It’s my favorite holiday of the year, Christmas! And to celebrate this beautiful and joyous time of the year I wanted to prepare a very special meal-braised beef short ribs with red wine. This is one of those meals where your home is infused with the aromatic smell of beef cooking in the oven for…
Category: Beef
Spicy Beef Tacos & Tomatillo Salsa Verde
If you want a healthy and nutritious meal that has a nice kick to it, this is your recipe. But patience is the virtue here. You will have to slowly braise the meat for 3 hours, so make some time and watch a movie while this sends an amazing, mouthwatering aroma into your home. Beef…
Rosemary Garlic Ribeye Steak
Steak! Who doesn’t love a nice, melt-in-your-mouth good piece of steak? Just the smell of steak being cooked, either on the grill or on the stove, makes me take in a nice long breath of enjoyment. We hear so often that steak is not good for us, but actually, just like anything else in moderation,…
New York Strip Steak with Rosemary Garlic Butter
New York strip steak is so effortless to prepare. It has such great taste that you only need a few ingredients to make it “melt in your mouth” delicious! There is much controversy about eating red meat, although as with everything else, in moderation, actually it is good for you. A 3 ounce (85 grams…
Beef Tenderloin with Portabello Mushrooms served on a bed of Arugula
This post is for all of my friends who have requested a “Meat” meal. This one is about as “meaty” as I can think of, and delicious! I enjoy beef tenderloin the most. It has delicious flavor and is very tender. You really don’t need to eat a whole lot because it is so satisfying….
Torre Annunziata Pasta with Organic Yellow Tomatoes, Ground Beef and Parmesan
Today was a very busy, although very enjoyable day, so the last thing I wanted to deal with was a complicated dish that would also create much heat in the kitchen. I knew I wanted some type of meat dish and then I thought, hmm, pasta would go well with some ground beef. I already…
Grass Fed, Organic Burger
I enjoy eating beef on occasion, especially when it’s in the form of a cheeseburger, Who says eating beef cannot be healthy? This is organic, grass fed beef. The ONLY type anyone should be eating. Why? Well it is not only low in saturated fat, NO SUGAR (the real killer), high in protein,…
Asian Marinated Flank Steak
Flank steak is a very lean and reasonably low in calories cut of beef because it is cut from the long muscle along the belly of the cow. A 3 ounce serving has only 7 grams of fat, about 24 grams of protein and about 157 calories and no carbohydrates. That’s pretty good for…
Beef Tenderloin Shish Kabobs
Who says you need a barbecue grill and the summer to make a delicious grilled shish kabob? Just put on some summer music and turn on your stove. It’s February and the temperature was around 54 degrees today. It made me think of summer, barbecues, swimming, the ocean and so I wanted to make a…
Yvette’s Empanadas
Yvette’s Empanadas are a mix of Spanish and Italian recipe. I used empanada store bought round disc dough and used an Italian beef filling with a tomato sauce for dipping. This makes a great Hors d’oeuvre or a dinner. You can make these ahead of time and then freeze them, them heat them in the oven…
Grilled Flank Steak With Salsa Verde
If you are looking for a lean cut of beef, you need to try some flank steak. This is a very low fat, high flavor meat. You just need to provide some sort of marinade to make it very tender because of the lack of fat. A 3 ounce serving has a mere 160 calories…
No-Bun Cheeseburger
Cheeseburgers are my comfort food! They are so fulfilling, satisfying and taste amazing! When I eat a burger I usually opt out for the bun and prepare either potato fries or sweet potato fries, that way I can really enjoy the flavors of the burger without all of those carbs. I purchase a grass fed,…
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