Meat Lite: Spring Greens and Strip Steak Salad

Name: Meat Lite: Spring Greens and Strip Steak Salad
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 142 grams baby greens (your favorite variety of the season); 3 Tbsps balsamic vinegar; 4 servings Freshly ground black pepper; 4 servings Coarse Salt; 59 milliliters extra virgin olive oil; 454 grams fingerling potatoes; 2 teaspoons honey; 2 Tbsps olive oil, divided; 2 Pink Lady apples; 1 large shallot, minced; 454 grams strip steak

Meat Lite: Spring Greens and Strip Steak Salad is a gluten free and dairy free main course. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 21% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 27g of protein, 38g of fat, and a total of 599 calories. It is perfect for valentin day. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. If you have extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, fingerling potatoes, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the extra virgin olive oil you could follow this main course with the Peach Crisp: Healthy Crisp for Breakfast as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375° F. Wash the greens well, spin or pat dry and set aside.

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Greens

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Toss the potatoes with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil.

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Olive Oil

Potato

Sprinkle with coarse salt and spread out in one layer on a baking sheet or in a glass baking dish. Roast in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until tender.

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Coarse Salt

Spread

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Glass Baking Pan

Baking Sheet

Oven

Heat the other tablespoon of olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat.

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Olive Oil

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Add the shallot and sauté until soft and fragrant, just about 1-2 minutes.

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Shallot

Remove the pan from the heat, scrape the shallots and oil into a small mixing bowl and reserve the pan.

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Shallot

Cooking Oil

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Mixing Bowl

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Add the honey and the vinegar to the warm shallots.

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Shallot

Vinegar

Honey

Whisk together and add a pinch of coarse salt and a few grinds of black pepper.

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Black Pepper

Coarse Salt

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Whisk

Whisk in the remaining olive oil to form an emulsion and set aside for the flavors to meld.

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Olive Oil

Emulsions

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Whisk

Return the sauté pan to high heat (it should still have a slight coating of oil from the shallot sauté). Season the steak with coarse salt. When the pan is just about smoking, add the meat to it. Sear the steak on one side for 3-5 minutes, or until a crisp, brown crust has formed. Flip the meat over and transfer the pan to the oven.

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Coarse Salt

Shallot

Crust

Steak

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Cooking Oil

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Oven

Frying Pan

Remove the potatoes.

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Potato

Let the meat cook in the oven for about 5-7 minutes for medium. When the meat has reached the desired doneness, remove and let rest for 5 minutes before slicing.

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Meat

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When the potatoes are just cool enough to handle, quarter them. Core and quarter the apple. Toss the warm potatoes and the apple with the greens and the vinaigrette. Slice the steak thinly and fan out on top of the salad. Season with additional salt and pepper to taste.

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Salt And Pepper