Healthy low calorie recipes

Everyone that is motivated to lose weight or become healthier always hits a barrier when it comes to making and eating meals that are low in calories and healthy but taste good and are relatively easy to make.

Low Calorie Recipes - Grilled Steak and Vegetable Salad - Ingredients

You will need one and a half pounds of flank beef steak that has been trimmed and scored, a medium onion which is cut up, six tomatoes preferably Italian plum, four cooked ears corn cut up and one green pepper that is sliced. For the vinaigrette you will need a third of a cup of red wine vinegar, a quarter cup of water, three table spoons of olive oil, two table spoons of lemon juice, two table spoons of NutraSweet, two minced cloves of garlic, one tea spoon of dried up rosemary leaves, half a tea spoon of dried up thyme leaves, one tea spoon of dried up oregano leaves, one tea spoon of dried up basil leaves, half a tea spoon of salt, and quarter a tea spoon of pepper.

Grilled Steak and Vegetable Salad - Directions

Firstly you need to mix together all the vinaigrette ingredients and place in a jar that has a cover so you can shake it. Now you can grill the steak for around twenty minutes, when it is cooked slice the steak diagonally. Put the vegetable and the meat together and pour the vinaigrette over it and allow to chill for at least seven hours.

Low Calorie Recipes - Grilled Flank Steak

You will need quarter a cup of soy sauce, two table spoons of fennel seed, one table spoon of ginger, one tea spoon of chili powder, the zest of a lemon, two cloves of garlic, one and a half pounds of flank steak. You will need to use a food processor for the spices, soy sauce, garlic and the zest of the lemon. Once it is all combined you can pour it into a plastic bag. Now you can trim the fat from the steak and put it into the bag to allow it to marinate in the mixture for several hours. After which time you can rinse the meat and grill, allow it to rest for five minutes and cut it in diagonal strips. This dish can be combines with whatever you like really from rice to new potatoes or a small jacket potato.