BEEF BUT HEALTHY

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Beef has been eaten since the days of the Bible, and it doesn't kill you to eat beef, vegans or vegetarians will say whatever it is to steer you away from eating beef. But beef, if you love it can be made into a healthy tasty meal, without all of the sodium and sugars.

Let's look at a good piece of t-bone, porterhouse, or New York, and using a grill, for a summer meal that will be good for you. We'll use more veggies and less starches, more good oils, herbs and spices to jack up some flavors. Get used to eating without lots of sodium cholride (salt).

Where does the good cuts come from? The best meats comes from the rib section or loin section of the cattle where the muscles aren't contracting making the meats tough. Grilling beef with the bone in adds flavor to the dish, bone does offer more flavors especially when all of the juices are coming out when grilling it.

No matter which cuts you decide to utilize, a t-bone, porter house, or New Yorkers, you may want to use this simple method or technique to get your meats flavorful without all the harsh sodium and sugars for a healthier meal.

Get some olive oil, some garlic, some parsley, some fresh ground black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, scallions, some red hot chilies. And using comon sense, just add a bit of every item listed here, and then place them in a food processor and process until smooth.

Heat up your grill to medium high heat, if you are using a gas grill, use some foil and place some wood chips inside, but soak the chips in water and cover it with foil, and place on the hot grid, it will add a smokey flavor to your meats. If you are using charcoal, the charcoal will do that automatically. Use hickory, or any fruit wood chips you can get, apple wood, cherry wood, mesquite, kiawe in Hawaii make good smoke.

After making your marinade, place your steaks in a bowl, and pour in the marinade, let the meat soak for about 30 minutes. Then grill your steaks to your liking. Try and get the steaks about an inch thick, or 3/4 inch thick, and like I said grill it to your liking. The flavors from the olive oil and herbs should add flavor to the meats, if you want, just add a dash of salt over the meat to satisfy your taste buds. But omit salt whenever possible.

Call for a healthy steak dinner at your home, dinners for 2, appetizers, entrees, desserts, special diets, hypertension. Contact me for a custom healthy meal.

Cut onions and marinate them with oil and herbs, and grill it. Steam carrots or broccoli and seam it and season it with no-sodium condiments.

Ron ronald.sambrano1@gmail.com