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Stuffed Sirloin Steak

Stuffed Thin Sirloin Steak

Thin Sirloin Steak filled with vegetable of choice! May be grilled or prepared in skillet. Serves 4

  • Choose 2-3 vegetables: peppers, beans, carrots, mushrooms, asparagus, *arugula, *tomatoes (*use fresh)
  • 1/4 cup Olive Oil
  • Garlic Clove (minced)
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Thinly slice vegetables of choice

Directions for Vegetables

In a skillet, over medium heat add oil and minced garlic clove.
Wash and thinly slice vegetables of choice. Add vegetables to skillet, cover and allow to saute` for 5 minutes. (*for Arugula and tomatoes use fresh and do not cook.) Remove vegetables from heat to cool.

Select thinly sliced Sirloin Tip

Ingredients for Meat

  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 garlic clove minced
  • 1/8 tsp Pepper to taste
  • 1/4 tsp Dried Mint Leaves
  • 1/4 tsp Dried Thyme
  • 1 Tbsp butter
  • 8 thin slices of sirloin steak
  • 8 Toothpicks OR Skewers

Combine in a bowl all salt, garlic, pepper, mint and thyme.

Season Meat

Place Sirloin on a plate, rub seasonings into meat slices on both sides. Set aside.

Place about 5 thinly sliced vegetables into center of meat and wrap meat around securing roll with large tooth picks or skewers.

Place skillet on medium-high heat. Add butter.
Add each roll to skillet (or place meat directly onto pre heated 500 F grill). Allow to sear in pan for 1 minute per side. Total of 3 minute cooking time for each roll.

Serve with side of Mustard, Horseradish or Greek Yogurt. Enjoy a side dish Fresh Vegetable Salad

Savory Seasoned Sirloin

Savory Seasoned Sirloin is high in Vitamin B, Omega 3, Potassium and Potassium. Fantastic dinner anytime! Suggested Salad for a Surf and Turf meal included at end of recipe.

Seasoned Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms

  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/8 tsp Pepper to taste
  • 1/4 tsp Dried Mint Leaves
  • 1/4 tsp Dried Thyme
  • 1 oz Sirloin Steak
  •  2 Tbsp Olive Oil
  • 1 Tbsp butter

    10 oz Sirloin Steak Serves 2

  • Peeled and Sliced ½  Onion
  • Sliced Portabella Mushroom
  • ¼ cup  Red Wine (optional)

Directions

Combine in a bowl all salt pepper, mint and thyme.
Place Sirloin on a plate, rub seasonings into meat slices on both sides. Set aside.
Place skillet on medium-high heat.
Add olive oil, butter, sliced onion and sliced portabella mushroom. Remove vegetables from pan place into a serving dish and set aside.
Allow to cook covered for 2-3 minutes.
With fork turn meat to other side and cook another 2-3 minutes.
Consider a Surf and Turf meal. Serve meat with mushrooms/onions along side  Skillet Scallops Citrus Almond Salad

Almond Spinach Pasta with Burrata

Almond Spinach Pasta with Burrata Cheese

  Burrata is a luscious Italian cheese made by mixing cream and unspun mozzarella curds together, having the consistency of Ricotta/Cottage Cheese. The mixture is then inserted into the center of fresh smooth mozzarella, making a ball.
A nutrient rich recipe, packed with Calcium, Vitamin B, C & D, Omega 3 and an assortment of minerals.
Burrata can be found in some supermarkets (Krogers, Fresh Market and Trader Joes) or at specialty foods shops and at Italian markets. Substitute fresh mozzarella for this recipe if you can not find Burrata.

Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 pound (480 g) Fusilli (spiral-shaped pasta)
  • 1 tablespoons  butter
  • 1/3 cup olive oil
  • 2 large garlic cloves, minced
  • lemon juice of 1 whole lemon
  • 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon peel
  • 4 cups Fresh Leaves Baby Spinach (may substitute with Champagne Mushrooms)
  • 1/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted
  • 1 pound burrata cheese, cut into 1-inch chunks (or Fresh Buffalo Mozzarella)
  • 1/4 tsp Red Pepper flakes
  1. Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm to bite (9 minutes), stirring occasionally.

