Meat and Sides
One reason I prefer to get small, thin-sliced steaks -- AKA breakfast steaks -- is because beef is a good source of B vitamins, but B vitamins are water soluble so they can be cooked off. Thin-sliced steaks cook quickly, helping to preserve the nutrient content.
If you are new to cooking, remember my son's epiphany when he was about thirteen or fourteen and I taught him to make baked chicken:
If you don't know how to cook or don't cook well, focus on learning to do ONE thing well, such as breakfast steaks. Don't overwhelm yourself with trying to make a four course meal or some such.
But that doesn't mean you have to eat just a pile of steak all by itself for dinner. You can pair it with bagged salad, fresh bread from the bakery, deli sides or other carbs and veggies to go, such as fried rice and veggies from an Asian place.
If you want a break from cooking entirely one night -- or need a meal under circumstances where you can't cook -- you can grab a rottisserie chicken for your meat item and then pair it with deli sides or fresh baked bread from the bakery, etc.
Once you get comfortable making the steaks, you can start learning to make sides to go with it. An easy place to start: Upgrade your bagged salad to homemade salad by buying fresh lettuce and other veggies and begin learning to wash and chop veggies. No cooking required.
After you are comfortable handling vegetable prep, you can learn to peel and chop potatoes. Freshly made pan-fried potatoes go well with steak and are an easy addition to a meal where you are already using a pan to make the steaks. This can also be done on a George Foreman Grill.
If you are new to cooking, remember my son's epiphany when he was about thirteen or fourteen and I taught him to make baked chicken:
Cooking is just heating food!Before that, he was terrified of the idea of learning to cook. Afterwards, he slowly took over the family cooking.
If you don't know how to cook or don't cook well, focus on learning to do ONE thing well, such as breakfast steaks. Don't overwhelm yourself with trying to make a four course meal or some such.
But that doesn't mean you have to eat just a pile of steak all by itself for dinner. You can pair it with bagged salad, fresh bread from the bakery, deli sides or other carbs and veggies to go, such as fried rice and veggies from an Asian place.
If you want a break from cooking entirely one night -- or need a meal under circumstances where you can't cook -- you can grab a rottisserie chicken for your meat item and then pair it with deli sides or fresh baked bread from the bakery, etc.
Once you get comfortable making the steaks, you can start learning to make sides to go with it. An easy place to start: Upgrade your bagged salad to homemade salad by buying fresh lettuce and other veggies and begin learning to wash and chop veggies. No cooking required.
After you are comfortable handling vegetable prep, you can learn to peel and chop potatoes. Freshly made pan-fried potatoes go well with steak and are an easy addition to a meal where you are already using a pan to make the steaks. This can also be done on a George Foreman Grill.
