Healthy and Delicious

Here is a post from my Tiemeier family blog back in January.  This is about the time I started thinking seriously about eating better.  This recipe is super easy to make and is delicious!  I've started eating the salad every day for lunch and we eat the entire meal at least once every other week.  Enjoy!

I found this recipe in People while at the gym yesterday.  Target has signed us up for the Biggest Loser at Work challenge, and while I'd love to lose 10 lbs I joined just to try and eat healthier.  This recipe is healthy (and yummy we decided!).  Super easy and fast too.

1 12 oz. boneless sirloin steak
2 1/2 T EVOO
1 clove garlic
1 tsp salt (I used sea salt, freshly ground)
1 tsp pepper
4 C arugula (I used hearts of Romain)
1/4 C thickly shaved Parmesan and/or Asiago (I used both - 2 slices each)
balsamic vinegar to taste (I used red wine vinegar)

1. Preheat oven to 400
2. heat 2 T of olive oil and garlic in a cast iron skillet over med.high heat
3. coat the meat with olive oil and season both sides with salt and pepper.
4. sear meat in hot skillet, 3 min each side.  move as little as possible.  (check meat at this point.  I only did 2 minutes a side because our meat cut was thinner)
5. using an oven mitt, transfer meat in skillet to the oven and cook until medium rare, no more than 3 minutes.
6. remove meat from oven and let rest 3-4 minutes. cut against the grain into 1/2 inch thick pieces
7. divide arugula (or romain) among 4 plates and top each with 4-5 slices of meat
8. top each plate with 2-3 cheese shavings and drizzle with olive oil and balsamic vinegar (or red whine vinegar) to taste. (I also used sea salt and pepper for the salad dressing - amazing!)

I served this with White Merlot from Beringer and it was a fantastic and healthy dinner.  Calorie count: approximately 382 calories!