber, grape tomatoes, sliced radish, sugar snap peas)
• 1/4 cup cooked small pasta, rinsed drained chickpeas or Great Northern beans

Dressing:

• 1/4 cup Greek or plain nonfat yogurt
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon chipotle pepper sauce
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cumin
• 2 teaspoons orange juice
• 1/8 teaspoon salt

Instructions

1. Combine dressing ingredients in bottom of medium container or small bowl with lid.
2. Layer salad greens, vegetables, pasta or beans and beef on top of dressing. Close lid securely or cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap; refrigerate until ready to use.
3. Before serving, shake covered container to coat salad well.

Tasty Tuesday: Smoky Round Roast with Garlic Kale

‘Tis the season for roasting #BEEF and this #TastyTuesday recipe is the perfect way to celebrate! Smoky round raost and garlic kale sounds like a nutritious and delicious meal for any family, any time

of the year...especially this time! Bring your family together around the table to celebrate this holiday season with your favorite protein, beef! Merry Christmas and Eat Beef! 

Smoky Round Roast and Garlic Kale

Total Recipe Time: 1-3/4 to 2 hours
Makes 8 to 12 servings

Ingredients

• 1 beef Eye of Round Roast (2 to 3 pounds)
• 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons chili powder
• 1-1/2 pounds kale, cut lengthwise in half, then crosswise into 1-inch pieces (about 24 cups)
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Additional salt

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 325°F. Combine 1 tablespoon oil, paprika, sugar and chili powder in a small bowl. Press mixture evenly onto beef roast.
2. Place roast on rack in shallow roasting pan. Insert ovenproof meat thermometer so tip is centered in thickest part of beef. Do not add water or cover. Roast in 325°F oven 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours for medium rare doneness.
3. Meanwhile, heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil in large skillet over medium heat until hot. Add garlic and red pepper; cook 30 to 45 seconds or until garlic is fragrant, stirring frequently. Add kale in batches, if necessary; cook and stir about 2 minutes or until leaves are wilted. Add water; cover and cook 3 to 5 minutes or until stems are tender. Season with salt.
4. Remove roast when meat thermometer registers 135°F. Transfer to carving board; tent loosely with aluminum foil. Let stand 15 to 20 minutes. (Temperature will continue to rise about 10°F to reach 145°F for medium rare.)
5. Carve roast into thin slices; season with salt and pepper as desired. Serve with kale.

Movie Monday- Antibiotic Free Labels

All beef is antibiotic free! 

American farmers and ranchers take the use of antibiotics very seriously. They are minimalists when it comes to antibiotic use in cattle, and they believe that using antibiotics should be done in a manner that harvests good animal husbandry and welfare. America is home to the world's safest, most wholesome and nutritious beef supply in the world! ALL meat you buy and eat in the U.S. is already antibiotic-free! Understand why with today’s #MovieMonday. 

"By strategically using these drugs, farmers ensure that only meat from healthy animals eventually makes it to your plate. In fact, there's no scientific evidence that the meat labeled 'antibiotic free' is any healthier." 

- Dr. Joseph Perrone

Beef Fact Friday: Got Ground Beef?

It's no secret that planning meals is sometimes a no-fun, not-simple task! It's hard to please everybody in your family with every meal, but you can't go wrong with a meal made from a pound of Ground Beef. It's easy, versatile, tastes great and is packed with nutrients that will keep your family strong and healthy!

This week’s #BeefFactFriday is lighter on the fact and heavier on the beef! It provides 25 easy and delicious meals you can make with one pound of Ground Beef! Stews, popovers, skillet meals and more…you’re sure to have your family running back for seconds, and by serving #BEEF, you can also be sure that you’re serving a nutritious meal! Get some ideas with the awesome Buzzfeed article below and #LiveAFlavorfulLife!

      

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