Tasty Tuesday: Lean Beef Fajitas

We think this #TastyTuesday should be a #TacoTuesday kind of

meal! It’s easy to serve healthy, flavorful fajitas when lean beef is the centerpiece! Flank steak is perfect for fajitas because it’s a great cut to marinate before grilling, and it is best served sliced thinly. Flank steak is also one of the 38 lean cuts of beef available at the meat case! Grab this recipe for Fajitas with Pico De Gallo and #LiveAFlavorfulLife.

Find out more about this recipe at Beef, It's What's for Dinner. 

Quick Beef Fajitas with Pico De Gallo

25 minutes

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 beef Flank Steak (about 1-1/2 pounds)
• 8 medium flour tortillas, warmed

Marinade:

• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 2 cloves garlic, minced

Pico de Gallo:

• 1/2 cup chopped seeded tomato
• 1/2 cup diced zucchini
• 1/4 chopped fresh cilantro
• 1/4 cup prepared picante sauce or salsa
• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice

Instructions

1. Combine marinade ingredients in small bowl. Place beef steak and marinade in food-safe plastic bag; turn to coat. Close bag securely and marinate in refrigerator 6 hours or as long as overnight, turning occasionally.
2. Combine Pico de Gallo ingredients in medium bowl.
3. Remove steak; discard marinade. Place steak on grid over medium, ash-covered coals. Grill, covered, 11 to 16 minutes (over medium heat on preheated gas grill, 16 to 21 minutes) for medium rare (145°F) to medium (160°F) doneness, turning occasionally. Carve across the grain into thin slices. Serve in tortillas with Pico de Gallo.

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.

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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.