I have a relatively new obsession with tomatoes. I find I can eat one like an apple, or in deconstructed “salads” with green beans and various cheeses. I cook with them, add them to sauteed vegetables and suck wedges dry like Bunnicula. This isn’t even a fancy tomato-based recipe – but I built the entire meal around the fresh tomatoes we bought tonight so I’d be remiss if I didn’t give credit where credit is due.
I started with a couple of inexpensive steaks on the grill. I want to emphasize the inexpensive part over the steak part because any real steak lover would probably be appalled that I’m even calling these steaks.
Moving on, I threw a bunch of sliced portabella mushrooms onto the stovetop. No oil but I did use a bit of cooking spray just to prevent that annoying stick-thing mushrooms do. I happen to prefer my mushrooms slightly under-cooked even though the general rule is to lightly saute until you “get the water out”. I waited until they’d browned somewhat and went ahead and added the spinach.
I know what you’re thinking. That’s a heckuva lot of spinach. But the volume takes a significant hit due to the heat.
Remember that when you’re eating it, though. That’s still a lot of spinach in your belly!
Time for the tomatoes. Aren’t they beautiful? I mean, for winter tomatoes. From a grocery store. Probably grown in South America. But still! Tomatoes!
But I haven’t even gotten to the best part. It’s not the tomatoes after all. It’s the dressing. Oh my god, the dressing.
I am about to reveal something that will change your dressing consumption forever. Bolthouse Farms Yogurt Dressing. 50 calories for 2 tablespoons. Two delicious tablespoons. It’s in the produce section. It’s refrigerated.
Study this bottle. Study it! Don’t get the ranch – it’s fine, really. But it’s 70 calories and it’s just not as spectacular. Don’t even try any of the other many flavors. Just get the blue cheese. Life. Changing.
Nutritional content for 4 ounces steak with wilted spinach, mushrooms, tomatoes and the dressing, approximate: 432 calories, 23.9 grams fat, 8.7 grams saturated fat, 104.1mg cholesterol, 365.1mg sodium, 15.8 grams carbohydrates, 8.2 grams fiber, 3.4 grams sugar, 41.5 grams protein.
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Looks super. I would prefer milder (and locally grown) common white mushroom.
I’ll be trying this with my mushrooms tomorrow night and yours the next, I think. For science!
my husband loves that dressing as well. we do something similar, minus the meat..yum!
Ohmigod. Yum! Can you, like, be my wife?! Or, at least, surprise me with beautiful dinners like this two to three times a week when I get home from work?
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