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Quick Meals Planner: Thursday Comfort Food

Marinated Skirt Steak | Panzanella Salad | Flame Roasted Asparagus

Marinated Skirt Steak

Recipe Summary
Complexity:Easy
Serves:4
Category:Easy Recipes I Can Cook
Meal:Thursday Comfort Food (Quick Meals Planner)
2Tboil, olive
1tspsalt and pepper to taste
1Tbvinegar, red wine
1Tbgarlic, chopped
1.5lbskirt steak
 

Combine the first 4 ingredients, pour over steak and marinate for 20- 30 minutes. Grill over hot grill or stove for 5 minutes then turn over and grill for 2 more minutes. Remove from heat and let the steak rest for 10 minutes. Slice thinly on the bias (across the grain) and serve.

Panzanella Salad

Recipe Summary
Complexity:Easy
Serves:4
Category:Salad
Meal:Thursday Comfort Food (Quick Meals Planner)
6slicesbread, Italian
3clovesgarlic, chopped
116 oz cantomatoes, diced
0.25smallonion, red
2Tboil, olive
3Tbvinegar, red wine
1Tbcapers
1smallsquash. yellow
2Tbcilantro, chopped
2Tbcheese, Romano, grated
1pinchsalt and pepper to taste
 

Slice bread in ¾” slices, then into cubes. Place in bowl, add tomatoes, thinly sliced onion, capers, and garlic. Dice yellow squash and add to bowl. Add oil, vinegar, romano cheese, cilantro and salt and pepper to taste. Let sit for 15 minutes before serving.

Flame Roasted Asparagus

Recipe Summary
Complexity:Easy
Serves:4
Category:Vegetables
Meal:Thursday Comfort Food (Quick Meals Planner)
2Tboil, olive
1.5lbasparagus
0.5tspsalt and pepper to taste
1ozcheese, Romano
 

Cut bottom 1 -1 1/2 inch off of stem. Peel, yes I said peel the asparagus. Place in bowl, add oil and salt and pepper. Toss, retain bowl.
On a very hot grill, place asparagus crosswise to grill. Grill for 3 minutes. Remove and place back in bowl, toss with oil remaining in bowl. With a vegetable peeler shave the romano cheese over the top and serve.

Can be made in grill pan on stove top, cook for 4 minutes.

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