Vietnamese Steak with Mushrooms and Mint-Cilantro Mojo

Time: 1 hour
Serves: 4

Ingredients
Sauce:
1/4 cup chopped green onions
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 & 1/2 Tbsp. chopped peeled fresh ginger
1 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 Tbsp. sesame oil
1 Tbsp. honey
1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 garlic clove

Mojo:
1/2 cup cilantro leaves
1/2 cup mint leaves
3 Tbsp. water
1 Tbsp. olive oil
1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
1 garlic clove

Other ingredients:
1 package baby bella mushrooms (or 2 portobello mushroom caps, gill removed, sliced)
1 lb. green beans, trimmed
1 lb. boneless beef shoulder steak

Directions

Combine all sauce ingredients in a food processor and process until smooth. Place in a small bowl.

Place all mojo ingredients in a food processor and process until smooth. Place in a small bowl.

Steam green beans 3 minutes or until tender, keep warm.

Heat a nonstick grill pan over medium high heat. Spray with cooking spray. Add steak and cook 2 minutes on each side.

Remove from pan and slice into thin slices, across grain. Toss mushrooms with half of sauce, add to pan and cook 1 minute.

Remove mushrooms from pan. Return steak to pan and cook 2 minutes, or until desired doneness. 

Drizzle steak with remaining sauce. Arrange steak, green beans and mushrooms on a plate and serve with Mojo.

Enjoy!

Recipe adapted from "The Best of Cooking Light"

Smothered Pork Chops

Total time: 30 minutes
Serves: 6

Ingredients
6 boneless pork loin chops
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 (8 oz.) package sliced mushrooms
1 (10 & 3/4 oz.) can condensed cream of mushroom soup (98% fat free)
1/4 cup water
1/2 tsp. soy sauce
1/4 tsp. sage (or thyme)
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/2 cup fat free sour cream

Directions

Spray a large skillet with nonstick cooking spray and heat over medium high heat. Cook pork chops for 4 minutes on each side.

Remove pork chops and set aside. In the same skillet, cook onions and mushrooms for 3 minutes, stirring.

Stir in soup, water, soy sauce, sage and pepper. Heat to boiling. Return pork to skillet and cover with sauce. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 12-15 minutes, turning pork chops occasionally, until cooked through.

Stir in sour cream. Stir until hot. 

Enjoy!

Very hearty and filling!

Recipe adapted from eatbetteramerica.com

Tomato Turkey Stew with Gremolata

Total time: 50 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients
Stew:
1 Tbsp. olive oil (Can use 2 Tbsp.)
6 green onion, chopped
2 medium carrots, chopped
2 cloves of garlic, minced
21 celery stalk, thinly sliced
1 Tbsp. grated lemon peel
1 lb. ground turkey (can use 1 lb. boneless skinless turkey breast cut into cubes)
1 (14.5 oz.) can diced tomatoes
1 cup white wine
juice of 1 lemon
1 tsp. Italian seasoning
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
Gremolata:
1 Tbsp. finely chopped parsley
1 tsp. grated lemon peel
1 clove of garlic, minced
1/2 tsp. salt

Directions

In a Dutch oven, heat oil over medium high heat. Add green onions, carrots, garlic, celery and lemon peel. Cook and stir for 2 minutes. Add turkey, cook 10 minutes, until browned.

Add tomatoes (with juice), wine, lemon juice, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat; Cover and simmer 10 minutes. Uncover and Simmer 10 minutes longer or until sauce thickens.

To make gremolata, combine parsley, lemon peel, garlic and salt. 

Sprinkle over each serving of stew.

Enjoy!

I really like the combination of flavors, especially the wine with the lemon!

Recipe adapted from eatbetteramerica.com

Thai Chicken with Basil

Total time: 20 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cubed
1 Tbsp. canola oil
3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
1 Tbsp. soy sauce (or fish sauce)
1 tsp. sugar (I used Splenda)
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil leaves
1 Tbsp. chopped fresh mint leaves
1 Tbsp. chopped unsalted roasted peanuts

Directions

Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Cook chicken garlic and chiles for 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until chicken is cooked through.

Stir in soy sauce and sugar. Sprinkle with basil, mint and peanuts.

I served with shelled edamame over brown rice.

Enjoy!

Recipe adapted from eatbetteramerica.com

Greek-Style Beef with Mint Cucumber Sauce

Total time: 35 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients
1 container (6-8 oz.) Greek plain yogurt
1/4 cup coarsely chopped, unpeeled cucumber
1 Tbsp. finely chopped red onion
1 Tbsp. snipped fresh mint
1/4 tsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 lb. boneless beef sirloin steak
1/2 tsp. Greek seasoning

Directions

For sauce, combine yogurt, cucumber, red onion, mint, sugar, salt and pepper. Set aside. 

Sprinkle steak with Greek seasoning. Grill steak until desired doneness. (145 F for medium-rare, 160 F for medium).

Slice steak and serve with sauce. 

Served here with a Greek salad and Greek potatoes.

 Enjoy!

Sauce is delicious! I was eating it on everything. The sauce and steak would be good served in a pita.

Recipe adapted from eatbetteramerica.com

Sicilian Rotelle

Total time: 30 minutes
Serves: 6

Ingredients
4 cups (about 12 oz.) uncooked rotelle (or other spiral pasta)
1 Tbsp. olive oil
1 tsp. dried basil (or 1 Tbsp. chopped fresh basil)
1 tsp. pepper
2 cups julienne (matchstick) carrots
1 medium red or yellow bell pepper, cut into strips
1 (15 oz.) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
1 (15 oz.) can tomato sauce
1 (14 oz.) can artichoke hearts, quartered
Fresh grated Parmesan cheese (optional)

Directions

Cook and drain pasta according to package instructions.

In a large, nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium high heat. Add basil, pepper, carrots and bell pepper; cook 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. 

Stir in pasta, beans, tomato sauce and artichokes. Cook 5 minutes, stirring.

Sprinkle with cheese and enjoy!

I really enjoyed this dish. The beans really make up for not having any meat. 

Recipe adapted from eatbetteramerica.com

Zesty Mexican Soup

Total time: 30 minutes
Serves: 6

Ingredients
2 cups cubed cooked chicken
1 can (14 oz.) chicken broth
1 can (11.5 oz.) vegetable juice or tomato juice cocktail
1 can (15.5 oz.) corn, drained
1 cup salsa
1 can (4.5 oz.) diced green chiles
1/4 cup fresh cilantro

Directions

In a 3 qt. saucepan, mix all ingredients except cilantro. Heat to boiling over medium high heat.

Reduce heat to low and simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. 

Stir in cilantro. 

Serve with cheese or sour cream. Enjoy!

This is a very simple dish with a lot of flavor!

Nutritional Information per 1 cup serving

Calories: 190

Fat: 4 g

Carbs: 22 g

Protein: 16 g

Fiber: 2 g

Recipe adapted from eatbetteramerica.com