    Saute`: Butter, Olive Oil, Garlic, Lemon

  2. Meanwhile, melt butter with oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic; sauté until soft, about 2 minutes. Reduce heat to warm. Add lemon juice and lemon peel.
  3. Drain water from pasta. Add pasta back into a pan. Place spinach and almonds a on top of hot pasta. Pour hot lemon mixture over spinach. Toss until spinach is wilted, about 1 minute.
  4. Divide pasta among plates. Top with burrata cheese, sprinkle with salt and red pepper flakes, and serve.

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Florence Italy’s Peposo

A very simple Italian recipe that anyone can make!  Place ingredients into a pot and allow the savory flavors come together. This recipe has been handed down through the generations from a small town of Impruneta on south side of Florence.  Many Florentines will gladly tell a story of their family’s recipe, or  how it was linked to the construction of the beautiful Basilica in the center of Florence, or how it was tied to the Medici family, when they where amongst the few that could afford the spices to make the dish during the years of 1300-1700.  Either way, you can learn how to bring a piece of Florence, Italy to your table and enjoy this delightful stew.
May be served with roast potato’s, rice or pasta!
Preparation 5 minutes. Cooking time 3 1/2 hours.
Serves 8.
  • 4 1/2 pounds (or 2 kilo’s) cubed roast beef, roast pork, or roast wild boar
  • 1 onion minced
  • Three cloves of Garlic, peeled and left whole
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 cup olives
  • 1/4 cup capers
  • 4-6 whole Cloves
  • 1/2 cup (125 ml) or more, to taste, freshly ground pepper
  • 1 quart (1 liter)  of stewed or peeled Roma tomatoes
  • Coarse sea salt to taste
  • 1 bottle (750 ml) Chianti or similar dry red wine

Place meat and onions and garlic into a pan with 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Allow to brown for about 10 minutes. Add wine and allow to simmer for 5 minutes. Add olives, capers, peppercorns, cloves and stewed tomatoes into cooking pot. Place cover and REDUCE temperature to low heat. Allow to simmer for another 3 1/5 hours. Peposo is finished when the meat is fork tender.

FDA: RLS Treatment Approved. Corn Bread & Muffin Mix Recall

FDA News Digest

May 12, 2008 _____________________________________

IN THIS WEEK’S ISSUE

»  News

    — Generic Versions of Restless Legs Syndrome Treatment Approved

    — FDA OKs Room Temperature Formulation of Blood Clotting Therapy

»  Congressional Testimony

»  Safety Alerts/Recalls

 

NEWS

Generic Versions of Restless Legs Syndrome Treatment Approved

FDA has approved the first generic versions of Requip (ropinirole hydrochloride) tablets for the treatment of moderate-to-severe restless legs syndrome. The approval covers a variety of dosages. Four companies have received approval to market the tablets.

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01832.html

 

FDA OKs Room Temperature Formulation of Blood Clotting Therapy

FDA has approved a new formulation of the genetically engineered version of Factor VIIa, used to treat bleeding and prevent surgical bleeding in patients with hemophilia A or B. The new formulation allows the product to be stored at room temperature (up to 77 degrees Fahrenheit) for up to two years. This is helpful for healthcare facilities with limited refrigerated space, and it allows greater flexibility in disease management for both patients and doctors.

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01833.html

CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY

 

May 1 — FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Director Janet Woodcock, M.D., appeared before the House Subcommittee on Health.

    Subject: “Discussion Draft of The ‘Food And Drug Administration Globalization Act’ Legislation: Drug Safety”

http://www.fda.gov/ola/2008/fdaglobalact050108.html

 

April 29 — FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Director Janet Woodcock, M.D., appeared before the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

    Subject: FDA‘s ongoing heparin investigation

http://www.fda.gov/ola/2008/heparin042908.html

  SAFETY ALERTS/RECALLS

Food Recall:

› Little Bay Baking and GFCFDiet Corn Bread and Muffin Mix, 12.6-oz. size

Reason for recall: may contain soy not declared on the label

http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/littlebay05_08.html

For a list of recalls, market withdrawals, and safety alerts involving FDA-regulated

products from the past 60 days, go to http://www.fda.gov/opacom/7alerts.html.